Gin BA IHOP - Batch 2 (2022)
Honey(s): Orange Blossom, Buckwheat
Fruit(s): Blueberries
Adjunct(s): Vanilla
Aging: Gin Barrels - 5 Months
Packaging: 375mL bottles
The COVID shutdown in 2020 presented a number of challenges for us as a new company, but one of the upsides was that we were afforded additional time to experiment while our tasting room was shutdown. This led to the acquisition of multiple small, one-off oak barrels. One of those turned into a micro-release of a Gin Barrel Aged version of IHOP. That release came one of the highest rated meads we made up until that point in time.
This is the follow-up to that small release. Using the techniques we developed over the next few years, we attempted to recreate that mead. Our 5th batch of IHOP went into Tom Cat Gin barrels to be released the next year as part of our IHOP Collection. The resulting mead is full of fresh berries, light herbal notes, and the palate structure that only oak can provide.