The knight is an oak aged, sweet dessert mead from Orchid Cellar Meadery. Super sweet, but not sickly so.

This cocktail brings together the sweet spice of the Hunter Chili Mead, with the dry spiciness of the rye whisky. It’s smooth, robust and has the perfect peppery kick. I would highly recommend trying this, especially on a chilly winter night.

The meadist yearly roundup of the best 5 meads reviewed this past year. Many more to come in 2015!

The Hunter Mead from Orchid Cellar Winery is a delicious Capsicumel – a mead made with chili peppers which impart a great lingering heat that begs for another sip

The Lumberjack Cyser comes from Maryland’s Orchid Cellar Winery. It’s a warm dessert mead living up to the shape of the bottle. I definitely recommend enjoying on a cool fall or winter night next to a crackling fire – with wood you chop yourself, of course.