Summer in every whiff and monsoon in every swig! This mead is made by infusing Jamun fruit from Konkan in Jamun honey from Madhya Pradesh. The Jamun and citrus notes add to the experience of this earthy concoction. Light & crisp, it opens up a multi-layered fruity tang with mild tartness which is followed by the unmistakable Jamun taste which renders its dry finish.
Akin to its mythical reputation of being the fruit of the underworld, pomegranate from Nashik adds a tempting pink tinge to the bronze gold pour of this melomel made with lychee honey Bihar. With a distinct fruity, caramel & vanilla aroma this mead runs smooth on the palate with toffee & tart pomegranate upfront followed by vanilla swirls. Finishes off-dry with lingering fruity notes like a refreshing tropical punch on a balmy evening.
The most popular grapes coming from India's wine capital Nashik are chenin blanc. Cerana offers the very first pyment in the country made with these superstar grapes. The herbaceous flavour and citric acidity of chenin blanc works wonderfully in combination with multifloral honey from Himachal Pradesh with spicy notes of cinnamon, lemons and bay leaf.
SWEETNESS LEVEL
ABV
7%
TYPE
Melomel (Mead made with honey and fruits)
FOOD PAIRING
Spicy and curry based cuisine.
SWEETNESS LEVEL
ABV
7%
TYPE
Melomel (Mead made with honey and fruits)
FOOD PAIRING
Seafood and savoury dishes with a sour taste.
SWEETNESS LEVEL
ABV
8%
TYPE
Pyment (Mead made with honey and grapes)
FOOD PAIRING
Creamy sauce based dishes
Pinot Noir Pyment, the perfect representation of our commitment to the craft of mead making. Best quality natural sealed-comb honey is combined with the inky red Pinot noir grapes to bring together two wonders of nature in a bottle. Modest sweetness with balanced acidity, a fresh complex fruity bouquet and a blush rosé colour that comes from the grape skins, will give you one of a kind experience.
SWEETNESS LEVEL
ABV
12%
TYPE
Pyment (Mead made with honey and grapes)
FOOD PAIRING
Fatty fish. roast chicken, curry based Indian cuisine.
India's first commercially available standard mead, Yule spice is a metheglin (mead made with honey and spices.) The warm aroma of cinnamon, the gentle burn of ginger, French Oak on the nose balanced with sweet, earthy jamun-ness of honey leaves you with a lingering sense of comfort. Yule Spice is the perfect and ultimate festive drink. This is a limited period release for the winter season.
SWEETNESS LEVEL
ABV
11.5%
TYPE
Metheglin (Mead made with honey and spices)
FOOD PAIRING
Fried snacks, mildly spiced kebabs and Indian gravy.
Yoginee has been drawn to the nature ever since she was a child. Bees and their complex behaviour attracted her specially. In her undergrad days, this bee-lover had envisioned making alcohol.
The drive to start the meadery saw her go to California to study advanced mead making and business of mead making from UC, Davis. She also studied in detail about honeybees and bee keeping in Pune, Nashik in Maharashtra and Kottayam in Kerala. A science fiction fan she wanted to name the tanks at the meadery after the droids from Star Wars.
Ashwini has expertise in upstream and downstream processing of biologically produced substances. In addition to this, she is a WSET 1 (London) qualified professional in wines and spirits. She has attended a workshop on the Sensory experience by VLB (Berlin).
With her love for cooking and knowledge of food science she has a knack of perfecting recipes for the various meads. On the rare occasions she is not working Ashwini enjoys long drives, painting and music.
A hospitality virtuoso by profession and a true-blue foodie by emotion, Devdatt is our high-end delivery guy AKA the Sales head.
He completed his hospitality training during college days and worked across departments in the hotel industry for 6 years.
Drawn to marketing and his love for food and spirits brought him to sales for a couple of reputed E-commerce F&B start-ups and finally to Cerana Meads where his extensive experience in hotels, restaurants and sales makes him a perfect fit.
Priyanka AKA The Entertrainer, is a powerhouse of talent and knowledge. She has conducted numerous masterclasses, bartending workshops and trainings defying all the clichés and stereotypes in India’s Bar and Beverage industry. Having worked at many renowned hotels and restaurant brands, she found her niche as Beverage Trainer and Consultant.
As the head of marketing at Cerana, she is a perfectly fitting puzzle piece in a women lead brand.
Rahul finished his graduation in wine-making from Gargi Institute in Nashik. He followed his keenness by working for great brands like Sula and Fratelli. But, when he found out about meads, the challenge of doing something different got him to come join team Cerana.
He administers the tank hall operations, from starting a new batch of meads to bottling them efficiently.
Rahul, who is a gardner at heart, is also a passionate carrom player and excels at his game.
Suraj finished his graduation in biotechnology and started his career in a laboratory in Nashik. But his love for learning about alcoholic beverages brought him to team Cerana. He is a jack of all trades and master for more than a few!
A perfect fit for a bootstrapping brand like Cerana, his technical skills, and hands on quality have brought about a number of positive additions at the meadery. He cannot keep still and we are happy he channels his energies into making operations better at Cerana.
We take pride that a majority of our manufacturing set up is sourced locally within the state of Maharashtra, thus minimising our carbon footprint.
We source most of our produce from within the state as well. The jamuns, pomegranates and grapes are all sourced locally.
The honeys are also sourced from within the country. Lychee honey comes from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, Jamun honey from Maharashtra and adjacent states. And multifloral honey comes from Himachal and Karnataka.
We take pride in only buying our honey which is collected only from what is called the “super chamber” of the bee box, at a premium cost, The super chamber is where only surplus honey is stored. Cerana’s meads are certainly not made from honey that is stolen from the bees.
The entire cooling system at the meadery is automated and optimised to minimise the consumption of electricity and uses environmentally friendly coolants. The tanks in which the mead is fermented are insulated to slow down the temperature loss which is energy saving.
Water wastage through the RO water plant is minimised and effluents that are generated go through extensive treatment. The fruit waste or processed pulp generated in the mead making process gets converted into compost. The treated water and compost are used for gardening. at the meadery thus minimisiing water loss and maximising resource utilisation.
In our effort to support a sustainable practice and promote organic and environment friendly products and services we plan to collaborate with like minded lifestyle brands and help them reach a bigger market hand-in-hand with us.
We invite local artisans to exhibit their art and craft at the meadery. Exhibitions will range from beauty products, to fashion, to nutraceuticals, to foods, to paintings… all the while making the process fun with a few pints of our meads.
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