I've had numerous bad experiences with this meadery.
#1:
I had a sampling from them at the Washington, PA Corks & Kegs Festival. The sample was fantastic and strong, and had a wonderful taste. I ordered a bottle and wished to pick it up at the end of the festival.
#2:
10 minutes after the festival ended, I got to the tent. They had already torn down, and were nowhere to be found. I didn't get my bottle.
#3:
I called the owner, who insisted I email him my information so that I could get my bottle, or a refund. I never heard back from him. To this day I have received jack shit from this scheister.
#4:
Being curious, I bought a bottle of the same stuff from Giant Eagle that I had at the festival. The bottle was very watered down, the taste was not nearly as strong, and it was overall dissatisfying. This man is clearly watering down his product.
#5:
I don't like accusing small businesses of being dishonest, so I bought another bottle, this time of the spiced mead, just to see how it would stack up against my long time sampling of mead. It was terrible. It was watered down, the taste was so subtle that it shouldn't even be mentioned.
Conclusion:
KingView Mead is a scam. The man clearly just wants to pass off less than mediocre mead as a means of income. It sucks, straight up. I have tasted mead from around the world, America, Canada, Sweden, Germany, and Russia. This is the worst I have ever had. When I was in college, I made my own mead from Kroger honey, yeast, and spices, and kept it in a closet in emptied 2 liter Mountain Dew bottles. It was better than this mead.
Do not buy this mead. The creator of it sucks, and is at the very best a scam artist. It's terrible. read more