Wild Blossom Guava Lemon 4Pk 375ML

Wild Blossom Guava Lemon 4PK 375ML is a sparkling mead made with guava and lemon, packaged as a four-pack of 375ml bottles at 11.0% ABV. Produced by Chicago's first winery and Illinois's first meadery, this expression draws on more than 30 years of winemaking experience at Wild Blossom Meadery & Winery.

Quick Facts: ABV: 11.0%  |  Origin: Chicago, Illinois, USA  |  Style: Sparkling Fruit Mead (Melomel)  |  Producer: Wild Blossom Meadery & Winery

Production & Heritage

Wild Blossom Meadery & Winery operates from its facility at 9030 S. Hermitage Avenue on Chicago's South Side. The meadery raises its own bees and collects its own honey — a vertically integrated approach that is uncommon in the mead industry. According to Wild Blossom, each bottle produced results in their bees pollinating approximately two million flowers. Their meads follow a traditional three-ingredient foundation of honey, purified water sourced from Lake Michigan, and yeast, with primary fermentation converting the honey sugars to alcohol over roughly two weeks. The Guava Lemon expression adds tropical guava and citrus lemon to this honey-wine base, then undergoes carbonation to produce its sparkling character.

Tasting Notes

Aroma: Ripe tropical guava leads, followed by fresh lemon zest and a subtle floral honey sweetness underneath. The effervescence lifts the aromatics, making them bright and inviting.

Taste: The entry is juicy with guava pulp character, moving into a honeyed mid-palate that carries real depth from the mead base. Lemon acidity arrives at the peak, providing structure and preventing the tropical sweetness from becoming cloying. At 11.0% ABV, there is a gentle warmth that balances the fruit-forward profile.

Finish: Medium in length with lingering lemon pith and a dry honey note. The carbonation keeps the close crisp and refreshing.

How to Drink Wild Blossom Guava Lemon

Served chilled straight from the bottle, this sparkling mead is ready to drink without any mixing required. For cocktail applications, it works well in a Mead Spritz topped with club soda and a grapefruit wheel, where its carbonation and tropical notes mirror the role of prosecco. A Guava Paloma riff using this mead in place of grapefruit soda adds honey complexity alongside tequila. It also pairs naturally in a Tropical Bellini, poured over peach purée, letting the guava-lemon profile extend the stone-fruit theme.

Best For

• Introducing mead to friends who typically drink sparkling wine or hard cider
• Warm-weather patio sessions where a fruit-forward, effervescent drink is ideal
• Gifting to someone curious about craft mead from an established Chicago producer
• Pairing alongside a brunch spread as an alternative to mimosas

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Wild Blossom Guava Lemon taste like? It tastes like a lightly carbonated honey wine layered with ripe guava and tart lemon, finishing crisp with a gentle sweetness from its real-honey mead base.

How does Wild Blossom Guava Lemon compare to a traditional fruit wine? Unlike grape-based fruit wines, this is a true mead — fermented from honey rather than grapes — which gives it a distinctly floral backbone beneath the tropical fruit flavors and a slightly fuller body at 11.0% ABV.

Is Wild Blossom Guava Lemon good for beginners? Yes — the sparkling format, approachable fruit flavors, and convenient 375ml serving size make it an accessible entry point into the mead category for drinkers unfamiliar with honey wine.

Where is Wild Blossom Guava Lemon made? It is produced at Wild Blossom Meadery & Winery on Chicago's South Side in Illinois, the first meadery established in the state, using honey from their own on-site bee colonies and purified Lake Michigan water.

What foods pair well with Wild Blossom Guava Lemon? Thai green papaya salad complements its tropical-citrus character. Grilled shrimp tacos with mango salsa echo the guava notes. Soft goat cheese on crostini works against the honey sweetness. Coconut rice pudding mirrors the tropical theme for dessert. Jerk chicken benefits from the mead's sweetness cutting through the spice.

What sizes does Wild Blossom Guava Lemon come in? It is available as a four-pack of 375ml bottles, which is the standard retail format for this expression.

Is Wild Blossom Guava Lemon worth the price? Wild Blossom positions this as a craft mead from an established, vertically integrated meadery that raises its own bees and harvests its own honey — a production model that supports a modest premium over mass-market flavored malt beverages while remaining accessible within the craft mead category.

Why Wild Blossom Guava Lemon?

What separates this from the growing field of flavored ready-to-drink options is its foundation: real honey fermented into mead, not a malt or spirit base with added flavoring. Wild Blossom's three-decade track record and vertically integrated beekeeping operation give the product a provenance that few competitors in the sparkling mead space can match. The guava-lemon combination strikes a balance between tropical richness and citrus brightness that keeps the 11.0% ABV surprisingly drinkable. For anyone looking beyond hard seltzer and cider for something with genuine craft heritage and honest ingredients, this four-pack delivers.