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Medovyy Spas

Brovary meadery making Cikera from fermented honey and direct pressed fruit and berry juices, without added sugar or alcohol.

The producer

Medovyy Spas is a meadery established in Brovary, Kyiv region, producing alcoholic drinks under the Cikera brand. Honey ferments with direct pressed fruit and berry juices, without added sugar or alcohol. The facility uses an Italian wine bottling line, and its equipment is certified under HACCP and ISO. The producer states a capacity of 350,000 bottles per year.

Known for

Honey and fruit fermentation

Notable facts

From the atlas

Medovyy Spas

A Brovary meadery producing Cikera through fermentation of honey with direct pressed fruit and berry juices.

At A Glance

ProducerMedovyy Spas
PlaceBrovary, Kyiv region, Ukraine
DrinkCikera, a honey based alcoholic drink
MethodFermentation of honey with direct pressed fruit and berry juices
Defining featureNo added sugar or alcohol, flavorings or colorings

The Producer

An Italian wine bottling line is installed at Medovyy Spas, one of Ukraine's first industrial scale technological meaderies. The meadery produces alcoholic drinks under the Cikera brand. Honey ferments with direct pressed fruit and berry juices, without added sugar or alcohol. Natural cold pressed juices are used without flavorings or colorings.

Place

Medovyy Spas was established in Brovary, in Ukraine's Kyiv region. Cikera joins that production location to honey and direct pressed fruit and berry juices, the ingredients named for the drink.

Wines

The range is organized under the Cikera brand, with Cikera Rönnbär 2019 as a named vintage bottle. Cikera is categorized as flavoured wine and fruit wine, while the drink is honey based and naturally fermented without added alcohol. Fruit and berry juices provide the named variations, with no separate ageing or vessel distinctions stated for the range.

In The Glass

Fermentation converts the sugars in honey and juice into alcohol, while the absence of added flavorings and colorings leaves those ingredients as the defined flavor sources. Cikera Rönnbär 2019 has no supplied aroma, acidity, sweetness, body, texture or finish description.

A Bottle To Understand It

Cikera Rönnbär 2019 is the first bottle to choose. It carries the Cikera name, a 2019 vintage, and a direct producer link. Its category is flavoured wine and fruit wine, and its stated method uses honey with fruit or berry juice, without added sugar or alcohol. No bottle specific aroma or palate detail is supplied.

Final Word

Medovyy Spas is a Brovary meadery whose principal drink, Cikera, combines honey, fruit or berry juice, and natural fermentation. The range sits between mead and fruit wine, with production carried out at industrial scale.

Sources

1. https://cikera-mead.com/en/nasha-istoriia/ 2. https://wineandspirits.com.ua/en/catalogue2024/ 3. https://www.systembolaget.se/produkt/vin/5597501/

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