 Gusler (2656), Tucson, Arizona, USA
Dec 9, 2003
Sampled @ Strong Ale Fest San Diego:
To be quite honest I’ve never really cared that much for “Meads”, just way to sweet, then about 6 months a go I was introduced to a whole line of meads that just knocked my sox off. Redstone, Lednicki, and a few others, just totally turned me around in my thinking.
The color clear orange amber to copper with the aroma of sweet honey, over ripe fruit like plums and apples and a bit of alcohol to round it out, a very appealing. Taste is that of maple syrup, honey, thick and chewy, just seals itself to your palate, marvelous taste to go along with the aroma, for being 17% plus there was not much alcohol bitterness, but it does leave a nice “Tummy Warming” sensation.
Meads make a great after dinner aperitif, or when you just want a little something sweet and powerful, a style I think many of us overlook, which is a shame, and a heartfelt thank you to “herbjones and the ratebeerians" for this sample.
mjs (499), Helsinki, Finland
Aug 29, 2008 (Bottle) Cognac colour. Sweet cream cherry and honey aromas. Very sugary palate. Cherry like flavour with honey. Very very sweet.
sayravai (3045), Helsinki, Finland
Aug 27, 2008 (Bottled) Deep cognac color with no head. Dried-fruity, sweet and intense, almost malty aroma with oaky woodiness. Intensely sugary and honeyish flavor with some smooth alcohol and raspberries. Extremely thick and sugary-syrupy palate with no carbonation. Very pleasant aroma and flavor, but the sugar wall is too thick to allow sampling more than 4-6cl at once.
tertons (100), East Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Aug 25, 2008 Overtly sweet, thick, and alcohol. My first mead rating, so this will have to be revisited down the road.
douglas88 (726), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Aug 10, 2008 Bottle shared by footbalm. Pours a light copper color with no head. Interestingly, this beer leaves a silky honey coating on the glass that slowly slides down, like syrup. The aroma is very boozy; some sourness and spices, like apple cider. The taste was very sweet; a sweet honey explosion, honey glazed raspberries, smooth, very dangerous stuff. A sticky mouthfeel, lip-smacking stuff for sure. Very nice. Enjoyable and interesting. Thanks Eric.
BMan1113VR (782), Los Angeles (and Dallas, TX), California, USA
Aug 8, 2008 750 Bottle thanks to pepsican. Amazing stuff. Thick pour that is an amber-rose color. Huge, perfectly formed alcohol legs. Aroma is honey, raspberries and alcohol. Taste is huge, syrupy honey, with amazingly fresh raspberry taste. Absolutely out standing. Mouthfeel is completely coating, like drinking honey. Truely the nectar of the gods!
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