 Skyview (2803), Papoose Jct., Minnesota, USA
May 24, 2008 Updated: May 26, 2008
Shared by Guerde and sampled at OSLO/Guerde’s Memorial Day Weekend tasting. From a 750 ml basket weave bottle pours a thick and pancake syrup style mead with a clear color of deep dark gold with some red highlights. Aroma of honey and raspberry syrup, some floral herbs and character along with some multiple complex fruits of apple, oranges, apricot, and plums. Taste is thick and syrupy, quite overly sweet with flavors of rich honey, raspberry and a touch of plums. Finish is just as sweet as its flavor with a lingering raspberry syrup aftertaste that really stays around. Probably the best pour of the evening.
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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