Apis Póltorak Jadwiga

Brewed by Spółdzielnia Pszczelarska Apis
Style: Mead
Lublin, Poland

The finale of Indra’s Mead, Cider and Sake Tasting on 8/31/07. We definitely saved the best for last; big thanks go out to boboski for sending this one up to us. Pours a clear deep orange/brown with nice legs. The aroma is of sweet, nutty honey; "warm" and enviting. Medium to full-bodied and super-smooth it finishes long and sweet (unlike the last two meads we had sampled). Candy-sweet without being cloying, warm and nutty, my words cannot do this beverage justice. If you’ve never tried this mead, do so. I cannot fathom anyone disliking it; it’s an amazing sensory experience.

Bottle (250ml). Shared with blankboy, biegaman and viggo - bottle courtesy of biegaman. Rating #2500 - woo! Clear amber pour - looks good! Aroma - of my cock, that’s amazing! initially boozy, then settles down quickly - ripe dates, ferraro roche chocolate, I’ll stop describing and taste now. Taste. Wow. I have no words. Lovely legs, smooth, not too strong, I could drink a bucket of this. Smooth, slick, moderate alcohol, nutty, fruity - how could you not love this? It’s almost gone now - I shall mourn its passing ...

Bottle, at RBESG 2007 in Glasgow, Grand Tasting. Beautiful deep amber to mahogany colour, no head nor carbonation. Intense oaky and honey aroma. Intense oaky and honey sweet flavour, very impressive but too sweet for me. (No wonder it is sweet, with the insane amount of honey it is made with.)

Sept. 2005 - Okay...this is my first mead. I think I’ll stick to BEER. It tastes like honey...only sweeter (goodness, is that possible?). Maybe if I had some more meads, I’d be able to say whether this is average, above average, or below.

This is one of the best drinks ever to cross my tongue. Thanks to boboski for making this available for our little tasting.
Pours amber brown with some crazy legs. Aroma of berries and butter rum chewy candy. The butter rum character appears in the flavor as well. Very creamy palate. Incredible.

Bottled. Pours a deep amber colour. Sweet aroma of honey and some spices. The flavour is sweet with honey, spices and slight fruitish.

Second Mead of the night at the Indra - Cider, Sake and Mead tasting 8/31/07. Pour is orange amber, completely still. Aroma is butterscotch rum. Some floral honey in the nose as well. Taste is initially more of the butter scotch, though it eases nicely into the honey and has a nice long finish. The body is syrupy and sweet, without being cloying. I had never had anything that remotely tasted like this, and loved it. This was excellent, the one I went back to for sipping until the cab came to get me. I would enjoy this like a fine port.

Name: Jadwiga
Date: 07/16/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

Appearance: clear gold, nice legs,
Aroma: sweet fruity honey aroma,
Body: thick sticky body,
Flavor: great sweet honey flavor with more flavor than sweet, nice blend of complex fruity character
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Date: 03/20/2008
Mode: bottle
Words: 6yo

Appearance: clear dark copper, thick lasting legs, layers and layers of viscous liquid coat the glass,
Aroma: strong honey aroma, touch of fruityness, strong alcohol presence melds well with the sweet honey rather than fighting with it,
Body: huge thick sticky honey body,
Flavor: lots of strong honey flavor, lots of wild fruity character, thick sweetness enhances the fruityness, alcohol brings a warming heat to the honey,

Aroma: 9/10; Appearance: 10/10; Flavor: 9/10; Palate: 10/10; Overall: 18/20
Rating: 4.6/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***4