redlight (1499), Winter Park, Florida, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Aug 10, 2009 Honey and molasses on the nose. Pours amber blonde with a thin head. Honey and malts with some spicy malts. m4rest88 (217), Beverly Hills, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 | Jul 2, 2009 Pours with a foamy off white head - amber redish color.
Aroma is of dark fruits, caramel, toffee, cherry, and lots of honey.
Taste is interesting with touches of spices, cinnamon and honey.
Dry mouthfeel with light carbonation. BMan1113VR (2958), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Jun 30, 2009 Bottle thanks to porterhouse. Pours with a foamy, off-white head over a beautiful hazed, ruby body. Aroma of apricot, raisin, toffee, sherry and honey. Taste is malty with sherry, toffee, cinnamon, and honey. Dryish, sugars from the honey are fully fermented. Light bubbles and a thick, syrupy mouthfeel. bgburdman9 (823), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Jun 15, 2009 An old rating with not much info. A little honey coming through this one, but a little hot overall. alobar (1055), Harleysville, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Jun 9, 2009 Yellowish orange with a sweet honey aroma. Very mild bite-no alcohol. Butterscotch, honey, and malts on the palate. Very different. Was told it gets bettwer with age. Got an 07 bottle. Will revisit in a few years. Butters (1658), Virginia, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 | Jun 2, 2009 Sampled at Springslicker’s Fish Fry ’09. Clear golden amber pour with no head. Syrupy sweet aroma. Honey, candi sugar, maple, alcohol. I suppose this is fair for a mead, I just don’t have all that much experience with the style. 6ROW (275), corpus christi, Texas, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | May 28, 2009 22 oz bottle (2005).
red pour with little to no head. warming aroma of honey same warming honey taste. this is just starting to mellow out after 4 years of storage. i would love to see this made with some other honeys.
i will pick up a few more bottles for aging lithy (1850), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | May 12, 2009 SpringsLicker’s Fish Fry. Sample from a bottle thanks to decaturstevo. Copper red-orange, off white head. Aroma of honey, raisins, caramel, some alc heat. Thick syrupy feel some more brown sugar tastes, honey and caramel.
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