Empire Royal Mead

Brewed by Empire Winery & Distillery (T&W Brand)
Style: Mead
New Port Richey, Florida USA

Noogfest Four-O

Bottle. Pours a dark copper color, still, no lacing, and gold highlights. Sugary sweet aromas of honey and brown sugar, some caramel, too. Flavor is very sweet, and seemingly balanced with tons of honey and caramel, and some very sweet molasses. Body is packed with tons of sweets and candy. So incredibly drinkable. You can’t take giant sips of it, but you will drink a lot of it in a short time.

Sampled at Noogfest 08 thanks to Gunhaver. Pours golden amber with legs that last forever. Strong aroma of honey. Flavor of caramelly light honey that is not overly sweet with little alcohol detected. There is some very very faint peat or dirtiness in there as well. This is a very nice offering from Florida, although I will admit that I am not a mead expert.

thanks to gunhaver for sharing at noogfest 08. Golden colored with sweet flavors and nose.

Solid gold color with nice legs - Aroma is a tad "average" with very little distinguished varietal honey aroma - maybe some light orange blossom and wildflower? Flavor has a smooth taste with honey and orange - sweet, but not overwhelmingly so. Nice mouthfeel with no alcohol detectable. A nice mead and a good Florida product.

(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of gunhaver. Clear golden with a small, rough, off-white head. Intense aroma of aroma and perhaps....glue?? Fullbodied with sweet intense honey notes, almondy with a warming alcohol. Nice. 270408

Found this in a local liquor in Gainsboro store next to the Arrogant Bastard. Having wanted to try mead ever since reading Beowulf in middle school, I picked some up. I tried it chilled. It poured a clear yellow and immediately reminded me of honey. The scent of alcohol was apparent, but not followed by the expected alcohol taste. Initial hit was like white wine, which quickly faded into a very long-lasting sweet honey aftertaste. I was initially afraid it might be cloying, but it was not. I think I’m going to start making my own and become a viking.

Hazy amber with no head. Sweet aroma with honey, rubber and glue notes. Sweet flavor with notes of honey and caramel. Ends sweet.

75 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a fully diminished white head. Honey and paint/chemical aroma. Flavour is light sugar sweet to raisin sweet and with a mild spice honey note. Goes into an alcohol warming finish with sweet honey note. Ligth and smooth yet the chemical note disturbs me.