Lurgashall Malmesbury Whisky / Tower of London Mead

Brewed by Lurgashall Mead
Style: Mead
Lurgashall, England

Bottled as Lurgashall Tower of London from Liquid Solutions. This is apparently one of the owner’s favorite meads next to Jadwiga. As I am a fan of scotch, I was anxious to try it myself. Poured a crystal clear gold. Aroma smells of a blatant cross between sweet white wine and dry scotch. The combination actually makes for an effect that is similar to wildflowers. The taste is sweet with a strong honey taste, but unlike other meads, it is accompanied by an intense dryness and cleansing alcohol burn from the scotch. Aftertaste is sweet honey and again wildflowers. Thick, chewy mouthfeel.

Pours pale lemon color with no head. Aroma is scotch. Full bodied with zero carbonation. Mild heat. Sweet - not exactly honey. Some oak. Very mellow and smooth and the scotch is an excellent note. Finishes on a tastey honey note.

Sampled at Tria Fermentation School’s mead class, 5/8/07. Straw colored. Prominant whiskey aroma with sweet honey in the background. Based on the aroma, i thouht the whiskey would dominate the flavor as well, but it was actually fairly well balanced. Nice sweetness with some floral notes, complimented by peat and some smoke. Did not seem like 20% ABV. I really enjoyed this mead.

Found finally at Sommerville Supersaver, NJ. Americans like bourbon taste rather than scotch whiskey and penalize the latter, of which I certainly won’t. An above average quality honey mead with the scotch well blended. Very nice, and keeping such at only 20% ABV I think an accomplishment. Smooth and above average mouthfeel. Another mead I can enjoy sips of in the fridge for weeks. Orange colour.

Thanks for sharing this Jason. Notes mostly from memory because the notes I have were laundered. Clear golden body with a lot of legs. The aroma has a nice clover, buttercup flowers, and something I couldn’t pinpoint but that was likely the whisky. The mouthfeel was pretty good and coating. Easy drinking with nice floral honey flavors and buttercup.

I enjoyed this much more than I expected. The whisky makes this thin and almost watery. Whisky flavor compliments rather than overwhelms the honey. Not very sweet for a sweet mead, but not quite dry.

Bottle at Sunset Grille, 9/10/2005. Unsure what to expect from this one, as I had heard that Lurgashall was a bit commercial. But right from the aroma, I could see it was going to be good. Very smooth, lightly sweet, flowery and lightly vanilla-like nose, just very clean and with only the most delicate kiss of warming, scotch. Looks rather pale and is not as viscous as some of the Polish meads, though this one is still high in abv. Flavor is light and fairly delicate on the palate. How they achieved this I have no idea. Very difficult to believe that this is 20%. Only a light tinge of peat or barley can be felt on the end, just a slight warming sensation. The rest is just a smooth, delicate, pasteurized honey and light wildflowers.

Clear, pale gold. Perfectly still. A few floaties could be from the cork. The aroma is a strong wildflower honey, a bit cakey like finikia (Greek cakelike cookies soaked in honey). Slight peat smell under the aroma. Very sweet flavor, the Scotch only comes through in the aftertaste. Very reserved. I might prefer a slightly less sweet mead though. Probably great mulled.