 ClarkVV (3545), Allston, Massachusetts, USA
Jan 17, 2008
2005 Reserve, from the bottle as part of a mead flight at Sunset Grill on 11/17/07
Excessively clear, light honey body with no head and very flimsy legs.
Heavily floral aroma with light notes of lavendar and moist woodchips that belie the very filtered/pasteurized presentation. Not much whiskey or rum, just some light vanillin and more dry honey notes. Hints of cinnamon and allspice finish it off, with the transition from note to note very quick. It never really gives you anything to hang on to. Medium to medium low strength of aroma with some alcohol dryness on the finish.
Tastes like wildflowers and clover, as usual, with flour and bits of plastic. Lurgashall meads tend more dry, so the texture is left very susceptible to this plasticy/flouriness that dulls the already mild flavor. Not much oak and with an odd, fleeting stickiness and a snap of spicy phenols on the end. Novel and more something that makes you just want to say "what the hell is this?". Not particularly offensive, nor is it something I’d get again. Alcohol is not rampant relative to how strong it is.
BlackDonald (610), On a beer trip all over the USA, California, USA
May 13, 2008 I was not crazy about this, its very dry, and bitter. There is not a lot of residual sweetness in this one, like the others that I have tried. Their are some tropical fruit notes, but they are very subtle, did not pick up a lot of the woody notes in this one.
sliffy (1930), Columbus, Ohio, USA
Dec 23, 2007 Bottle: Clear gold in color, some legs, not much though. Aroma, honey and some fruits, faint spicing, some vanillla. Flavor, honey, hints of oak, some apple, a bit hot, and on the dry side. Not bad though.
beerbill (1141), Laurel, New York, USA
Nov 8, 2007 2006 Vintage. 750 ml bottle. Pours a rich amber gold with no head. This is a still mead. Strong honey aroma mixes with the oak aroma, but the two just don’t seem to come together. The flavor seems even more discordant, with lots of honey and oak, but the two flavors are fighting one another instead of melding into one. Semi-dry. Very strong alcohol burn lingers well after the swallow. This feels more like a honey liqueur than a mead.
JK (2341), Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
Aug 23, 2007 My favorite of the lurgashall meads. Full honey aroma. Some carbonation. Sweet, but not sugary, and not as sweet as some others. Flavor has honey and apple, with just a hint of alcohol that does not detract from the experience.
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