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Lurgashall Spiced / Metheglin Mead 3.24 28

Lurgashall Spiced / Metheglin Mead

Percentile
70
overall
Brewed by Lurgashall Mead
Style: Mead
Lurgashall, England

bottling
unknown

on tap
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distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
283.35/5.03.24/5.013%68.2Snifter
Commercial Description:
Sold as Spiced Mead in the UK and as Metheglin Mead in the USA.
Honey sweet mead infused with a secret blend of herbs and spices to a 16th century recipe.
Beloved of Queen Elizabeth I, Metheglin is a sweet honey mead infused with a complex blend of herbs and spices. Metheglin is derived from the Welsh word meddyglyn, meaning “medicinal liquor”, as healing herbs were often stored as metheglin so they would be available over winter. The aroma of Lurgashall Metheglin is enormous. The herbal and spicy character, in particular the resiny character of thyme & rosemary, are fully evident on the palate as well. Clove, cinnamon, and nutmeg intermingle with the sweet honey flavor. Its big body, underscored by about 13.5% alc./vol., ends in a sweet-spicy-slighly tart /dry finish. Intriguing and mysterious.
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 Ungstrup (15430), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/105/513/20
Nov 3, 2007  
Bottled. A light golden beer with no head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of honey, and so is the flavor though combined with a powerful note of alcohol as well as medium notes of spices and rose hips.


 Papsoe (15109), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/58/103/514/20
Oct 1, 2007  
(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of Hildigöltur. Clear, pale golden - no head. Spicy nose with distinct honey notes. Full-bodied with soft and very sweet honey accents - touches of coconut and almonds. Nice. 280907


 yespr (12424), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/513/20
Sep 29, 2007  
From 75 cL bottle, thanks to Hildigöltur. Pours golden yellow with lacing white head. Aroma is apple, clean, fruity. Almond like aroma. Flavour too is sweet almondy and sweet, slight burning alcohol mouthfeel. Ends slight burning with a slight alcohol finish and an almond and apple flavour to finish.


 joergen (8637), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/512/20
Oct 3, 2007  
Bottle. Clear yellow coloured with no head. Sweet aroma of caramel, honey and spices. Sweet flavour of caarmel, honey and spices with notes of alcohol. Warming alcoholic finish.


 fiulijn (7500), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/512/20
Nov 11, 2007  
Blond color. Honey aroma, a bit too much medicine. Sweet flavor, with honey and too much flowers, sweet spicy touch too. Ordinary.


 harrisoni (6946), Ashford, Kent, England
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
May 1, 2006  
175ml glass at Reading BF 06. Medicinal honey sweet aroma. Not subtle, some nut and white choc. Honey in mouth and some more medicine on end. Not as good for me as a straight mead.


 Emil (6074), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/103/515/20
Oct 1, 2007  
Bottle. A pale golden mead with no head. The aroma is of honey, spices and plastic, the taste is sweet honey, spices, cinamon and light alcohol. Medium body with a sweet finish.


 hopscotch (5549), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/59/104/514/20
Nov 30, 2006  
Bottle... Clear light yellow mead. Herbal, honey-sweet aroma with a hint of menthol. The flavor is nice for sipping. Ultra-sweet, but that’s expected; it’s mead. I’m not picking up the nutmeg or clove, but I’m getting a cinnamon vibe. Full-bodied and oily/syrupy with only a whisper of carbonation... maybe not even that. Finishes sweet and a touch grassy.



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