Medovina Classic Mead - Off Dry Oak Aged

Brewed by Medovina Meadery
Style: Mead
Niwot, Colorado USA

Date: 03/24/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

Appearance: clear pale yellow, nice legs,
Aroma: dry woody and alcoholic aroma,
Flavor: very dry flavor, big wood character, warming,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Poured a clear light yellow color with nice legs. Sweet honey and fruity aroma with some candy notes and fusel alcohol. The flavor was light. Light honey, light sweetness, and light alcohol. Big warmth.

Pours a light yellow color. Aroma is of honey with woody vanilla notes. Flavor is of sweet honey with bitter woody notes, and a hint of vanilla.

Pours a pale yellow. The flavor is a little on the hot side. There’s a slight tartness in the back and this is a bit more harsh than the rest of the Medovinas that I’ve had. A touch of vanilla from the oak turns up toward the end of the glass.

No head (still). Body is light yellow. Aroma is notes of honey, minerals, lemon/lime, flowers, alcohol (some isopropyl character), hint of wood. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic. Light to medium body, watery texture, flat carbonation, moderately alcoholic. Not a lot of oak character that I could detect, and some higher alcohol is evident as well, but otherwise it’s got the usual bulletproof Medovina characters. As always, I prefer the semi-sweet and dessert meads from Medovina, but this is a class act apart from the alcohol.