Medovina Sweet Melissa

Brewed by Medovina Meadery
Style: Mead
Niwot, Colorado USA

2007 Bottle via a trade with carythedude. Shared with the Dallas crew. Pours with strong sticky legs left as remnants of the clear golden body. Aroma is fusel alcohol at first followed by butterscotch, herbal honey and a bit of earthiness. Taste is strong honey that is both sweet and herbal. It is in no way cloying and somewhat dry (lowish FG for a mead) finish. Medium duration finishing with lots of tannins. Mouthfeel is viscous, but not sticky. Excellent!

Bottle. Body-still thin yellow. Nose-alcohol, lots of clover and honey, butterscotch, paint thinner. Taste-excellent, hot, perfect honey sweetness, clover, cinnamon, vanilla Big Red chewing gum, absolutely perfect sweetness. Has the flavor of Jadwiga without the syrupiness. Certainly a masterpiece right here. No shit.

Crushed with Jakebra and CaryTheDude. Thanks guys for hooking me up! Sweet, mellow honey aroma with flowers and alcohol. Very sweet and clovey flavor. As TheDude said, it’s badass. Really cool to drink.

Crushed with Jakebra and Honkeybra. Honey dominates. Alcohol and honey make a weird combination (bandaids) but I’m told it’s good. Sweet as hell on the nose, but the flavor is a different monster. It’s a sexy bitch for sure. A badass mead. A lot in here I don’t understand, yet I still like it.

Bottle I think shared by Jimmack? Pours a clear syrupy gold with some thick legs. Aroma is melon, honey, flowery, cantaloupe, sweet apple and slight citrus, cidery, and a touch green apple acetaldehyde. Flavor is spiced apple pie, sugary honey sweet, floral, roses and otehr flowers- hibiscus? fruity with more melon and green raisin- and slight spicebox in the end. Smooth syrupy and sweet. Great.

Big thanks to JMFG!!! Pours a light, golden yellow. The aroma is as amazing as I had hoped it would be. Insanely floral, with some spicy back notes. The flavor is spot on perfect for me, with the spice notes playing a great foil to the rich honey. Absolutely stunning.

Hazy light yellow color, no head. Fantastic aroma of crushed flowers, white pepper, vanilla, grass, perfume. Nice spice component creates a buzz on the tongue, the floral component comes through well on the taste. Probably my favorite mead now.

2007 vintage, courtesy JMFG. Wow! This is outstanding. The pour yields a still, lightly hazy, medium golden hued body. Moderate legging shows after a swirl of the glass. The nose is beautiful, like a perfectly orchestrated symphony of raw honey, fresh wildflowers, cinnamon, clove, and vanilla. I can’t get over how amazing this smells. It is easily one of the most fantastic aromatic experiences I’ve come across in a beverage. Having alot to live up to, the flavor does not disappoint. Rich, sweet, wildflower honey seems steeped with cinnamon stick and ground clove. Vanilla runs through and through. The sweetness is cut with just enough acidity to avoid being overbearing. Medium-full, slick, and creamy on the palate, even the mouthfeel is outstanding. This is fantastic stuff. If I were a millionaire, I would bathe in it.