Mountain Meadows Honeymoon Nectar

Brewed by Mountain Meadows Mead
Style: Mead
Westwood, California USA

Bottled. A golden mead. The aroma has strong notes of honey as well as notes of spices among them rose water. The flavor is sweet wtih strong notes of honey and spices. It has a good body, and the alcohol leaves a slight burn in the mouth.

(Bottle 75 cl) Pours a clear golden. Spicy aroma - plenty of coconut accents for some reason. Quite full-bodied with sweetish honey and spices - extremely intense. The finish is sweet. A very sophisticated mead. 200908

Bottled at Akkurat, Stockholm. (12%) Clear pale yellow. Completely still. Flowery and vinous, like a muscat wine. Sweet, but not disturbingly so, potent and warming. Some sugar burns in the finish. A very elegant mead.

Clear golden with no head. Sweet and spicy aroma with honey and ripe fruits. Sweet flavour with ripe fruits, honey and floral notes. Ends sweet with warming alcohol.

Pale yellow colour. Prominent alcohol aroma, apple, spice, flowers, peach and apricot. Flavour is awesome, ginger, spice flavour with some orange thrown in as well. Fairly sweet with a long and spicy finish.

Bottle. No head (still). Body is light to medium yellow. Aroma is notes of paint, plastic/vinyl, turpentine/alcohol, nutmeg, green leaves (tomato leaves?), honey, and vanilla. Flavor is heavily sweet, lightly acidic. Finish is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, slightly unclean. Medium to full body, watery/syrupy texture, flat carbonation, lightly to moderately alcoholic. Second time I’ve tried this one. First time was at the 2006 Int’l Mead Fest; I gave it a 1.9, mostly for having such a foul phenolic aroma. But of course the other ratings here made me think that either that batch was off, or I was outta my mind. So I bought a bottle of my own recently so I could sample it at home in a nice setting in a good glass. Oof. Not much better. Granted, there are some pleasantries in the nose, and the bad aspects may not be from phenols but rather from added spices or something. Either way, it smells quite poor. Enough that I’m afraid to drink much of it. I have nothing against Mountain Meadows, I just don’t like this one. And I’ve been fair by giving it two tries a year apart.

This is my first mead ive ever rated, so this may be ruff. Looks like, well mead, a very clear with a golden tint. Heavy lacing down the side of the glass. Aroma is very sweet with hints of honey and pear. Veary sweet and fruity taste initially on the palate. Very smooth going down with a sligth alcohol taste. Some tart taste near the end, almost sourish, like a green apple. Very good, but i don’t think i could drink a lot of it.

(Bottle, Stockholm Beer Festival, 27 Sep 2008) Pale yellow colour with green tinges. Still. Fruity, sweet nose with distinct notes of honey. Fruity taste with full flavours of honey and a hint of apples. Sweet and full bodied with viscous texture. Doesn’t really stand out in any direction, it’s just solid, well made and very, very tasty. Great mead.