Ramapo Valley Passover Honey Beer

Brewed by Ramapo Valley Brewery
Style: Mead
Hilburn, New York USA

Poured golden yellow, Very big aroma of nuts and honey upon the pour! This is an extremly different Brew. MUST BE NOTED> THIS IS GLUTTEN FREE> So, people with celiac sprue dissease, you can drink this. Being A mead, I liked it.

Pours yellow/gold with a nice white head and minimal carbonation. Smells of honey, nuts, wildflowers and sugar. Tastes mildly bitter and tangy with light honey elements.

Bottle. This is definitely a mead and not a beer even though the label calls it a beer. Overwhelming carbonation. I like it but I’m probably biased as my son has Celiac and this is one of few beers that he can drink.

Bottle. Nice golden honey hued body with a thin patchy film of bubbles and a small ring of bubbles. Nose-herbal tea with honey. Taste-honey, clover, CO2, alcohol, menthol, apple juice, grass, grapefruit, graham crackers. Much better than I had anticipated. With a little more body, this could be a winner. The label states that there are hops in here, but I don’t detect a single hint of hops.

Clear, yellow and lightly carbonated. Floral honey aroma. Still on the palate. Nutty mead flavor with some white wine notes. Really a nice light mead.

Interesting beer in the fact it is brewed with out any malted barley, and is really a mead, not a beer. Pours to a bright, deep golden color, with a tight white head that fades, and a moderate amount of carbonation. The nose on this beer is sweet, with aromas of clover honey, and grassy notes. The palate is soft, and slick on the tongue, with lots of honey sweetness, and light syrup. This beer finishes with more honey sweetness, and finishes with some hop bitterenss, but ends cloying with honey sweetness. A tasty and sweet mead, but clearly not a beer. Worth a try, and imagine one to enjoy if you are Jewish, and observe Passover, and want to enjoy a "beer" during Passover.

Crystal clear golden yellow color, barely a lacing around the side of the glass. A mellow honey flavor, very smooth. It does seem like it’s missing something, but maybe that is just an expectation I had. Mild, smooth finish and fresh lavender finish. Delicate and light. Somewhat sweet, but not overly so. Too many mineral salts, and the finish becomes a little too "chemical" after a few sips. Yet this is an interesting summer brew!

I really want to hate this but I can’t. It’s actually very striking to look at ... crystal clear golden with a frothy head and great (if quickly escaping) carbonation. Looks like a Martinelli filtered apple cider. Nose of floral hops and honey. Taste of floral hops and honey and apple ... if not for the hops I would have thought this was hard cider mixed with mead. OK mouthfeel. Actually drinks OK for a mead, pretty disappointing for a lager.