Surly Three

Brewed by Surly Brewing Company
Style: Mead
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota USA

On draft at The Hopleaf. Pours black with a thick, foamy brown head. Aroma is of malt, honey, chocolate, and dark fruit. Taste is of chocolate, malt, honey, spice, mild citrus, and dark fruit. The big European malt taste combines well with all the various fruit flavors present in this brew. The entire the thing was also very sugary. Body is thick and lightly carbonated. Mouthfeel is extremely sticky and dry. Didn’t really notice much in the way of alcohol. This brew was definitely a sipper, so an entire pint was a poor choice. A smaller glass would have been spot on, but it was far too much to drink.

on tap at the Maproom. pours black with khaki head. nose of sweet honey, malty, currants, beerys, vanilla, and oak. flavors of sweet honey, raisins, very mild roast, caramelized malts, port wine, and vanilla. lots going on with this and i think it somehow works very well. i can’t believe it is 10% braggot cuz it drinks like a 7% porter. a really enjoyable combination of honey and carmelized malt that never get too sweet or syrupy.

On tap @ Map Room. Pours a dark cloudy brown with a thick tan head. Interesting aroma, little chocolate, but mainly sweet honey. Incredibly sweet body with a little bit of spices in there. The honey really overpowers. Decent brew, but I don’t think I could drink many of them in a row.

draft at maproom. this was pretty crazy because i didn’t get a description at first. so i thought it smelled like fruit, chocolate, sweet, and alcohol, and i kinda wondered if it was a blend of 3 beers perhaps (in fact, i later saw that the maproom describes it as an american strong ale). but theni saw on my phone that it’s listed as a mead here, and that made it make a lot more sense. uber honeyed, uber sweet, a little bit of nuts and bourbon, perhaps. still fruity. really delicious.

On tap at the barley house this is my first mead so really don’t know what to be looi[king for as far as characteristics for this style, black with red notes and brown head aromas of malts,alcohol and spices,taste is sweet, of honey,cinnamon,caramel and sugar very smooth and creamy easy drinking

Draft at Kuma’s Corner. First of all, a black braggot. Just to throw that out there. Pours a great black with a brown head. Nose is honey, interlaced with nuts and chocolate. On taste, distinct honey/mead notes bolstered by a huge malt background. Bitter and floral, honey. Nutmeg and cinnamon comes through as well. Taste is very smooth and clean and couples very nicely with somewhat tangy chocolate note. Melds together flawlessly. Definitely, the malts come through. For as black as it is, minimal roastiness. Very drinkable and clean. Excellent anniversary beverage!

Cloudy, dark reddish/brown pour. Small head. Mild nutty honey aroma. The flavor is made of white wine, vanilla, honey, brown sugar, cinnamon. Tastes a bit like chilled mulled wine. Creamy, smooth mouthfeel. Very different, but pretty good.

Pours a very cloudy copper amber with hues of red. Very little/no head. Aroma is caramel bourbon with nutty tones. Flavor is very wsweet caramel with very sweetened dried cherry notes. Bodyi s creamy with medium carbonation.