Redstone Sunshine Nectar

Brewed by Redstone Meadery
Style: Mead
Boulder, Colorado USA

Light blonde with little carbonation. Mellifluous honey aroma with tinge of apricot, this mead improved immensely as it warmed and aired. Flavor builds into a heavy honey and light apricot that is oh, so lovely. Slight dry finish.

Tap @ O’Brien’s. Clear yellow with no noticable carb & only a few small bubbles which formed the slightest, thinest semi ring, no lace. Aroma is of highly refined, slightly sour apple juice w a trace of bee’s wax. Flavor is of the refined apple juice and a touch of honey and a slight trace of wood. Very delicate and refined, interesting combination of moderately sweet and mildly tart, slightly earthy w a touch of mild spice. Light body. Very clean tasting. Alcohol very well integrated in. At first I didn’t think much of it but I couldn’t stop sipping it. Very nice but rather spendy.

At the 2007 Big Beer, Belgians, & Barleywines Festival in Vail. Pours a pale white/yellow with no carbonation, no head. Lightly carbonated, but settles fast. I get a big apricot nose to this. The flavor seems like less apricot and more of the dry honey backbone of an attenuated mead. Very nice.

Pours hazy gold with big apricot and honey aroma. Tastes sweet, with apricot, peaches, huge honey, and a sweet finish with no carbonation. Not quite as good as the black raspberry, but still very good. College chicks would cream their jeans over these Redstone meads.....which gives me an idea....

Smells, well, like honey! Awesome. Honey is the dominant taste as well, along with some apricots. The mouth feel is spritzy and fun. Fun is the word here, this stuff is fun and delicious, but too damn pricey.

750 ml bottle. Pours a pale straw gold with no head. Lightl;y carbonated. Lovely aroma of honey, a bit of yeast, and a hint of apricot. The flavor is again honey along with a stronger yeast component than the aroma would indicate, along with a very light touch of apricot. The effervescence helps keeps things light on the palate, as it should be. A bit dry at the finish. Very nice.

Swing-top blue bottle from Ron’s in Farmington. Not sure what to expect, since this is my second mead and my first melomel Very light yellow translucent body, almost the color of water. Smells fruity and alcoholic. Tastes tart and fruity, with apricot taking the forefront with slight honey-like notes and a bit of alcohol warming. Slick somewhat aqueous mouthfeel with less carbonation than expected considering the appearance. Fairly drinkable for the abv, though there’s a bit of an alcoholic bite toward the finish that is reminiscent of a liquor. Still a decent beverage. Not something I’d have all the time, but I’m definitely glad I broadened my horizons with this one.

There is a surprising amount of tartness to balance the sweetness. Refreshing and no alcohol tastes. One of the better meads that I have had.