 JB175 (1319), Holland, Pennsylvania, USA
Nov 30, 2007
I’ve only been making mead for about 7-8 weeks - not even enough time to have a real sample of what I’m producing (already on my 4th batch!). This guy stands out as a behemoth in the mead category, I’m psyched, so here goes.....Beautiful reddish honey color with a nice dark, reflective look and nice legs (hate using wine terms). Aroma is big and very sweet - lots of fresh honey and a bit of alcohol. Also picking up some earth and berries. Flavor is a wonderful mix of honey, alcohol (just enough to burn!), berry/earth/mother naturs/back to my primal roots kind of thing. Wonderful, thick mouthfeel. Wow - super strong and I can only imagine it gets even better with serious aging (as do most meads). Awesome! Thanks to miketd and stateline liquors for bottles of this guy.
douglas88 (708), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Aug 10, 2008 Bottle shared by footbalm. Pours a light copper color with no head. Interestingly, this beer leaves a silky honey coating on the glass that slowly slides down, like syrup. The aroma is very boozy; some sourness and spices, like apple cider. The taste was very sweet; a sweet honey explosion, honey glazed raspberries, smooth, very dangerous stuff. A sticky mouthfeel, lip-smacking stuff for sure. Very nice. Enjoyable and interesting. Thanks Eric.
BMan1113VR (762), Los Angeles (and Dallas, TX), California, USA
Aug 8, 2008 750 Bottle thanks to pepsican. Amazing stuff. Thick pour that is an amber-rose color. Huge, perfectly formed alcohol legs. Aroma is honey, raspberries and alcohol. Taste is huge, syrupy honey, with amazingly fresh raspberry taste. Absolutely out standing. Mouthfeel is completely coating, like drinking honey. Truely the nectar of the gods!
Doppelganger (1112), Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Jul 17, 2008 Bottle, at cgarvieuk’s, with Stella, the kids, and Traci. Really great tasting Craig—thanks! It was a totally unexpected surprise to be able to have a taste of this. Lovely peach color. Nose is concentrated essense of wild flower honey, and a tawny port plum quality. Wonderfully thick perfume sweetness, musky rich and luxurious.. Sweet enough to be dessert, but enough acidity and cleanness to the finish to keep it from being candy. Lovely.
sir_Pino (513), Zawiercie / Żywiec, Poland
Jul 16, 2008 No 292
Rated: 01.01.2007
Bottle brown, 250 ml
Appearance: Pours oily and sticky, heavy and full body, body hue is intensive medium to dark, very high viscosity in body texture, deep plummy red, orangy or red grapefruit like, body density is thick, body is clear, oily with distinct, sticky traces of excellent lacing on the glass sides.
Aroma: Natural honey, sweet plums, liquor, cognac, wildberries, winegrapes, strawberry, sweet brown sugar, much heavier aroma than the fresh, flowery, fruity aroma of ’Dwojniak Kurpiowski’, pine, some notes of flowers and raisin, prune, plum, wine.
Flavour: Amazing liquor, nectar and syrup, silky and velvet like palate and flavour, a great load of natural honey mixed with some fruity notes of wildberries and strawberries, cranberries, hint of lemon, vanilla, perfectly balanced flavour with amazing palate, cask wood.
Palate: Body is full, texture is 100% syrupy, finish feel is rather long, light alcoholic warmth strenghtening honey aroma dominating over the overall impression with mild pine, citrusy and fresh forest fruit nose.
hombrepalo (446), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jul 7, 2008 8oz pour @ Hopleaf. clear copper pour. Butterscotch, maple syrup and honey are the dominant aromas. Mouthfeel is thick and viscous. Lusicous taste of honey, hint of raspberry and rose. Amazing smell. When you swirl it in the glass, it has amazingly thick legs. N ice to have tried it.
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