4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: SEP 18, 2005 Remarkably complex! Portish in so many ways, especially the aroma! Ultra-sweet, with a thick richness that’s far deeper than a standard English-style mead like Lurgashall. Will post more rating later when I have time. Excellent!
4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Sticks like nothing else, legs adhere to the glass in sticky filaments, just lovely stuff. Huge nose, massive brandy, bit o' honey. Fruity liqueur. Spiced holiday ale. Brandy. Huge fruity burst. Has an amazing long finish. Beautiful mineral quality to it, like hard water. Like sucking on the world's best rock. Wondrous brandy. Sweet, lovely honey sweetness. Beautifully unique. Viscous, thick, no carbonation yet is glorious. Filling, like nectar, syrupy. Holy shit. It's really good. I mean, really, really, really good.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Like no other mead I've had, hugely aromatic and alcoholic, some fig, port wine notes, can't believe this isn't made with grapes, touches of vanilla, maple, toffee notes... Just a touch of pencil eraser, something metallic that feels slightly wrong. Many thanks to Nuffield!
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
A gorgeous ruby amber with no head. Hugely sweet aroma with butterscotch, maple syrup, dark berries, wood, honey, plum, alcohol and raisin. Medium syrupy palate with no carbonation. A nice, very complex, fruity flavor filled with honey, toffee, molasses, butter, cherry, apricot, raisin, plum, vanilla, maple syrup, clove, and other spices. It has a nice alcohol warmth but the alcohol flavor is very well hidden and not overpowering at all. It is hard to rate this in respect to beer, but it is like a much better version of the DFH WWS 23% that I rated earlier. It also reminds me of great liqueurs, such as drambuie and cherry heering, and I am really rating this mead in that respect. If I were forced to rate this as a beer and not a mead, I would take a point off for appearance (no head) and palate (a little too syrupy), but as a mead, I can't imagine it being any better. Excellent.
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Clear bronze color Long tall legs on this as it is spun in the glass. Aromas of candied dates and raisin. The alcohol hits like that of kirsh off of a flambe'. Hints of honey attack the nose. Sweet smooth necture without the alcohol burn I truely expected. Flavors of maple syrup, honey, sorghum and a light oak linger.
4.9 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
UPDATED: OCT 30, 2004 So sweet, thick, and all over my mouth from the moment it entered. Banana, vanilla, port...that’s just a start. So sweet it almost crystallizes in your mouth. A very fun drink and worth the money. (Sampled at Southern Ratebeer Gathering, Austin, TX, December 6, 2003). // I finished my bottle nearly a year after it was opened for the December 2003 Texas gathering--in October 2004--and it was good to the last sensuous drop. There was always satisfaction in the silky smooth palate, the burst of fruity that so tempers the note of honey found in more common meads, and the bouquet of an aroma. I will so miss it. Perhaps one day I’ll manage to have another bottle. In the meantime, I may have to buy a good bottle of port to recreate some of the experience. There was never a time I drank this over the past year that I did not fall in love with it all over again. Ranks among the very very best drinks I have ever had. Near perfect.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
(Bottle) Pours a thick orangish-brown color with no head. Has a very sweet honey taste, 3:1 honey to water and a high alcohol content. Descent, but hard to rate as this was my first mead.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Just like a hot totti; and guarenteed to cure a cold. Not really a beer though is it--been then it again it is closer than Saki ;) Very smooth and warming.
4.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Soft, delicate butterscotchy goodness. Very honey-sweet, very strong. Thick, filling mouthfeel. I must find more....
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Orange gold color, Small head. Aroma is orange honey and very sweet. Full bodied. Sticky and glass covering. If it were a wine, they would say it had big legs. Very sweet. Orange and honey flavors. Incredibly smooth. For all it’s sweetness it very easy to drink. It would have to be in small quantities, but it goes down very easily. I still can’t remember what childhood memory this stuff was triggering, but I do remember something like this when I was very small. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean smooth. Aftertaste is very sweet
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