Apis Póltorak Jadwiga

Brewed by Spółdzielnia Pszczelarska Apis
Style: Mead
Lublin, Poland

Serve in Snifter

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Many thanks to SoLan for the bottle. Pours clear with a pinkish amber color. Sweet floral honey with pears, raisins, and alcohol also in the nose. Flavors of rum soaked raisins, floral honey, pears, ripe apples, and booze. Very much like a dessert wine. Thick huge viscous mouthfeel. Awesome stuff. I will be savoring this bottle over quite a few nights.

Excellent - rich and decadent. Very sweet and full - but I never felt over whelmed. Thick pour - a bloody red colour. Lots of honey and the raspberry is a nice accompaniment. Some woody flavours too. All well integrated in a big, bold fantastic that shows depth in the aging process. An unmissable experience.

75 cl bottle (or what was left of it) @ Gastropub Tuulensuu. Rated on 22.01.2011
Aroma is sweetish with honey and some alcohol. Flavour is very sweet and rather rich on honey, some sugar and warming alcohol. Alcohol is also stinging on some sips. My first touch on the real Meads, nice.

UPDATED: APR 15, 2012 750 mL bottle. Pours a clear, still reddish brown. Aroma is extremely potent, ridiculously sweet honey and raspberry. Flavor is again powerfully sweet honey, hints of berry, herbal hints blending into an overall dusty oxidative tone. Hints at its alcohol content only with the intensity of the flavor. Ridiculously sweet and equally tasty.

Update: After a couple days in the fridge, this has oddly gotten even better. The dusty flavor I described as oxidation is totally gone, and it’s only better now!

Bottle. Pours clear golden with no head. Tastes super sweet of honey and fruit. Tastes almost no aslcohol. Thick and incredibly smooth.

This stuff is dangerous. pours a thick syrupy consistency. smell of rich honey with moderate notes of raspberry and a port like oxidized notes. overall smells sweet. taste is uber-rich honey and a balanced raspberry note and a hint of oxidation adding complexity. Taste is mostly honey with a compliment of fruit. There is indeed a bit of acidity keeping things from being too sweet. Overall very sweet but something just makes me want to keep drinking. Thoroughly enjoyable!

Small bottle (Thanks, Basia - you came through in the end). Earthy, fruity raw honey and alcohol aroma. Chestnut brown color. Smooth sweet honey flavor with hint of raspberry in the finish. Full bodied. Lives up to the hype - wonderful.

This has te color of darkish maple syrup. Walks down the side of the glass. Nose is intense honey, wax, flowers, sweet fruits, and various sweet fruity and sugary nuances. Flavor is intensely sweet homes some touch of fruit and alcohol. Thick feel. Nice but aroma is superior.

shared by jtc-bottle-pours amber that sheets the glass and no head. Aroma is sweet medium malt, some herbal/honey sharpness. Taste is very sweet medium malt, raspberry, 2nd sharpness.

Bottle at home. Brandy like color with no head. Very intense dark honey, berries, sherry. Full sticky mouthfeel. Very sweet taste, lasting honey, flowers, raspberries. Long aftertaste. Hands down best mead I ever had.

Bottle thanks to pepsican - also shared by Steve. Pours reddish amber. Nose/taste of caramel apple, fresh raspberry puree, raw honey nectar and vanilla. Ultra smooth and delicious. Sweet finish with mild alcohol burn. Full mouth feel.