Apis Trójniak Bernardyński

Brewed by Spółdzielnia Pszczelarska Apis
Style: Mead
Lublin, Poland

Serve in Snifter

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From the bottle as part of a mead flight at Sunset Grill on 11/17/07
Deep golden with light chartreuse/crimson tints and no head (still). Clear, with strong, dense legs.
A smattering of cinnamon-like spices nip at the nose before a juicy, rich honey and maple aroma develops. Earthy, almost, dirty notes interrupt and are dashed away by a light vinousness and a vanilla finale. Really all over the place, though the alcohol is definitely felt and juicy red apples seem to pervade as well. Not sure what accounts for the dirty/earthy notes, but those are one of the few things attempting to balance the exceeding fruitiness/sugariness. Rather old and tired as well. Medium to medium-high strength of aroma. No flaws, but plenty of alcohol.
Red wine, elderberries and even some blood orange notes seep in to the richly sweet honey flavors, with more earthiness and almost something like tree bark. Vanilla is light on the finish, and is consumed by a bittersweet vinousness that is supplemented with alcohol warmth (dryness). Good, I guess....but it just seems like a Sam Smiths Impy stout. It seems wonderful at first, just like the jadwiga, but the more you drink, the more you come to appreciate the more natural, unpasteurized/unfiltered stuff. Seems pretty commercialized here.

Very flowery aroma with lots of honey, woody notes, some vanilla, maybe some plums, resembling port wine. Taste is semi-sweet with a somewhat dryish ending and a slightly sourish palate, I guess from the chokeberries that are a welcome addition and give the whole additional balance. Smooth and mellow mouthfeel, the alcohol is well hidden, though it has a warming effect on the palate. Not too sweet and not too heavy. Delicious.

250ml bottle. Golden colour. Sweet honey, alcohol and spices in the aroma. Flavour is sweet with honey, spices, alcohol and some fruits.

Pours deep golden and clear. Some fruity oxidation in the nose along with a pronounced waxy, floral honey aroma and rich. Sweet fruity up front then gets a little tart/dry then immediately goes back in to a sweet, rich honey flavor and alcohol stands out some. Thick viscous feel. Very warming. I’m a little new to mead but I enjoyed it.

0.75 l bottle. Golden color. Sweet flowery honeyish and raisiny aroma. Sweet nicely aged raisiny taste. Very warming. Drinkable, not heavy. A great mead!

Sickeningly sweet fermented honey. Extremely medicinal. Call me an amateur, but I don’t understand mead.

Fifteen dollar bottle from the local liquor store around the corner. Champagne cork, non-resealable(but any short straight mushroom cap would plug it without getting too snug). Enjoyed the bottle over ten days without much noticeable oxidation. Brandy snifter. Clear, light to medium amber, with a bit of a varnish hue. Smell is packed with warm baklava, sweet tea, & malted vinegar. Some mossy wood, tart cherries, & a sprinkle of salt fill in the gaps. Taste is composed of cooked honey comb, maple syrup, & lots of vanilla & similarly woody tannins. Lots of wood. The added chokeberry is new to me, though it comes off something like blackberries or the tart flesh just under the skin of concord grapes. The juice proceeds to cut the mead right down the middle, while still allowing for a lingering toasted honey finish to proceed it. Feel is coating(borderline crystalline), but strategically interrupted by the chokeberry. Alcohol is barely warming, but flashes when the fruit trails out right before the start of the finish. Slightly underrated. :)

Lackluster pale gold body, no carbonation, lifeless. Honeyed alcohol berry fruit nose with some cake icing notes. Sweet, unbalanced, alcoholic, fermented honey body. Marsala and over-ripe fruit notes permeate into the palate as well after further aeration. Honeyed berry finish.

Bottle from Vas Foremost. Pours a very pale and clear yellow. Nose is very floral. Nice note of citrus and flowers, wine-like. A bit tart in the nose as well. This is much dryer than the Kurpiowski and it works quite well. I could drink this with a salad. Nice level of yeastiness and bread to go with mild honey. Excellent.

Bottled. A golden mead. The aroma has strong notes of honey combined with notes of alcohol and spices. The flavor is sweet with notes of alcohol, honey, and spices. Thanks fiulijn for sharing.

From a bottle at the vintage estate in ohio, wow, a nice place! Looks like pale lager beer without any bubbles. Smells like any other mead, sweet honey and wine. Tase is again, like many other meads, sweet honey and mild wine. Easy sweet mouthcoating drink. Flat of course. I’m a cheap pale lager loven beer drinker, what else can be said. I have very little appreciation for wine but its listed on this site, WTF.