B. Nektar Tupelo Mead

Brewed by B. Nektar Meadery
Style: Mead
Ferndale, Michigan USA

Serve in Snifter, Stem glass

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Bottle 375ml. blue glass @ [ Edinburgh Danish Invasion Tasting) by cgarvieuk - Edinburgh ].

Clear medium yellow colour with no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy honey, flowres - nectar, light alcohol. Flavour is moderate to light heavy sweet with a long duration, spicy honey. flowery honey, dry dry. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20120422]

In bottle. Pours a light golden colour with a musty yeast aroma with quality honey and alcohol characters also. An upfront sweet honey flavour before warming alcohol kicks in. A sherbet character also. Quite drinkable.

Bottle at cgarvieuk’s Danish Invasion extravaganza. Pale yellow gold pour. Soft elderflower and blossom honey, hint of open alcohol on the nose. Slightly tart apple flavour with spicy honey flavours underneath. Very clean with a nice almost-sherbet character. Quite light in body, lovely long tart finish with just the slightest hint of alcohol. Really interesting, lovely stuff.

bottle at The Danish Invasion tasting ...Thanks to the Cheeseman ... light golden yellow ... soft floral apple honey ... light spice honey nose ... zezty sweet honey ... soft spicy apple ... spiced apple pie ... very nice ... very balanced ... little dry finish ...

Date: July 24, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: hasy pale yellow, viscous, legs
Aroma: light delicate honey aroma
Flavor: dry honey flavor with a nice balancing sweetness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

I love tupelo honey and I enjoyed this mead! Gold pour. Aroma is dry florals, tupelo, fruit. Flavor is dryer than expected I can taste the tupelo notes...nice mead. Glad to try it.

(Bottle shares by by Dak). Pours hazy golden and still. Aroma is honey, florals, wine, booze. Taste is sweet with some spice, honey and some booze. Sticky texture. Hot, but really good!

Pours somewhat translucent yellow with haziness throughout. Aroma is somewhat sweet with notes of lighter fruits. Flavor is rich and sweet with a decent amount of alcohol in the finish. Quite good and smooth. Heavy on the honey and floral notes with a pinch of spice.

375ml bottle thanks to badnewsbeers. Pours with a hazed golden body with laser etched legs. Aroma is hay, spicy, grape skins, tannins, honey and alcohol. Flavors are sort of spicy and grain like (strange), earthy, spicy, with a lingering floral-fruit-wine grape note. Some light citrus like acidity as well. Medium viscosity for a mead of this size. Good tannins which seem to offset the sweetness and dry it out a bit. Very floral honey, that lends an odd character to the mead.

Tupelo honey is a favorite of mine and this did not disappoint. Nice light brown still pour. The flavor and aroma is all about right sweet mildly floral honey. Very sweet and very tasty. Great stuff.