4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Sampled during Great Taste of Midwest ’09 in Madison, Wisconsin. Pours a still very light pinot gris colored mead with a clean disk top and some thin viscosity tears inside the glass. Aroma of fresh sweet unpasteurized sweet honey (visit a honey farm to experience this) with some floral and unflavored gum. Taste is one of the sweetest honey I’ve ever tried. You can definitely detect the White Tupelo honey in the flavor which lacks some of the sugar character as in store bought varieties. Finish is silky smooth, with a soft honey aftertaste that even lingers a little after the finish. One of B. Nektar’s finest!
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
The first B. Nektar mead I tried at GTMW 09. A floral honey aroma that was very pleasant and unique. Supremely sweet in both aroma and flavor, like most well done meads this does not become cloying at all. A smooth finish as well.
4.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
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.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
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 ...
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
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.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
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.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cheeseman ripped this baby open at the Double Barrel Zhukov release. Oh yeah..... Clear light yellowish pour. Really nice sweet honey, floral aroma. Tangy honey taste, just so clean and devoid of off flavors. Soooooo good.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
(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!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
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.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Piss off SoLan, I am first. Pours a glistening yellow. aroma is very floral with some alcohol present. Lighter notes of honeysuckle. Flavor is fully sweet, with the floral notes coming through again on the finish.
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