2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20 TURDFERGUSON (2758) - Carrboro, North Carolina, USA - MAY 19, 2010
Bottle, shared by Ernest. Thanks, I guess. What I wrote: "This smell of this mead makes me not want to taste it, but I must. " I did, and it didn’t taste great. Very meaty mead. Smelled kinda like alcoholic beef ramen seasoning.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20 Ernest (5184) - Boulder, Colorado, USA - MAY 10, 2010
Bottle.
No head (still). Body is clear medium amber.
Aroma is notes of alcohol (petrol and bug spray), plastic, paint, honey, caramel, orange, pine/spruce needles.
Flavor is heavily sweet, lightly acidic.
Finish is moderately sweet, lightly acidic.
Medium to full body, syrupy texture, flat carbonation, heavily alcoholic.
Sadly, the higher alcohols and dirty phenols make this really clunky and unattractive to the nose. Some nice elements too, but you really have to weed through the industrial aspects to find them. Overly sweet and syrupy, not much to balance other than the fierce burning alcohol. Not a fan.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 stobbe74 (3163) - DENMARK - APR 18, 2010
Bottle. Pours a clear and pale copper mead with no head. The aroma is sweetness, alcohol and fruit. The flavor follows the nose closely. The palate is alcohol. Overall a good mead, but very sweet.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 Hophead22 (2392) - Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA - MAR 31, 2010
Fancy ceramic bottle shared by DuffManSW and I think it helped Shawn’s buddy score a little sumpin, sumpin, thanks Shawn. Poured a honey gold color with no head, just a few bubbles. Aroma was sweet, like Shawn said, tequila and a little hot. Sweet flavor, very hot and a lot like tequila, but not as hot a tequila of course, very interesting stuff though. Good luck to Heath and his booty quest. (1160)
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 DuffManSW (436) - Riverside, California, USA - MAR 31, 2010
Bottle...pours gold no head..aroma is sweet tequila...flavor is sweet almost like a shot of tequila..no carbonation...crazy
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20 halfonit (972) - Fall River, Massachusetts, USA - MAR 20, 2010
Deep and a little dark, kind of a brownish, orange, and yellow color. Aroma is of mint, grapes, honey, and it’s more on the wine style. Flavor is quite sweet. A lot of honey and sugar up front with some mint and alcohol. Has a bitter sweet finish. This is only my third mead so I’m still learning what they are all about.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 bu11zeye (10165) - Frisco (Dallas), Texas, USA - FEB 25, 2010
(Hand bottle, courtesy of ericandersnavy) Pours a clear golden body with nice legs. Aroma of honey, florals, and mint. Flavor of honey, earth, and florals.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 travita (2650) - Frisco, Texas, USA - FEB 22, 2010
Thanks to ericandersnavy for the bottle. The look is clear, golden in color, and good legs. The smell is lotion, definete alcohol, spices, and flowers. The taste is about the same.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 angrypirate06 (1158) - Texas, USA - FEB 4, 2010
Handbottle thanks to ericandersnavy. Amber pour with nice legs. Aroma is cinnamon and honey. Flavor is tea leaves, floral, herbal, and mint.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20 ericandersnavy (2351) - Denton, Texas, USA - FEB 3, 2010
bottle thanks to bhensonb. poured light gold with great legs. aroma was honey and spearmint. flavor was honey, some sort of weird flowers, and grains with a slick body. not real sure on this one.
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