Empire Royal Mead

Brewed by Empire Winery & Distillery (T&W Brand)
Style: Mead
New Port Richey, Florida USA

Serve in Snifter, Stem glass

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Bottle. Pours amber and still. Sweet honey, light mineral-like notes, and a sticky honey sweetness. Good, not great.

Bottle at James’ place for a tasting. Pours a mostly clear copper tinged amber brown with no head. Nose is all dark honey, honey syrup, super sweet but not cloying. Medium bodied, quite sweet, lots of dark honey, syrup.

Bottle courtesy of James at his November 2012 tasting. Pours a deep amber body with no head or lacing. Aroma is rich honey. Mouthfeel is thick with notes of rich, amber honey and light alcohol. Great.

Bottle thanks to MarkWise. Pours amber. Nose/taste of fresh honey, honey comb, earthy honey, sherry and light caramel. Medium body. Finishes sweet honey/caramel. Excellent mead.

Great mead! Smells of honey, tastes of honey, looks of honey. Really, it’s spiced, alcoholic honey. Delicious.

750 ml bottle available at Total Wine Pembroke Pines, FL for $13.99 Surprisingly good!

Saw this on the shelf and was intrigued. glad i picked it up! pours a thick consistency and has a dark copper color. smells or rich sweet floral honey with various esters i cannot describe. taste is rich floral honey that has a hint of earthiness. mild notes of port/sherry like oxidation mouth feel is super rich and more than full bodied.

Bottle, courtesy of darkguardian. Clear amber pour with no head. Sweet honey, honey dew, and raspberry aromas. Very smooth with flavors that match the nose.

A suprising and amazing mead from a local Florida meadery that was gone for awhile but is now back again (thankfully). Pours a clear dark amber. Nose is absolutely amazing, equal to if not better than Apis. I am guessing Orange Blossom Honey but I get suggestions of cinnamon and clove which suggest Tupelo. Extremely smooth and with absolutely no off flavors at all. Finishes with lingering honeyed biscuits, orange and berry and light cinnamon. Finish is full and long lasting. Damn! What a mead! Didn’t expect this sort of quality from a local meadery. I’ll be keeping this around constantly because its not terrible expensive either.

Out fuckin standing mead. Thanks Mark for the share. This is honeycomb, super sweet, and smooth. Too sweet for some I’m sure but a tip-top mead in my book.