Enat Tej Ethiopian Style Honey Wine Traditional

Brewed by Enat Tej Winery
Style: Mead
Oakland, California USA

Serve in Snifter

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served chilled, in a chardonnay glass. App: beautiful honey amber. Bouq: honey of course; a slight herbal scent from the gesho. a very slight hint of yeastiness. Bod: medium heavy. Fla: first sip a little strange, not used to the gesho flavor. second sip, bingo! got it. sweet leaning to semi-sweet. gesho is used for bittering (and starting fermentation). gesho=hops in the beer world. excellent balance of honey and gesho. very drinkable! Fin: nice drying honeyish (and maybe pear?) flavor at the ending. very much more-ish. great stuff. at about ten bucks a bottle, a great deal.

Still mead. Dark golden color. Aroma is interesting. Immediate aroma of honey, but a faint backend aroma of limberger cheese (I’m assuming that’s the malt/hops as this is my first tej). Pronounced honey flavor mixed with alcohols and again what I assume must be the hop additiona.. Immediate warming in the mouth and throat. Sweetness lingers on the palate for quite some time. Once I’ve had a chance to try some other Tej I may have to re-rate this one.