General Lafayette Raspberry Mead

Brewed by General Lafayette Inn and Brewery
Style: Mead
Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania USA

Draft at General Lafayette. Poured amber in color with a small white whispy head that left little lacing on the glass. Aroma of sweet raspberries, honey, cereal. Tastes is very sweet with notes of honey, raspberries, light alcohol in the finish and mildly tart.

(11/12/08) Draught sample at the brewpub in Lafayette Hill. Hazy golden. Aroma of fruits, honey, malt and yeasty notes. Sweet flavor with honey, hints of raspberry, biscuits and some yeast. Medium-bodied.

On tap at the brewery. Has a funky not quite skunky raspberry pale fruity aroma. Tart with a little rot and some floral notes. Mild hop bitterness, too. Clear golden amber with light haze, topped with tiny bit of white head. Medium watery body with light carbonation and some vapory notes. Starts fruity with nice notes of raspberry juice and some sweet honey. This is tasty but I don’t know if I’ve ever had something like this. Bit of an alcohol kick with some estery fruity vapors. Overall, it’s a nice little quaff, and the alcohol could easily sneak up on you. Dry honey-wheat after, with no bitterness.

Clear copper. Strong but artificial raspberry aroma with a sweet honey back. Lemon, lime, grape, and lots of alcohol. The raspberry taste is more authentic, with some honey, ginger, and clove.

on tap-pours a thin white head and amber color. Aroma is mild honey, raspberry. Taste is honey, tart raspberry. Cough syrup, with huskiness.

Draft at brewpub. Pours pale amber red with no head. Aroma of raspberry juice. Flavor is basically raspberry, light caramel, and mild honey. No tartness or fusel alcohol. Dry and spritzy finish. Very one dimensional and not very complex. However this is very drinkable and was popular with the locals on my visit because of the alcohol content. One was enough for me

Bright white head of very fin bubles. Light raspberry aroma. Excellent carbonation which makes the fact that this is supposed to be a mead very questionable. Bright reddish orange in color. Dry tart raspberry flavor. Fizzy in the mouth. Maybe a little tart cranberry also. Noticable alcohol presence with a thin body. Clean dry tart finish. Kind of like a wine cooler.

Pours light red; it looks like fruit punch. Sweet, raspberry aroma. It tastes like honey, raspberry fruit punch with a little kick to it but you really can’t taste the alcohol. It is very drinkable.