Honey Sun Iqhilika (Mead) - Dry

Brewed by Makana Meadery
Style: Mead
Grahamstown, South Africa

Serve in Snifter

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Okay i have only had a few meads but this one i liked. Poured a plain gold color with strong honey and floral aroma, almost like honeysuckle. For the sweet aroma this ones flavor was not overly sweet very very good after dinner beer.

Poured a golden clear color, no real head to speak of or lacing. The aroma was strong honey flower, light honey, some pears. The flavor was all honey with a nice subtle honey-wine kick, light fruits as well. This went GREAT with the poundcake served after dinner, a really nice treat, turned me back to meads for the right place and time. Enjoyable.

750 ml bottle. Bottle lists the alcohol content as 12%. Pours a crystal clear gold with no head and no carbonation. Strong aroma of honey and flowers. Beautiful aroma. The honey flavor is initially a bit sharp. It reminds me a bit of buckwheat honey, which has a strong flavor. Definitely sweet and bordering on being cloying. An aggresive mead for those that like strong honey flavors.

75 cL bottle at Sunset Grill. Pours clear and golden yellow with no head. Aroma is dry honey herbal. Sweet, sweet and honey herbal. Rather dry and honey hebral towatds the finish. Ends smooth and fruity into the finish.

On draft at Smoke and Barrel, Zymatore series from B. United. Nose and flavor are marked with touches of honey, apricot, further stone fruit, touches of white wine (sauvignon blanc), and honey sweetness. Dries out quite impressively on the end of the palate, particularly considering the 13% alcohol. Pretty nice!

Barely any smell, pours like liquor. Tastes very sweet, but dries or your mouth. Finishes dry and clean.

UPDATED: MAY 12, 2007 Sampled at Tria Fermentation School’s mead class, 5/8/07. Clear, golden color with no carbonation. sweet floral aroma. Medium bodied. sweet honey flavor, with a bit of orange and fluoride. Sweet but not cloying, i found this very easy to drink.

May 2007 - I have no idea how to rate meads. Immensely floral aroma...honeysuckle flowers. Very flowery taste of honeysuckle. Not overly sweet...I prefer this to the sickly sweet Apis Japwidgeakaeeka (however you spell it), but I couldn’t drink too much of this.

Still new to this mead thing - this one aint too bad. Golden-honey color. Aroma is sweet with some honey and light grape. Flavor has a nice honey flavor but leans toward a the white wine side a little too much, as would be expected with a dry mead. Mouthfeel really improves the longer you drink it - nice mead.

Sweet sour aromas, with a clear light golden color, Flavors of honey, sour citrus and flowers, mild palate with a slight stickiness. My first mead - so I guess I thought it was pretty good.