Intermiel Jardins Mellifères (Blackcurrants)

Brewed by Intermiel Inc.
Style: Mead
Mirabel, Canada

Serve in Snifter

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UPDATED: APR 24, 2012 Bottle at MaxxDaddy’s tasting. Pours purple. Nose/taste of honey, black currants, vanilla and light wood. Medium body. Relatively smooth.

Bottle shared at the NY Meet the TURD tasting. Pours an amberish purple. Aroma is mild of grape. Sweet flavor of raisins, sugar cane, and apple cider. Not bad.

Sample, Mondial de la bière, savoured on June 8 2011; eye: purplish, clear, no effervescence, no head; nose: black currant, floral, spring, light honey; mouth: black currant, floral, light honey, acridness, acidity, refreshing, finale in black currant with light floral presence, medium body, good carbonation, lightly acidic, lightly alcoholic texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Échantillon, Mondial de la bière, savourée le 10 juin 2011; œil : violacée, limpide, pas d’effervescence, pas de mousse; nez : cassis, floral, printemps, léger miel; bouche : cassis, floral, léger miel, aigreur, acidité, rafraîchissante, finale en cassis avec légère présence florale, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, légèrement acide, texture légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : bien

Very dark purple in colour, no head, alcohol legs. The aroma is very sweet, vinous, lots of blackcurrants, honey, floral as well. The flavour is vinous, very fruity, only some light alcohol which was surprising, very sweet blackcurrants, light honey, a bit dry. Dry and sweet mouthfeel, medium body, mild carbonation. Finishes quite long and very sweet, lots of warming alcohol. Not bad, lots of currants and the alcohol comes out more at the very end, straight forward.

500ml bottle obtained in a trade with <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?U target=blank>piscator34, thanks Kris.
Received back in August 2005 and opened on November 28, 2007.
LOT 150.

Strong blackcurrant and curious grapes in the aroma over plenty of musty honey. Clear, deep, dark, reddish purple like a nice thick red wine with decent legs on the glass. Musty honey flavour with plenty of fruit character. Alcohol is fairly apparent. Dessert wine like thickness to the texture and strong alcohol warming.

Purple colour with pink reflects, still and displaying fat legs. Strong alcoholic, immensely sweet fruity nose (blueberries, grapes) dominates the honey character, but the underlying oiliness can’t hide its origins. Vinous palate, quite growing on the honey which grows quite metallic and drier toward the finish. Not very complex and overall not really serving a purpose, like the raspberry.

Sample from the bottle (375 ml) at the Mondial de la Bière in Montreal, 2006. Immensely thick and lasting lacing/legs coating the glass in intricate webbing atop a thick, dark purple-red body....gorgeous aroma, super-sweet cassis and spicy buckwheat, dark tannic grapes, only faint honey.....body is fairly alcoholic, somewhat reminiscent of brandy, syrupy sweetness is balanced by some nice tartness in midpalate and some less pleasant mineralic bitterness late....a mixed bag but overall worth a try.

Pinkish-purple in colour. Aromas of freshly crushed wild berries and clover.The flavors are tart and semi-sweet. The fruit is not overly cassis- like, perhaps a bit more like cranberry. The straight-up mead flavors becomre more dominant on the back end. The body is light, creating a somewhat refreshing sensation. Not overly complex, but very drinkable.