 thedm (3405), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Mar 21, 2008
Don’t know why this is labelled as retired since we bought it at the brewery/meadery. This bottled corked mead from the brewey/meadery poured a light orange colored body with no head or carbonation. The nice aroma was honey comb. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish with a mellow vinous aftertaste. The flavor contained notes of sweet honey and was mildly vinous. A decent one that I would consider buying again.
heemer77 (3536), North Liberty, Iowa, USA
Jun 25, 2008 Thanks for sharing, iowaherkeye. The body was medium bronze. A sweet aroma was floral with oak and honey. Plenty of booze were also apparent in the nose. The taste was nasty plastic with some wood. The honey is understated with some weird leather. This gets fairly boozy as it warms up. I wanted to like this one more, but this has some rough edges that hopefully will smooth out with age.
pepsican (634), the beer wastelands of, Iowa, USA
Jun 25, 2008 Thanks joeyiowacitysuckseye for breaking this out just for me being like "oh yeah that is something I’d like to see opened." Orange gold pour with no head/bubbles. Lots of honey and flower in the aroma. Flavor has honey, flowers, oak, grapes, and a bit of spice (pepper?). Finishes a bit thin. Not very sweet, or dry, or tart. Just middle of the road.
iowaherkeye (1360), Back in Iowa City!, Iowa, USA
Jun 24, 2008 375mL bottle, 2004 from the brewery. Clear honey gold with some legs that did form after a few seconds. Plenty of honey, flower petals, juicy raisins, and white pepper. Flavor was kind of appley with some honey, pepper again, and a fair amount of alcohol in the bone dry finish. My label claims 8.0%, but that makes no sense at all--this is pretty boozy and a mead. Just a hint of tang present, and not terribly sweet, either. Dry finish. Full body. Pretty good mead.
JK (2342), Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
Jun 6, 2008 2005. Not as good as the Orange Blossom, but good anyway. Honey and flower aroma that is more complex than the simple flavor, which is on the of a dry mead.
Ibrew2or3 (1571), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
Jun 6, 2008 Purchased at the brewery. Pours still clear bold. It has a big big aroma of honey and the odd fusel mixed with mild earthiness. The taste starts thick and sweet as sweet honey attacks the senses. Then mild tropical fruitiness shows up as mild tannins arise and dry out the experience. It leaves a nice honey and faint fruitiness behind with a mild warming sensation.
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