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Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead

Percentile
46
overall
Brewed by Lurgashall Mead
Style: Mead

Lurgashall, England

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1243.01/5.03/5.012.5%34.6Snifter
Commercial Description:
Made from fermented honey, this is England's oldest alcoholic beverage. Serve mulled with spices in winter, or over ice in summer.
Also known as Celtic Mead.
Also sold as Christmas Mead with a packet of spices.
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 Cletus (5052), Connecticut, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 12, 2005  
Pours a viscous yellow with no head or carbonation. Taste is very sweet with honey both on the nose and the palate. Slight sugary aftertaste.


 wildchefbill (244), Sarasota, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/513/20
Mar 14, 2005  
Pours clear yellow. No head. Sweet wite wine flavor with a cloying sweet honey finish. A syrupy aftertaste. Not bad.


 Ungstrup (15121), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/104/513/20
Mar 9, 2005  
[At The Evening Star, Brighton] A light yellow mead with no head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of honey and lesser notes of flowers - and so is the flavor.


 hershiser2 (910), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/513/20
Feb 19, 2005  
My first mead, so I have nothing to compare this to. Appearance: light yellow with no head. Smslls of sweet honey, some floral aroma... all very light (not strong). Flavor is strong alcohol with some honey notes. Light finish. I enjoy it, but not for the price.


 nick76 (2657), Tampa, Florida, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/511/20
Feb 10, 2005    Updated: Jun 22, 2006
The aroma is of a floral perfume with a hint of honey. The appearance is a clear golden color. Since its not a carbonated beer it has no head. The taste is like a sweet white wine with a more pronounced alcohol character and grassy notes. The honey taste is subtle. The finish is surprisingly dry for a drink as sweet as this one. The aftertaste is somewhat like a bitter wood taste.


 heemer77 (4303), Savannah, Missouri, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/59/20
Jan 23, 2005  
Thin light yellow. Aroma is sour cat piss and some evergreen trees and soap. The taste is better with some apples and maybe a hint of metallic notes. Overall a fairly harsh mead and not too pleasurable on it’s own. However, it pairs well with sweet and succulent food. This might also be nice with spices or ice cold.


 Frank (1066), Chicago, Illinois, USA
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/54/20
Jan 20, 2005    Updated: Dec 11, 2005
This stuff sucks. I’m sorry. I like mead a lot but I hate, hate, hate bad mead. And this sucks. So fuck it. OK clear gold color. Funky weird and bad nose of oak, aspirin, scrubbing bubbles and honeysuckle. Thin watery flavor. There’s a bit of nice grapeyness here and there but that’s minor. Overall, I say bugger this crap. On top of that, it gives me heartburn. Fuck it.


 MullMan (1080), Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Jan 17, 2005  
clear shiny gold color, no head. still/flat microbbules, but they dont rise. aroma is strong honey, alcohol, and chardonnay. flavor is glossy, flat, chardonnay-like, then strong honey and white wine & grape finish. slightly sticky. tartish cloyingsweet aftertaste.



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