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Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead

Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead - Mead

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 Percentile 
46
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Brewed by Lurgashall Mead
Style: Mead

Lurgashall, England

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1233.01/5.03/5.012.5%34.6Snifter
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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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BorksBabe (81), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/57/104/516/20
Feb 6, 2008  
The aroma is almost non-existent... small traces of alcohol. Looks like watered-down urine. Flavor.. much like a white wine with honey flavor. A typical mead. It’s smooth on the palate and gets better the longer it’s open. Overall, I think I like it. Goes well with Sushi.


 gnoff (3560), Göteborg, Sweden
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Dec 29, 2007  
As "English Mead". (Sampled from a bottle at Sjätte tunnan, Stockholm) Clear golden color, no head. Very sweet honey scent. Also distinct honey taste. Smooth full mouthfeel, sweet aftertaste. Warming alcohol.


 obguthr (986), Poquoson, Virginia, USA
1.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/101/53/101/54/20
Nov 25, 2007  
Mushroomy, honey and rubber smell. Clear yellow color. Light honey flavor, weak with no complexity. Boring.


 beerbill (1918), Laurel, New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Nov 3, 2007  
375 ml bottle labelled as "English Mead." Pours a clear pale gold with no head. This is a still mead. Pleasant floral and honey aroma. The flavor is less enticing than the aroma, with some light honey flavors and that’s about it. Bit of a bite at the finish. Very average and frankly not all that memorable.


 BrianHagmeier (257), Coralville, Iowa, USA
1.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/104/51/101/54/20
Oct 21, 2007  
Aroma is yeasty as all get out! The appearance is beautiful, gold and thick like honey. This has the taste of alcohol and spoiled fruit juice. Sorry old chaps, not good.


 glennmastrange (807), hobe sound, Florida, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/55/104/512/20
Oct 1, 2007  
First shot at mead. Aromas of perfume, nut (like almond paste), oak, solvent and wet cement. Color is clear light yellow. Started sweet and finished sweet with a slight tart/acetic taste. Palate is silky. To me this would be a good apertif or substitute for a desert wine


 after4ever (2711), Brier, Washington, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Sep 22, 2007  
750, corked. Thanks, Luiss! This was a fun change of pace. Pours luminescent gold with very little variegation or any other visual featuring. Smells very floral and honey-ish; I struggled to pick up bits of grass and lemon but I really think I was smelling into it rather than receiving. It’s sweet and a bit tart, a bit slick but not quite sticky on the tongue. This would be fun to mull. Winter’s nearly here; it may be time to start hitting up more meads.


 omhper (12155), Stockholm, Sweden
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/511/20
Sep 15, 2007  
Bottled at Akkurat, Stockholm. Pale straw colour. Evident honey pastille aroma and flavour. Sweet and soothing, mildly herba with a touch of menthe. Warmng, but well sweet for me.



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