Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead

Brewed by Lurgashall Mead
Style: Mead
Lurgashall, England

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.

Aroma of pear must, honey and a hint of grass and hay. Pours a bright pale gold. Flavor starts sweet but fades into a nice white wine like acidity with some honey and floral notes along the way. Fairly viscous and oily on the palate. Finishes with some honey sweetness.

Name: Christmas Mead
Date: 10/22/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ziggy’s, Chattanooga

dark yellow with a slight chill haze, sweet spicey honey aroma with a touch of alcohol, sweet flavor, nice spices,
-------- /> Name: Christmas Mead
Date: 10/22/2005
Score: ii to iii
Words: mulled

the mulling mutes the sweetness in the aroma and brings out the spices, much more complex with lots of spiced flavor, only a hint of sweetness, heat thins the body,
-------- /> Name: Christmas Mead
Date: 07/17/2007
Mode: same bottle opened 10/2005

clear gold, nice legs, sweet honey aroma with only a hint of the prior alcohol, nice sweet honey flavor, light spices,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Presentation: Clear half-bottle, olde tyme-y label. Pours a clear light gold. 12.5% ABV. Nose: Rich honey, some earthy tones. A hint of leaf tobacco, and overtones of peach. Taste: Some dryness upfront, background of earthiness throughout. Nicely complex honey character, with the medium sweetness gradually coming to the front. Floral peach tones from the nose come through in the middle. Finish is sweet but not cloying, and slightly reminiscent of leather. Overall: Very nice mead. The complexity balances the sweetness quite well.

It has a pleasant, slightly funky honey aroma. Flavor is a little sweet and the spices come through as somewhat medicinal.

Christmas label.Mead and 300 night at Brewfiends; this one thanks to him! Yellow color. Almost a slightly soured clove honey aroma. The taste definitely seems to be clover honey to me with an almost stale/oxidized finish.

Bottle badged as ’Globe Mead’ from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Southwark, London. Still and golden. Sweet, musty marzipan aroma. Taste is sweet with the very faintest fruity sourness. Brought back memories of the ’great mead-hall of Heorot’ in Beowulf, from University English lectures circa 1969. Can’t say I really liked the mead though.

Thanks brewfiend for sharing this honey brew. Pours a clear chardonnay white beverage with no head or fine bubbles. Aroma of rich clover and orange flower honey, a touch of vanilla and some dry herbs. Taste is definately a sweet mead with lots of honey character, but lighter and watery compared to most other sweet meads. Finish is light, smooth and a nice crisp honey aftertaste. A solid sweet mead but lighter than most I’ve tried. It’s time for the summer Renaissance Fairs. So break open the Mead and toast for the downfall of your favorite foe!