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Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead

Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead

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Lurgashall Mead

Lurgashall, England

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1033.03/5.03.03/5.012.5%31.8Snifter P  Stats

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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 aarossell (151), Grandville, Michigan, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/59/105/519/20
Oct 21, 2006    Updated: Dec 6, 2006
Ok....rating mead without knowing mead is dumb. Take for example crazyvin below. Aromatic traits seemed to bleed through on the flavor?? Isn’t that supposed to happen? Is your nose not responsible for 90 percent of "taste"? Anyway...this is an excellent traditional mead. That being a drink made with ONLY honey, water, yeast. Wonderfully present honey aroma and flavor, and warm alcoholic sting. You can tell it was sweetened with honey before bottling. ....That’s what you get with high gravity and low ingredient. This is so far one of the best traditional meads I’ve had. Smooth, honey-like, tasty.


UncleBertie (3), England
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4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/105/520/20
Oct 27, 2004  
LURGASHALL ENGLISH MEAD 75cl ENGLISH MEAD 75 CL x 6 1/2 CASE Made from fermented honey, this is England’s oldest alcoholic beverage. Serve mulled with spices in winter, or over ice in summer. Style Medium sweet Alc 12.5% Size 75cl We love mead... and its honey properties We buy it online from http://www.dinkydrinks.co.uk


 sliffy (1951), Columbus, Ohio, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Dec 15, 2006  
Bottle shared by mikemac: Clear gold in color. Aroma of honey, some wheat. Flavor, thick honey flavor, some spice to it, maybe a bit floral. Really sweet. My first mead, and I think I need to try more because I loved this stuff.


flowerysong (25), USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 23, 2007  
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.


 LtJudge (355), Muskego, Wisconsin, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Dec 19, 2005  
My first mead rating.Nice golden yellow color,with a sweet honey aroma.Has a big honey taste followed by a slight alcohol aftertaste.(did not add spices).Was surprised that there wasnt more of a alcohol taste due to its 12.5%..very good!



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