Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead

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.

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

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.

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.

This was nice. Aromas and flavors of honeysuckle, apple, violet, and rose.

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!

Bottle: Strong alcohol aroma. Almost rubbing alcohol with some honey. Pale transparent yellow with no head. Real nice honey falvor with a warming alcohol finish. Apple and white wine flavors as well. Even though the smell is strong alcohol, the alcohol in the flavor is balanced very well.

Bottle shared by mikemac at oak cafe. This was my first mead and this seemed pretty impressive to me for only being a 3.02. Aroma was a little white winish and also some sweetness and honey. Very good palate. Sweet but still pretty light but the alcohol was covered pretty well.