Bottle from Nachlamsie, a very generous trader and nice guy. Must visit Tennessee someday. Light pale yellow color. The appearance would be terrible if it were a beer, but OK for a mead. Light sweetness, similar to most meads. Some honey in the aroma. A hint of sulphur. I have a huge sweet tooth, and thus I love meads. Very nice. Great with some Brie.

Pretty darn tasty stuff. Pour pale yellow, with some legs on the side of the glass. Aroma is honey, as one might suspect, mixed with subtle vanilla and, I don’t know, pear? Flavor is honey, again, but not cloying or tedious. Surprsingly dryish finish. Pretty good.

Bottle split with Tronraner. Pours still and yellow with a noticeable viscosity. The aroma is honey (duh) delivered in a tart, musty scent. I’m most impressed with the flavor. Behind the honey is a rounded oak note. Any tartness in the mead moves gracefully from the front of the palate to be covered by a very appropriate level of honey-sweetness. The alcohol is not apparent at all. Amazing. This is my favorite mead so far, but I haven’t had that many yet. [Sept 17, 2007] Revisited this one. It’s still as good as I remembered. It doesn’t have the deep floral complexity found in some central European meads, but it has its own nuances. I found more subtle vinous notes and strong suggestions of muscadines this time around. The honey is appropriate and this never cloys. The alcohol is completely hidden.

Bottle. Pours a crystalline yellow, very still. It leaves well-defined legs, but they fall quite fast. The aroma is that of a musty cellar and wildflowers, with some clear wafts of sweet honey. The flavor is quite well-blended. Lots of mild oak character balances the sweetness of the honey and a very delicate floral character lurks behind everything. The finish is tart but subtle and fades slowly into a warm aftertaste. The palate is particularly smoothly textured. I like this mead a lot.