Lurgashall Mead Reviews

DJMonarch	3.6 Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead 1. From the Bottle at Chris O's Pre-GBBF Shindig 10/08/2013 Fruity aroma. Clear fruity and sweet on the palate with a honey flavour. A little dryness and plenty of alcohol in the finish. 2. From the Bottle at NWAF 2015, Derby Roundhouse 13/02/2015 Fruity aroma. Clear coloured and strong in alcohol with a sweet honey flavour. Warming and slightly dry in the finish. Wednesday, April 20, 2022
DJMonarch	4 Lurgashall Reserve / Special Reserve Mead From the Bottle 31/07/2011 Strong slightly oaked aroma. Clear coloured very strong in alcohol and sweet on the palate with a honey flavour. A hint of dryness in a warming oak finish. Saturday, December 25, 2021
DJMonarch	3.6 Lurgashall St George's Mead From the Bottle 31/07/2011 Honey aroma. Clear coloured strong in alcohol and fruity with a grapefruit wine flavour. A hint of dryness in a lasting finish. Saturday, December 25, 2021
DJMonarch	3.8 Lurgashall Spiced / Metheglin Mead From the Bottle 31/07/2011 Big honey aroma. Light golden coloured strong in alcohol fruity and sweet on the palate with a spicy flavour. Dry and warming in the finish. Saturday, December 25, 2021
superspak	3 Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead Saturday, July 15, 2017
abohemian	4.7 Lurgashall Reserve / Special Reserve Mead one of the best traditional meads out there. not too sweet, very true to the honey. deserves a higher rating. Saturday, June 4, 2016
DuffMan	3.8 Lurgashall Reserve / Special Reserve Mead Bottle, 2009 vintage, shared at game night with Parksy, phantomhennes, and heavylaevy. Golden body with medium viscosity, still. Sweet aroma of honey, light pineapple, light vanilla, floral undertones. Sweet floral honey balanced by a nice fruity acidity, pineapple coming in again, oaky vanilla in the finish. This ends with a light tartness, which greatly adds to the drinkability for me. I expected a cloying honeyed oak mess, but I’m happy to be completely wrong! This turned out to be a huge surprise hit! Friday, November 21, 2014
burg326	2.6 Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead This was not my cup of tea, poured a dark yellow with aromas of dry honey, and some wood, with a touch of spice. Flavors were the same, not the best one out there. Friday, May 9, 2014
hotstuff	3.5 Lurgashall Spiced / Metheglin Mead Rated on 3-05-2010 at Fort Wayne, IN Gathering. This Mead, courtesy of hotstuff and thedm, has an appearance of a yellow transparent body. The aroma is honey, sweet and spicy. The taste is honey, some spice, sweet, and has a dry finish. The palate is very smooth and this Mead is medium bodied. Overall, this Mead is very easy to drink even with a 13% ABV. It is worth trying and a Mead I would drink again. Thursday, February 6, 2014
Headbanger	3.1 Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead 750ml bottle 12/23/13 (Courtesy of TerryR)-46° in Snifter-Pours amber with no head. Aroma of sweetness, fruit, honey, and apple cider. Taste of honey, sweetness, and sugar. This light bodied beverage is not overly syrupy but just a bit sweet. Monday, December 23, 2013
jackl	2.9 Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead Bottle @ Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2013. The pour’s gold with a small head. The nose is strong honey, beeswax. Sugary cake icing. The taste is similar. Strong honey. A touch of lemon and summery fruits. Quite sweet and boozy. Syrupy body, fine carbonation. OK. Saturday, December 7, 2013
anders37	2.9 Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead Bottle @ Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig ’13. Pours a yellow color with no head. Has a sweetish spicy honey aroma. Sweetish spicy honey flavor. Has a sweetish spicy honey finish. Thursday, September 12, 2013
planky84	3.2 Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead Bottle at Chris O’s pre-GBBF shindig, 2013. Light green pour with a white head. Honey and baked apple aroma. Heavy sweet spice action in the flavour- cloves, cinnamon- accentuates the dominant honey taste. Not bad. Wednesday, August 14, 2013
magsinva	3.7 Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead Bottle from Brusin’ ales - pours clear gold, still. I had this one a couple days ago and drank the whole bottle in one sitting which I normally don’t do. That said its solid, but a bit boring. Thursday, July 25, 2013
cgarvieuk	3 Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead bottle at ChrisO ... golden yellow ... soft dry honey nose ... soft floral honey ... light spice ... light dry honey finish Sunday, March 31, 2013
jkwalking05	3.9 Lurgashall Malmesbury Whisky / Tower of London Mead Tasted in 2010 (backlog). Golden yellow with good legs. Aroma is honey, toffee, light smoke and sweet butter. Taste is honey and booze. Friday, March 15, 2013
Leighton	3.5 Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead Bottle at the ChrisO Holiday Tasting, London - thanks to Mes and Sim. Pours clear yellow tint with a few bubbles. Sweet honey aroma, hints of spices and herbs. Big sweet flavor, plenty of sticky honey, light spiciness. Full bodied with fine, flat carbonation. Moderately warming finish, medium sweet, not as thick as some meads I’ve had. Nice dry honey character in the end. Sunday, January 13, 2013
Theydon_Bois	3.5 Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead Bottle at ChrisO tasting, thanks to Mes and Sim, 30/12/12. Almost translucent with a hint of pale yellow, very thin white head. Nose is almond, marzipan, light smoke, honey, piss. Taste follows, honey, sweet sugars, booze. Full bodied, still, sweet finish. Decent enough mead. Friday, January 4, 2013
Rustyham	3.3 Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead A nice, smooth, simple and easy drinking mead. It has a lot of sweetness, but it’s not an overly rich or syrupy sweetness. Body is still thicker than wine, but it reminis bright and crisp. The spices are a good idea, but they leave a lot of sediment that takes away from the drinking experience. I should have used a little stocking for steeping. Wednesday, January 2, 2013
mR_fr0g	4 Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead Bottle at Chriso’s tasting 30/12/12. Petrol / gasline / green colour. Heather honey aroma. bautiful palete. mid sweet. Monday, December 31, 2012
rlgk	3 Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead Bottle at Chriso’s tasting in London, 121230. Pale yellow color with no head at all. Floral honey aroma, fruity, sweetish sugary, caramel, spicy notes. Honey flavor, floral, raisins, vinous, banana notes. Sunday, December 30, 2012
mikesaum	3.5 Lurgashall Reserve / Special Reserve Mead Vintage 2009, pours a golden color with decent legs in the glass, aroma is quite sharp with honey and oak notes, smells pungent. Flavor is sharp as well, almost cloying but not quite, honey dominates and there are subtle oak hints, not sure why it has such weak rating on here, its not bad. Thursday, May 31, 2012
deyholla	3.1 Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead Bottle. Pours a clear gold with no head whatsoever. Aroma has a good amount of sweet honey with a hint of light fruit. Flavor is smooth with light honey and really not much else. Sunday, December 25, 2011
MeadMe	3.3 Lurgashall Malmesbury Whisky / Tower of London Mead Pours an nice light golden hue. Aromas of sweet honey and booze. Flavor is honey sweetness upfront. Lightly floral with hints of vanilla. The whiskey comes through in the middle and kills the honey sweetness. Monday, October 24, 2011
Christian	3.4 Lurgashall Spiced / Metheglin Mead Golden with a mall white head. Aroma of honey and bees wax with a spicy touch. Sweet honey flavour with a floral note Sunday, October 23, 2011
Christian	3.3 Lurgashall St George's Mead Golden with a small white head. Honey aroma with floral and herbal notes. Sweet honey dominated flavour with fine floral notes Sunday, October 23, 2011
Christian	3.3 Lurgashall Reserve / Special Reserve Mead Golden with a small white head. Aroma of oak and honey with a dusty note. Strong and sweet honey flavour ith a hint of walnut. Sunday, October 23, 2011
fonefan	3.4 Lurgashall Spiced / Metheglin Mead Bottle 500ml. clear glass. Clear light to medium yellow colour with a virually no head. Aroma is moderate to heavy honey, spicy honey, flowers - nectar. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, spicy, flowers. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110731] Saturday, September 10, 2011
FatPhil	2.6 Lurgashall Reserve / Special Reserve Mead 500ml bottle (ChrisO’s post-GBBF2011 Wednesday) A slick and oily viscous fluid, looks like it will be sticky. Honey alcohol and molasses dominate the aroma, but there’s a sharpness too. Sharpness comes out more in the mouth, and in fact dominates. It’s aided by the bite of 17% alcohol. Too sharp for me. for 17% meads, give me the mjod style instead. Saturday, August 27, 2011
FatPhil	2.9 Lurgashall St George's Mead 500ml bottle (ChrisO’s post-GBBF2011 Wednesday) Desperately pale and glassy. Sweet honey in the aroma. Winey in the mouth. Sweet, but fortunately not too sticky, if anything, it’s crisp and highly drinkable. Good honey wine style mead Saturday, August 27, 2011
Dedollewaitor	2.7 Lurgashall Reserve / Special Reserve Mead Bottle @ Chris O’s. Thanks guys. Pours clear golden with no head. Rice, honey, oak and alcohol. Warmth from alcohol. Sweet and cloying. Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Dedollewaitor	2.6 Lurgashall St George's Mead Bottle @ Chris O’s. Thanks guys. Pours clear golden with no head. Sweet nose and flavor. Rice, honey, spices and wine. Sweet and alcoholic. Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Dedollewaitor	3.1 Lurgashall Spiced / Metheglin Mead Bottle @ Chris O’s. Thanks guys. Pours clear golden with bubbles on top. Sweet nose and flavor. Honey and spices. A bit of warmth. Ok Wednesday, August 24, 2011
FatPhil	2.9 Lurgashall Spiced / Metheglin Mead 700ml bottle (ChrisO’s post-GBBF2011 Tuesday) Sweet honey, gentle spice. Little to say, it is what it is..... I think my issue with this is the fact that it’s a UK wine-styled mead. It doesn’t have the heft of a polish mjod, it’s paler, thinner, and simpler at its base. The spices seem to be there as if they’re just covering up something, or the lack of something, and aren’t well integrated. Not unpleasant, but not my style of mead. Saturday, August 20, 2011
Theis	3.1 Lurgashall Spiced / Metheglin Mead Bottle at ChrisO & Ruth’s - Thanks. Clear golden - white head. Honey, sharpness, spicy, raisins, wooden, almonds, light marzipan, high sweetness, alcoholic. Sunday, August 14, 2011
Theis	3.4 Lurgashall Reserve / Special Reserve Mead Bottle at ChrisO & Ruth’s - Thanks. Clear golden - no head. Sweetness, raisins, dried fruits, light wooden notes, oakey, sharpness, alcoholic, almonds, earhty. Sunday, August 14, 2011
Theis	3 Lurgashall St George's Mead Bottle at ChrisO & Ruth’s - Thanks. Clear golden - no head. Sweetness, honey, minerals, sharpness, flowery, alcoholic, light spicy notes, light acid notes. Sunday, August 14, 2011
fonefan	3.4 Lurgashall Reserve / Special Reserve Mead Bottle 500ml. clear glass. ABV: 17.0%. Clear light to medium yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate honey, wood, earthy. Flavour is moderate to light heavy sweet and light light bitter with a average to long duration, honey, spicy, wood - oak bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20110731] Sunday, August 14, 2011
fonefan	3.2 Lurgashall St George's Mead Bottle 500ml. clear glass. Clear light to medium yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy honey, honey - fruity. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light light acidic with a long duration, fruity tart, honey, white wine notes. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. [20110731] Sunday, August 14, 2011
chriso	3.1 Lurgashall St George's Mead Very pale straw colour. Bit of a white wine feel. Of course, it is quite sweet but, like the Lurgashall Reserve Mead I tried immediately before this was relatively light and not too sticky for a mead. Decent enough, even though I’m not a big fan of meads, or at least the levels of sweetness that many have. Sunday, July 31, 2011
chriso	3.2 Lurgashall Reserve / Special Reserve Mead 500ml bottle at 17.0%. Straw colour. light honey (obviously) aroma. Touch of rubber. Sweet on the palate but not too sticky or unctuous. I don’t think I’ll ever be a great mead fan but this was pretty drinkable and light. Sunday, July 31, 2011
oh6gdx	2.8 Lurgashall St George's Mead Bottled. Pale yellow colour, not too much head. Aroma is honey and some mild herbal notes. Flavour is honey some slight sourish edge. Mild strange notes as well. Balanced, but not anything I’d kill for to get again... Sunday, July 31, 2011
oh6gdx	4 Lurgashall Spiced / Metheglin Mead Bottled. Honeyish golden colour, no head. Aroma is sweet honey, some slight spices, mild herbs as well as some mild nectary notes. Flavour is honey, herbs, spices, some slight alcohol as well as mild wooden notes. Sunday, July 31, 2011
Bullit	2.9 Lurgashall St George's Mead From bottle @ Paisley Beer Festival 2011. White wine coloured. This mead has sweet honey, bit of perfume. Fairly dry and a bit sour. Sweet finish. Sunday, May 1, 2011
Bullit	3.4 Lurgashall Spiced / Metheglin Mead From bottle @ Paisley Beer Festival 2011. White wine coloured. Aroma is honey and a bit spicy. Flavour is sweet cloying honey, bit of heat, dusty and light peppery. A bit odd but pleasant. Sunday, May 1, 2011
Bullit	3.2 Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead From bottle @ Paisley Beer Festival 2011. White wine coloured. Aroma of sweet honey, bit dusty. Flavour of honey, yeast and mould. Light sour finish. Sunday, May 1, 2011
Cobra	3.9 Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead 375 ml bottle, aged in my cellar for over 5 years. Completely translucent golden yellow color. Aromas are of clover honey, not much else. Flavors are clover honey, with a background of bitter pollen flavor. Excellent mouthfeel, slick & sweet. Only my second mead, but right there at the top of the heap. Sunday, April 24, 2011
Lubiere	3.4 Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead A yellow mead with a strong aroma of clove honey, woody notes, like wet wood, and aniseed. In mouth, a smooth sweet honey with nice aniseed notes, quite smooth, warming alcohol. Interesting mead. Bottle from LCBO vintage, about 1 year old. Tasted Feb. 5 2011. Sunday, February 13, 2011
JaBier	2.1 Lurgashall English / Celtic / Christmas Mead Sample at the mead tasting at Blacklick Wine & Spirits on 7/29/10. Clear light yellow in color. Aroma was very unpleasant, but I kept going back for more to see if it changed. Didn’t want to jump the gun on thnking it smelled so bad, but it smelled the same every time I took a whiff. The best way to describe the aroma is urinal cake or recently cleaned public restroom. Just wasn’t my thing. The flavor was decent though. Honey with a bit of tart citrus and what I thought was a hint of mint. The urinal cake character wasn’t evident in the flavor. Monday, August 2, 2010
thedm	3.6 Lurgashall Spiced / Metheglin Mead This corked and caged bottled mead from a bottle shop poured a small sized head of medium sized clear colored bubbles that were quickly diminishing and left behind a transparent yellow orange colored body and a oily lacing. The aroma was musty and honey. . The strong flavor contained notes of vinous sweet mild spice and honey. Delicious and one I would certainly like to have again. Saturday, June 26, 2010