Ring of Fire Meadery Reviews

SHIG	3.6 Ring of Fire Hawaiian Vanilla Bean Mead Bottle: Poured a clear with white bubbles. Aroma is vanilla. Taste is nice vanilla and honey. Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Travlr	3.7 Ring of Fire Local Press Apple Mead Bottle purchased at La Bodega. Clear golden color, still, tons of legs. Floral aroma. Taste has sweet honey, apple flesh, subtle lemon, light vanilla. Very tasty. Saturday, January 23, 2016
BeerandBlues2	3.5 Ring of Fire Local Press Apple Mead Bottle from La Bodega, hotel room tasting Anchorage. Pours clear and still gold. Aroma is sweet honey, somewhat alcoholic, sweet apples, light spice notes of vanilla and nutmeg. Flavor is sweet honey and crisp apples, light spices (vanilla, nutmeg), spicy alcohol and a dry finish. Full body and still with moderate alcohol warmth. Saturday, January 23, 2016
hotstuff	3.6 Ring of Fire Strawberry-Rhubarb Melomel Backlog rating on 10-20-2012 at Fort Wayne RateBeer Gathering. This bottled Mead courtesy of jsquire has a clear golden body and floaties. The aroma is strawberries and honey. The flavor is strawberries, sweet, honey, semi-hot tasting, and has a dry finish. The mouthfeel is lively and this Mead is medium bodied. A very tasty Mead and I did not get any rhubarb in the aroma or flavor. Monday, October 6, 2014
hotstuff	4 Ring of Fire Red Currant Reserve Rated on 5-15-2010 and bottle provided by jsquire. This mead has a transparent orange body. The aroma is sweet, honey, berry, and alcohol. The taste is sweet, raspberry and alcohol. The palate is tingly and this mead is medium bodied. Overall, this mead is very delicate tasting, worth trying and a mead I would drink again. Tuesday, February 11, 2014
SHIG	3.7 Ring of Fire Hamlet Honeymoon Mead Bottle: poured a clear golden with no head. Aroma is nice vanilla, bourbon and fruit. Taste is nice sweet honey, berry and nice bourbon twist. Friday, October 18, 2013
MeadMe	4.1 Ring of Fire Cosmic Mead Pours a clear yellow. Aroma is high on apple and oak. Flavor is great. Apple cider with light spice. Wonderful oak with a hint of booze. On the fuller side of body, rich, smooth, wonderful. Thursday, October 10, 2013
hotstuff	4 Ring of Fire Alaska Statehood Mead Backlog rating 1-23-2009 (Flip-Top Bottle at Fort Wayne Gathering courtesy of jsquire) This mead when poured is transparent, carbonated and has an orange hue. The Aroma is sweet, honey and cranberries. The Flavor mimics the Aroma and has a dry finish. The Palate is tingly and this mead is medium bodied. Overall, this mead despite it being 13%ABV is very easy to drink. It is definitely worth trying if one gets the opportunity to do so and I would drink this again myself. It is also a mead that I recommend. Wednesday, April 10, 2013
patrick767	3.3 Ring of Fire Strawberry-Rhubarb Melomel Sampled at Ft Wayne RB tasting - This melomel has an aroma of strawberries and honey. The flavor is moderately sweet with good fruit character. To me the strawberries are more apparent than the rhubarb in the aroma and flavor. It’s medium bodied and good. Thursday, March 14, 2013
jsquire	3.6 Ring of Fire Strawberry-Rhubarb Melomel Gold color and still out of the bottle. Big honey sweet and strawberry tart nose. Lots of honey sweetness with lots of berry tartness in the flavor, with some vanilla notes. This reminds me of my Dad’s strawberry/rhubarb pie. Tasty mead. Monday, November 26, 2012
thedm	2.9 Ring of Fire Strawberry-Rhubarb Melomel This bottled mead from a rating party poured a medium sized head of clear colored bubbles that were mostly lasting and left behind a uncarbonated transparent light orange colored body and no lacing. The mild aroma was sweet and honey. The mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start and strongly tingly at the finish vinous aftertaste. The flavor contained notes of vinous sweet and dry. An OK mead just nothing special. Thursday, November 15, 2012
jkwalking05	3.4 Ring of Fire Hamlet Honeymoon Mead Appearance is of piss (when you are faily well hydrated) with OK legs. Aroma is of honey, sugar and a hint of apple. Taste is of honey butter and booze. Friday, April 13, 2012
jsquire	3.4 Ring of Fire Augustine Apple Cyser Out of a big swing top bottle. This is a clear yellow cyser and is still. Honey nose with tart apple notes. This is a dry mead with tart green apple flavors, honey, and oak. This is a straight forward cyser. Sunday, January 29, 2012
Rosebud butternuts	3.8 Ring of Fire Alaska Statehood Mead bottle thanks to americanbrew. poured clear yellow with some nice legs on the glass. aroma was honey, fruity, and crisp. flavor was much the same plus some lemon. body was light and sticky. Wednesday, January 11, 2012
troyc	3.3 Ring of Fire Redoubt Raspberry Melomel [Bottle] Had a glass of this at a restaurant in Homer. Pours a bright reddish color that looks a lot like cherry juice. Honey and mixed berry aromas are sweet and syrupy. Notes of raspberry, clover honey, white wine and mild alcohol throughout. The sweetness is kept in check, which is good. Average body and mouthfeel for a mead. A good after dinner drink. Monday, October 17, 2011
thirdeye11	4.2 Ring of Fire Alaska Statehood Mead (500ml fliptop bottle thanks to AmEricanbrew) clear medium yellow pour with really nice lacing. Nose of cranberry, honey, bourbon, spruce and some herbal notes. Taste of sweet bourbon, honey, vanilla, orange, spruce, cranberry. Just delicious! Sweet finish with a linger of cranberries and sugar. A great surprise! Sunday, August 14, 2011
Dixonian	4 Ring of Fire Alaska Statehood Mead 500ml flip-top bottle, thanks to AmEricanbrew. Golden color - aromas and flavors of honey, vanilla, and berries. Just plain delicious and insanely drinkable at 13%. The alcohol is present but not overpowering and there is lots of flavor and complexity as well. Tuesday, March 1, 2011
BMan1113VR	4.2 Ring of Fire Alaska Statehood Mead Pricey looking bottle thanks to AmEricanbrew. BTW, isn’t CCB from the same town as these guys? No? Pours with a clear golden body with strong legs. Aromas are amazing with notes of bourbon, fruit, crayon, butter/butterscotch (not like diacetyl, but in a very nice way), tannic, brown sugar and oak. Very rich with vanilla and a nice tartness. The taste is cranberry (or a tart berry of some sort), buttery, bourbon, vanilla and good tannins. For the alcohol and the richness, it finishes very balanced and not super sweet at all. Great balance of sweetness, booze, acidity, and tannins. Very well done! Thursday, February 17, 2011
Mora2000	4.1 Ring of Fire Alaska Statehood Mead Thanks to AmericanBrew for sharing this bottle. The beer pours yellow. The aroma is honey, with some oaked notes mixed in. Where the mead really shines is in the flavor, which is incredibly complex. I get some honey, raspberries, vanilla, maple and bourbon. The alcohol is also present, which is not surprising at 13 percent ABV. Easy to drink. Awesome. Saturday, February 12, 2011
blutt59	4 Ring of Fire Alaska Statehood Mead bottle, thanks to americanbrew, clear golden with strong legs, aroma and flavor of sticky honeycomb and wildflowers, clover , nice mead Friday, February 11, 2011
bu11zeye	4.1 Ring of Fire Alaska Statehood Mead (500ml flip-top bottle, courtesy of AmEricanbrew) Pours a light yellow body with excellent legs. Aroma of honey, florals, bourbon, Nilla wafers, and subtle cranberries. Flavor of honey, florals, vanilla, bourbon, and light cranberries. Excellent. Friday, February 4, 2011
thedm	3.8 Ring of Fire Red Currant Reserve This corked and caged bottled mead from a rating party thanks to Jeff Squire poured a head of frothy medium sized clear pink hued bubbles that were quickly diminishing and left behind a uncarbonated transparent . The aroma was of red currant jelly. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The flavor contained notes of red currant jelly was mildly vinous sweet honey. Delicious and one I would certainly like to have again. Thanks Jeff! Friday, June 25, 2010
savnac	3.3 Ring of Fire Hamlet Honeymoon Mead 750 ml bottle. Clear pale yellow and still. Smells like floral honey. Slightly sour in the finish. Not too bad.. would have other meades from Ring of Fire before having this one again. Saturday, February 27, 2010
savnac	3.2 Ring of Fire Redoubt Raspberry Melomel 750ml bottle labeled Raspberry Melomel @ 12% abv. Hazy deep red and still. Aroma of sweet mixed berries and alcohol, the berry flavor smells a bit like kool-aid. Flavor is more mixed berries with some oak and very light alcohol. This is good but tastes a bit artificially flavored although I know Ring of Fire used real fruit. Still very tasty. Saturday, February 20, 2010
bu11zeye	3.3 Ring of Fire Hamlet Honeymoon Mead (750ml bottle, courtesy of AmEricanbrew) Pours a pale yellow body with descent legs. Aroma of honey, florals, and light apple. Flavor of honey, florals, and earth. Monday, January 25, 2010
AmEricanbrew	3.8 Ring of Fire Alaska Statehood Mead @GABBF2010. Two very generous pours from a 50cl swing top blue bottle. Clear amber color, no fizz no head. Rich cranberry, cinnamon, vanilla bourbon, floral honey aromas. medium body. Good cinnamon sugared cranberry, mild vanilla bourbon, wild floral honey flavors. Mild spicy alcohol to finish. tasty treat. Saturday, January 23, 2010
thirdeye11	3.1 Ring of Fire Hamlet Honeymoon Mead ( 750ml bottle thanks to AmEricanbrew) Pours very clear yellow. Nose of alcohol, vanilla, cardboard. Taste of apple, vanilla and very hot alcohol. Sunday, January 17, 2010
AmEricanbrew	3.7 Ring of Fire Hamlet Honeymoon Mead 750ml bottle. Clear pale yellow appearance. Sweet honey, floral apple blossom aromas. Clean flavor is earthy sweet honey, apples, flowers, herbal. enjoyed this one. Thursday, December 3, 2009
savnac	3.2 Ring of Fire Strawberry-Rhubarb Melomel 375ml bottle from the Meadery. A still mead that is light blush in color. Aroma is sweet honey with a light strawberry scent. Semi-sweet with a light tartness and a light alcohol heat. A very nice mead. Sunday, November 22, 2009
travita	3.3 Ring of Fire Hamlet Honeymoon Mead Bottle thanks to americanbrew. The smell is apple juice, sweet, and honey. The look is clear, yellowish, and no head. The taste is alcohol, fruits, and apples. Wednesday, November 4, 2009
SphinxTX	3.4 Ring of Fire Hamlet Honeymoon Mead Bottle thanks to Americanbrew. Pours a crystal clear yellow. Aroma is very fruity with honey. Flavor is sweet, honey, fruity. Mouth feel is medium body with no carbonation. Overall, not bad at all! Wednesday, November 4, 2009
angrypirate06	3.5 Ring of Fire Hamlet Honeymoon Mead Bottle thanks to americanbrew. Clear yellow pour with nice legs. Aroma is honey, honey blossoms, peach. Flavor is apply, honey, and peach. Wednesday, November 4, 2009
mar	3.5 Ring of Fire Hamlet Honeymoon Mead bottle thanks to americanbrew. light watery yellow with no head. decent looking legs with aromas of honey, light fruits and esters. nice thickness with honey and flowers for the flavor. Tuesday, October 27, 2009
blutt59	3.8 Ring of Fire Hamlet Honeymoon Mead bottle, thanks to americanbrew, light yellow color with some decent legs, aroma of sweet honey and plastic, honey and apple flavors with some oak on the finish Monday, October 26, 2009
Cavie	3.1 Ring of Fire Hamlet Honeymoon Mead Bottle courtesy of AmEricanbrew. Clear yellow pour. Pee yellow almost. Honey scent. Perfumy spice. Sweet taste. Big apple juice flavor as well. Slight feeling of booze. Sunday, October 25, 2009
BMan1113VR	3.8 Ring of Fire Hamlet Honeymoon Mead Bottle thanks to AmEricanbrew. Pours a still clear pale gold with some legs.Aroma is sweet with honey, a bit buttery with some floral notes. Taste is sweet with some light tannic notes, quite fruity with apple and peach, light vanilla/oak, and blossomy. Nice thickness, lightly tannic finish. Good stuff! Saturday, October 24, 2009
savnac	3.5 Ring of Fire Cosmic Mead Slightly fruity aroma with small back ground of alcohol, honey, apple, and slight woodiness. Crystal clear, very pale yellow. Flavor is apple up front with little honey and alcohol finish. Semi-sweet, medium body with a long finish. Not big mead drinker, but would buy this again. Saturday, July 25, 2009
savnac	3.4 Ring of Fire Local Tart Cherry Reserve 375ml bottle from the Meadery. Blush in color with a few faint bubbles. Sour cherry, alcohol and a light honey aroma. Sweet flavor and a definite alcohol taste. A still mead but a slight carbonation and a syrupy mouth feel. Pretty good but the alcohol dominates, wish the honey and cherries stood out more. Saturday, June 27, 2009
sersdf	3.2 Ring of Fire Endless Summer thanks cmubeerman. for my 1000 rating i guess i’ll be the first to rate this awful mead. pours lighter than busch lite though the same color and obviously with no head. it smells pretty bad (and i’ve loved every other mead i’ve ever had). honestly it smells like a pretty foul, days old, cheap white wine. a bit of vanilla under it. taste is, mercifully, more in line with meads i’ve had. full bodied sweetness, definitely some off flavors all over it, but if you remove them it’s reasonably tasty. incredibly alcoholic all over for 12%. the jagdiva and sweet blossom were billion times better. Saturday, May 30, 2009
bdigital	3.7 Ring of Fire Alaska Statehood Mead Bottle courtesy of jsquire: Big thanks to Jeff for bringing this...pour was a very nice looking light pink color. Aroma was of sweet honey and light berries. The biggest thing that I enjoy about meads is the subtlety of them, basically they are what they are. Not a bunch of underlying stuff, pretty much up front and basic. I didn’t pick up any bourbon barrel notes at all in this...which is a shame ’cause I do love me some BB aged stuff. Flavor was slightly dry, honey and berries. Nice. Sunday, February 1, 2009
jsquire	4.1 Ring of Fire Brandy Barrel-Aged Raspberry Melomel Sampled at the ’09 Great Alaska Beer and Barley Wine Festival. Amber colored still mead with reddish hues. Thick, heavy mouthfeel. Huge brandy barrel nose with raspberry cotton candy notes. Rich berry fruit flavor with great oak, booze and vanilla highlights. Like raspberry jelly with alcohol. Excellent full flavored mead that is meant to be sipped and contemplated for a long time. Thursday, January 29, 2009
patrick767	3.7 Ring of Fire Alaska Statehood Mead bottle at Ft Wayne locals tasting courtesy of jsquire - Pours a pinkish color and smells of rich honey with a slight berry accent. It tastes somewhere in the semi-sweet to sweet range with some well balanced berry notes and I got some light spice as well for some reason. It’s a very good mead. Thanks to jsquire for this rarity. Wednesday, January 28, 2009
jsquire	4 Ring of Fire Birch Syrup Reserve Several samples of the 2006 version at the ’09 Great Alaska Beer and Barley Wine Festival. This is a still mead that has a clear, amber color. Big barrel aged nose with maple syrup and thick honey. Syrupy mouthfeel with lots of oak, vanilla, maple, and rum soaked raisens. Excellent sipping mead. Wednesday, January 28, 2009
jsquire	3.9 Ring of Fire Alaska Statehood Mead Pinkish blush color out of the swing top bottle. This is a still mead, with a big, heavy honey nose with lots of berry/cranberry notes. This has all the full flavored honey sweetness you want in a mead with lots of the cranberry (and I got strawberry) flavors. The barrel imparted a clean, smooth alcohol sense to it, and I got something chalky. Very nice sipping mead. Tuesday, January 27, 2009
hotstuff	3.3 Ring of Fire Orange Blossom Mead Bottle shared by jsquire. Transparent and a pale yellow hue. Nose was honey, sweet, oranges, and alcohol. Ditto for the flavor with a dry finish. Tingly mouthfeel and light-medium body. Quaffable mead, nice flavor, would drink again, and worthy of a try. Tuesday, March 18, 2008
hotstuff	3.2 Ring of Fire Redoubt Raspberry Melomel Bottle shared by jsquire. Poured transparent and a rosey hue and a purple tint. Nose was honey, sweet, raspberries and alcohol. Ditto for the flavor with some harshness and finishes dry. Tingly mouthfeel and medium in body. Thanks for sharing jsquire! Tuesday, March 18, 2008
jsquire	3.5 Ring of Fire Orange Blossom Mead From the little bottle. Still mead with a pale yellow color. Aroma of honey, wood, vanilla and alcohol. Lots of honey in the flavor with wood and flowers. Sweet with a full mouthfeel. The alcohol is well absorbed into the flavor. Nice subtle, full flavored mead. Friday, February 1, 2008
jsquire	3.1 Ring of Fire Redoubt Raspberry Melomel Out of the little bottle. Rose colored mead with some pinkish and purplish tints. Still. Nose of hairspray and raspberries. It coats the glass with syrupy rivlets when swirled. Lots of alcohol in the taste with raspberry and cough syrup medicine. It seems a little harsh. Friday, February 1, 2008
thedm	2.6 Ring of Fire Redoubt Raspberry Melomel This bottled mead from JSquire at a rating party poured a very small sized head of medium sized clear colored bubbles that were quickly diminishing and left behind a transparent uncarbonated purplish hued red brown colored body and a oily lacing. The strange aroma was sweet honey and raspberry. The dry semi-sweet mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start and at the finish sweet aftertaste. The strange flavor contained notes of raspberry and honey. Monday, January 28, 2008
thedm	3 Ring of Fire Orange Blossom Mead This bottled mead from JSquire at a rating party poured a very small sized head of medium sized clear colored bubbles that were quickly diminishing and left behind a transparent uncarbonated very thin light light yellow colored body and an oily lacing. The sharp aroma was of mild honey. The semi-dry mouth feel was smooth at the start with a mild honey vinous finish aftertaste. The flavor contained notes of semi-sweet honey and floral pollen. A decent one I would consider drinking again. Monday, January 28, 2008