Virtue
Moonlight Meadery in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Mead - Cyser Rotating|
Score
7.32
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Wine from 25% honey, 75% apples conditioned in barrels and fermented.
Conditioned in our Utopian barrels for up to 4 years. The barreled for 6 months in a Chattanooga Whiskey barrel. Hints of buttery vanilla and coconut from the oak meld with the apple and honey to create a complex flavor experience. The deep, rich apple flavor on the forefront gives way to hints of bourbon and a smooth honey finish.
Gold medal winner at the 2016 Mazer Cup International.
Conditioned in our Utopian barrels for up to 4 years. The barreled for 6 months in a Chattanooga Whiskey barrel. Hints of buttery vanilla and coconut from the oak meld with the apple and honey to create a complex flavor experience. The deep, rich apple flavor on the forefront gives way to hints of bourbon and a smooth honey finish.
Gold medal winner at the 2016 Mazer Cup International.
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8/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from the source. Brilliantly clear deep golden color with some legs. Sweet floral honey, lightly sulfury apple with a hint of vanilla spice and wax on the nose. The apple is up front and center but grudgingly gives up for some sugary honey sweetness. Mild vanilla and a bit of brown sugary lightly oxidized apples and faint oak in the finish. The oak is extremely subtle but this is a really tasty mead.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2017
at 19:11
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft (yes, draft, can you believe it?) at Meridian Pint. Clear golden color, see pic please. Aroma of floral honey, vanilla, burnt caramel, subtle butter during a distant whiff. Taste is rich honey, vanilla, butterscotch. Delicious. Nice to see a mead always rotating through the taplist here.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Mar 2016
at 11:15
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottle-still-clear gold. A-honey, vanilla, wood, some fruit. T-wood, sweet fruit, honey, vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2015
at 21:20
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
pale yellow. Very tree-fruit, stone fruit, mango aroma. Vanilla sweet finish, some ginger, really interesting. would have a lot of this, would go great with a vanilla cake.
Tried
on 28 Mar 2015
at 16:06
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Honey aroma. Clear pale yellow, frothy. Honey flavor, semi-sweet, no nuance. Thin body. Surprising lack of complexity for a cyser. The label says there is a greater proportion of cider, but the honey dominated everything. Apples aren’t detected, but may serve as a moderating agent to keep it from being cloying. Enjoyable but ordinary.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2012
at 16:31