Virtue
Moonlight Meadery in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Mead - Cyser Rotating|
Score
7.32
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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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johnnnniee (7495) reviewed Virtue from Moonlight Meadery 8 years ago
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.
Travlr (30173) reviewed Virtue from Moonlight Meadery 9 years ago
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.
jcwattsrugger (14787) reviewed Virtue from Moonlight Meadery 10 years ago
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.
AdamChandler (5745) reviewed Virtue from Moonlight Meadery 10 years ago
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.
obguthr (12465) reviewed Virtue from Moonlight Meadery 13 years ago
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.