8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle sample at the source. Hazy to cloudy yellow color, still. Nice spiced aroma. Taate has funky spiced fruit and flowers, on the dry side. Nice.

7

Smells like a burnt transmission.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

9oz Pour at Scion DC. Poured a clear light orange color with a very small wispy head. ARoma was some tart notes, sweet honey? Floral character, some smoke in there. A little wood, vanilla touch,. Easy drinking. GF didn’t enjoy this one unfortunately.
Earlier Rating: 6/12/2014 Total Score: 3.7
Bottle bought by the girlfriend. Poured a light yellow color with a wispy head with Nice carbonation. Aroma was nice light tart notes, very floral - some peppercorn note. Flavor was nice tartness, funky floral character. Nice tart notes - a touch dry, but a lot lighter than a traditional mead.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

6oz pour at Scion pours a hazy rosy caramel with zero head. Nose has dried burning pine needles, woody, earthy, a little vicks Vaporub, some sweetness, a little chestnut honey. Flavor is sweet, mildly smokey, mildly tart, earthy, some pear, piney, sprucey, a lot of forrest floor. Acetic, oily finish.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

4 oz draft pour at Max’s Taphouse. Clear pale/golden yellow with no head. Aromas of funk and citrus, Tastes of big funk, tart fruit, honey, light booze. Medium-light body with a dry finish. Still to low carbonation.