19 Original Colonies Mead
Rogue Ales & Spirits in Newport, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Mead - Metheglin Rotating Out of Production|
Score
5.57
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Situated just across from 40 acres of Rogue hops, 19 colonies of bees were carefully kept and fed. Their honey was extracted, filtered and brewed as a jasmin-infused Mead.
Brewed with 5 ingredients: Rogue Hopyard Honey, Wild Flower Honey, Jasmin Silver Tip Green Tea Leaves, Champagne Yeast, & Free Range Coastal Water.
Admin Note: Formerly Chatoe Rogue 19 Original Colonies Mead
Brewed with 5 ingredients: Rogue Hopyard Honey, Wild Flower Honey, Jasmin Silver Tip Green Tea Leaves, Champagne Yeast, & Free Range Coastal Water.
Admin Note: Formerly Chatoe Rogue 19 Original Colonies Mead
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4.9/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 8
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Honey nose. Clear very pale yellow, still. Wow, this is super dry! Dry, and virtually flavorless. Subtle honey is detected on the back of the palate. Fizzy and harsh. Not my thing as I prefer sweeter meads, but this is not derserving of the very poor ratings.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2014
at 16:52
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Is there a buzz about this beer? Or rather mead, which I know nothing about. It’s could be the bee’s knees, or just a mead from the b-list. But I like Rogue enough that I made a bee line, (which honestly is a rather wandering thing) for this beer, uh, mead. It pours yellow with a little cloud, and the head only develops after the pour to a dense white sheeting of head, thanks to a pop-like carbonation of big bubbles. Your get the honey in the nose, a touch of fish (fresh, not old and stinky) and that’s about it. Very sweet on the first sip, honey of course, a little zing on the palate, fairly thin on the finish. Not a lot of complexity here, but it’s something new for me and I appreciate that. But this place isn’t called ratemead so I fear, Rogue, the honeymoon is over, and your mead isn’t getting a great rating.
Tried
on 31 Jul 2014
at 14:15
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle Herbal honey aroma. Pale yellow. Light honey, jasmine, and tea flavor. Slightly dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2014
at 16:25
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle: Pours pale, nearly clear yellow with a white ring. Honey, Apple Jacks aroma. Flavour is light, honey, sweet red apple...floral...jasmine. Watery, light,sweet....cider-like....thin. Tastes ok, but pretty mediocre.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2014
at 06:52
4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
tap at Dash In - Pale yellow pour, light honey aroma... it tastes lightly sweet with honey, obviously, and not much else. It’s watery, bland, and left me wondering why. What’s the point?
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jan 2014
at 20:03
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
On tap at Rogue San Francisco, pours a hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings out a decent amount of honey, followed by jasmine, and floral notes. Flavour is very watery, bringing out light notes of honey and subtle jasmine. Such a weak mead - no body or depth to the flavour at all. Pretty piss poor mead.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Dec 2013
at 20:48
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle 650ml (Bierkompass)
Yellow color, small white head, Whitewineous honey and tea aroma. Light-bodied. Very carbonated. Champagne like palate. White wine, green apple, yeast, tea and honey in the flavor. Interesting Champagne beer, flavorwise not so.
Yellow color, small white head, Whitewineous honey and tea aroma. Light-bodied. Very carbonated. Champagne like palate. White wine, green apple, yeast, tea and honey in the flavor. Interesting Champagne beer, flavorwise not so.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2013
at 08:16
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
$8 bucks for this 5% mead! 8!!
Sparkling, clear, pale lager. Lingering quarter inch of white seltzer head.
Smells waxy & floral. Rose. Rind. Melon?
Tastes like fruity, soft, pedestrian pale ale. Apple, cherry pit, with maybe a marzipan sort of sweetness. Delicate honey & candlewax finish. Tight carbonation. Tiny bit of body. Crispy.
Why use champagne yeast to brew to 5%? Was this watered down from full strength? Sparkling meads are few & far between, at least intentional ones. I can see this getting shit rates from people who sip a sample. Pretty subtle, but pretty clean as far as meads go, which is maybe just a little odd.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Sep 2013
at 22:34
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught @ Rogue Ales Public House, San Francisco, CA
Pours clear pale yellow with a few white bubbles. Taste is honey, jasmine, floral and yeast. Taste is medium sweet with a honey, dry and jasmine finish. Body is medium, texture is thin, carbonation is flat.
Pours clear pale yellow with a few white bubbles. Taste is honey, jasmine, floral and yeast. Taste is medium sweet with a honey, dry and jasmine finish. Body is medium, texture is thin, carbonation is flat.
Tried
on 05 Aug 2013
at 19:38
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Rogue, San Francisco. A lightly unclear one, with some white bubbles on top. Lots of flowers in the aroma, citrusy notes too. Not much else, but what’s there is pleasant. Thin on the palate, dry and still. Flowers dominates the flavor too. Nice, but maybe a bit too much. Anyway, I like it. 130805
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Aug 2013
at 19:09