Call Of The Void
Pips Meadery in Gurnee, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Mead - Melomel Special|
Score
8.12
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Black Currant Mead aged in Gin Barrels
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8.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9
Alright fuck it, I don’t do it often but here’s a tick of something I pulled out of the rot-box. A Pips mead that I’ve been saving just in case a mead share ever happens but hey I’ve given up waiting. Anyway, it’s a nice dark fruity berry deep dark purple with no head and an awesome fruity mead aroma smacking you around the nose before it’s even settled into the glass. Big tart blackberries dominate the foreground with the honey floral bees wax bees bum stuff behind. The gin barrel is balanced with the extremity of the rest but most noticeable when you have a sip and get the boozy finish. Heavy, strong, extreme, tart fruits and sweet honey coming together into some silliness that I’m really enjoying but am damn glad I don’t drink regularly. Ah what a treat, see you the other side guys..
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2023
at 21:19
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle shared by Yaniv, thanks! Pours a near clear dark purple with no head whatsoever. Aroma has a gin barrel and dark currant with a bit of sweet honey supporting. Flavor great slightly tart currant and nice gin barrel with growing sweet honey.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2022
at 02:00
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2020
at 00:26
8/10
No i zdziwko, bo mam wrazenie, ze mniej beczki niz w tej drugiej wersji, zreszta ona glownie w dosc przyprawowo-ostrych posmakach. Za to strasznie intensywny, slodki, owocowowy, gesty, gladki... leciutka kwaskowosc. Klasa wielka acz na probki do picia
Tried
at
Powiśle
on 11 Feb 2020
at 16:58
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle @ Dry January share. Pours super dark red, still. Aromas of straight black currants, vanilla, oak, citrus, floral notes. Taste has lots of sweet honey, black currants, fruity and heavy acidity, tannins, floral notes, citrus, oaky vanilla finish. Intense and maybe a little too acidic but damn
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:55
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Pours extremely dark purple. Smell is full, very Berry forward. Taste is full, intense, super thick. Mild booze. Sharp, touch acidity by the berries' full on honey in the back.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2019
at 12:22
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle thanks to Sills. Pours a dark purple with no head. The aroma is strong oak, currant, earth. Medium body, nice sweetness, oak, currants, enjoyed this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2019
at 00:57
9/10
W aromacie miod, porzeczka, ciut tej beczki ziolowoprzyprawowej. W ustach mega porzeczka, mega gesta, slodziutka, kwaskowata. S>a. Czad.
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at
Powiśle
on 28 Sep 2018
at 07:07
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
200ml bottle thanks to Darrel. Pours out a sexy purple red color. Nose is great big black currants sweet honey notes and some gin touch. Tatse is more of the nice big black currants sweet honey notes, lots of fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2018
at 03:30