Quite Quaffable

Sparrowhawk Mead (Johnson's Meadery) in Yeovil, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Mead - Metheglin Regular

Score

6.61

ABV: 3.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 2

My ale-style mead. These were popular during the Napoleonic period, and I think for good reason. Traditionally, ales would be flavoured with various herbs in a mix called a gruit. The gruit for beer consists of hops, for example. I have chosen a mix of culinary herbs to give it a different flavour to beer, because variety is the spice of life. This is not a cross between ale and mead (braggart), but a spiced mead ("metheglyn").

This drink is very refreshing, has a light body, a sweet and fragrant nose, with hints of citrus, and is perfect for a long drink. Can be drunk warm like a traditional English beer, or cold over ice.

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danlo (13332) reviewed Quite Quaffable from Sparrowhawk Mead (Johnson's Meadery) 8 years ago

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

750ml bottle from Sparrowhawk online. Pale yellow colour with a fizzy white foam head that quickly dissipates away. Aroma of honey, sugary, flowery, alittle spice. Taste is light floral, with honey & citric hints, and some ginger. Watery mouthfeel, light bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Sep 2017 at 12:10

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wheresthepath (3700) reviewed Quite Quaffable from Sparrowhawk Mead (Johnson's Meadery) 10 years ago

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from producer’s own stall at Salisbury Christmas Market. My first mead arrived nearly colourless with an obvious fizz. I was worried that mead would be sweet and sickly but that wasn’t the case with this one. It was floral up front- maybe elderflower? - with fresh herbs coming through. There wad a hint of lemon before some light sweet honey showed in the finish. The elements all balanced against each other to make a drink that was wonderfully light and refreshing, yet at the same time tasty and quite complex. I suspect mead purists will criticise the low ABV, but I was very impressed by this and now want to try more mead.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2015 at 16:29