Quite Quaffable
Sparrowhawk Mead (Johnson's Meadery) in Yeovil, Somerset, England 🏴
Mead - Metheglin Regular|
Score
6.61
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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.
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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6.1/10
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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
6.9/10
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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