Pours clear pale hay color, almost colorless. No head. Aroma of topical fruits, apple and black pepper. Apple and pear flavors with honey and black pepper. Some heat from the pepper on the back of the throat. Light body with no carbonation.

Bottle @ Greg’s house, courtesy of arminjewell. Thanks! Clear light yellow appearance with a bubbly, disappearing head. Spicy herbal floral, tropical fruity, peppery, potpourri aroma. A bit spritzy, apple cider, honey, spicy peppery, herbal/floral flavor. Kind of strange.

500ml? bottle - split amongst some co-workers. Poured a very clear, almost grey-yellow color without anything more than a wispy head that disappears. Aroma is sweet honey, some light fruits. Black pepper came out after it warmed a few minutes. Flavor was light, sweet honey. Not cloyingly sweet. There were some very light notes of pepper on the tongue. Interestingly low ABV for a mead as most of the ones I’ve had are in the double digits.

Bottle, courtesy of my sister 15_2_Kuhnhenn, pours with a clear watery gold body and very brief near white head. The aroma offers up honey and slight apple cider notes before tropical hard candy is noticed. Well above those notes is a delicate vague peppery sense. The taste has carbonation thinned honey sweetness that gets into a mild vague tropical sweetness. It ends on the dry side. Pretty neat.

Bouteille de 50 cl, courtesy of and shared with Ibrew2or3. Thanks Dave for hauling this one to Belgium. Dorée claire laissant un col blanc disparate qui retombe vite. Arôme donne immédiatement le ton avec un léger bouquet poivré qui domine sans pour cela nuire à l’expérience olfactive. Retrouve en rétro-nasal ce bouquet typique de miel avec un ajout modéré, voire faible, de la mangue. Palais est mielleux, et ce dernier, aux notes habituellement liquoreuse-sucrée se retrouve plus léger et compenser par ce profil effervescent qui pousse l’enveloppe vers un cidre, mais sans l’astringence. Le côté poivré évolue tout au long de la dégustation et n’est pas franchement dérangeant. On retrouve en retrait l’ajout doux et tropical de la mangue ponctué par le miel. A seulement 6%, c’est facile à boire, complexe et reste dans une catégorie qui lui est propre. Un peu dur de classer cet hydromel tant on n’est pas dans un style habituel pour ce genre de produit.

Bottle. Sweet fruit candy aroma... I agree with the raters who indicate Jolly Rancher. Clear pale yellow. Sweet floral fruity white grape flavor. Light body. Too sweet for my personal taste, and just not all that interesting.

Bottle. Should be interesting. Pours with a clear yellow hued body. Sparkling, minimal head formation (white). Aromas are of black pepper (strong and fresh, almost cedar like) dominant, citrusy, light mango, fresh cut grass, light hay, floral honey. Unique. Flavors are medium sweet, apple esters, a lot of black pepper, cedar, spice, fruity mango, applesauce, honey, floral, baked apple. Medium body, high carbonation, low warmth. Unique, playful, not nearly as good as some of their other stuff (in my opinion).

Bottle. It pours like champagne, looks like champagne. Translucent straw yellow with no head, highly carbonated. Nose is different, notes of apple, and reminds me of white wine. Also a big pepper note. Taste is initial fruit sweetness, is a cider, apples, mild honey, mild spicy black pepper and tropical fruit. The pepper helps balance the sweetness.Texture reminds me of a cider. Really decent stuff.

Bottle. Honey, mango and black pepper. aroma. Pale yellow. Sweet mango pulp flavor. Light black pepper finish - nicely blended. Very pleasant.