Zintnieks
Alus Darbnīca Labietis / Pagan Brews in Riga, Vidzeme, Latvia 🇱🇻
Mead Regular|
Score
6.17
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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5
Old rating - 500ml bottle, exp. 03/23 from the brewery on my Latvia trip, Summer 2018, hand selected by the barman & stored in my cellar since. Pours a clear yellow liquid with next to no head lots of floaters, medium carbonation. Aromas of honey cider. Tastes of herbal, honey, perform & alcohol. Slightly sour finish. Disappointing and just about drinkable, but as it's my first Mead I've nothing to compare it to.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
From tap at Labietis, Riga. A herbal and non-sweet Mead. Soft honey with herbal and floral notes. Hint of fruit, lemongrass? Interesting stuff as usual from Labietis.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
(Bottle) Pale yellow colour with foamy, white head. Fruity nose with notes of honey, citrus, white bread, spices, linden blossom and heather. Fruity taste with honey, citrus, white bread, flowers, heather and spices. Slightly fizzy carbonation. Medium body. Mainly dry, but with a slight sweetness. Mild acidity in the finish. Tasty and refreshing. Quite nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
From a 440ml can on 12/6/2024. Pours a cloudy very light golden with no head. Smells of lemon and spice. Tastes lemony with a hint of honey, with modest sweetness and a lightly tart finish. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Not horrific, but def not for me.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Some small transparant bubbles, reflected in the glass adhesive carbonation under the white to pale yellow liquid. Nougat, if anything. Not much aroma. Say nougat with a drop of lemonjuice. Dry, grainy in the mouth, but retronasal indeed honey, if almost "sweet-less". Certain dry spices (coriander-like, but in a very acceptable way). Light body, alcohol remainy utterly hidden; almost refreshing, good carbonation. Very surprising brew, mead of a type never encountered before. Purchased from Beer in a Bottle, Alkmaar.
Muss wohl so, meines ist es nur bedingt. Die Farbe schon sehr hell, geschmacklich dann auch wässrig, Säure dominiert über Süsse, die Kohlensäure ungewohnt.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle.Hazy yellow colour with no head.Aroma of dusty soda Cider and honey low on alcohol mead sweet with low carbonation fruity sour finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Appearance: Pale yellow golden, slight haze. Almost no head. Aroma: Beeswax, honey, floral. Taste: Floral, beeswax, dry. Interesting, strange one. Bought: qoqa.ch, 500 ml, CHF 4.58 Info: 14/2-2020, BB: 31/10-2021
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
How: Bottle.
Where: Had at home.
Appearance: Golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Malt, earthy, some fruit.
Body: Medium body, heavy carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, something very of. Drain pour.