Zintnieks
Labietis / Pagan Brews in Riga, Vidzeme, Latvia 🇱🇻
Mead Regular|
Score
6.23
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6/10
Can. Vanilla, fruitiness and some lemon hints. Perfumed. A bit cloying. Decent. 646411 260530
Tried
from Can
on 30 May 2026
at 19:23
4.4/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2025
at 13:16
6/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jan 2025
at 06:57
5/10
Tried
on 18 Nov 2024
at 19:00
6.6/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2024
at 20:36
5.9/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jun 2024
at 15:27
9.2/10
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Sep 2023
at 20:36
6.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jul 2023
at 09:34
6/10
Muss wohl so, meines ist es nur bedingt. Die Farbe schon sehr hell, geschmacklich dann auch wässrig, Säure dominiert über Süsse, die Kohlensäure ungewohnt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2023
at 20:15
5/10
Awful. Aroma is nice but this is incredibly watery and non-existent. Beer number 6,000?!?! I should've planned something better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2022
at 00:12