Abbaye Hypocras
Miellerie Hydromellerie de l'Abbaye in Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France 🇫🇷
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Score
6.84
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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
75pml bottle at Josh's on his 20k party. 2008 vintage. Pours a hazy pale golden. Aroma is spices and some veggie notes. Taste is sweetn prettu similar to aroma. Ok
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2018
at 05:46
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Vintage 2008 - Honey, flower blossom and orange. Pale cloudy pink. Aromatic and flowery with a nice long honey finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2018
at 05:24
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2008 vintage - thanks fiulijn. 750mL bottle, pours a cloudy orange amber with a few bubbles worth of a head. Aroma brings out lots of bees wax, leather, and light cardboard. Flavour is loaded with bees wax, wildflower honey, bready notes and caramel. Lots of bees wax, with medium sweetness. Old, but wonderfully preserved. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2018
at 05:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hazy, light amber colour. This has a light sweetness. There's a lot of wood. Big spicy wood, lots of honey, and this has a whack of sweet, spicy, woody. The ginger and cinnamon is quite impressive, lends a great balance.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2018
at 05:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2018-03-17, corked bottle from the Abbey, L1008E, 10 years old, 7-3-8-4-15=37
The ginger is quite strong on this one, sweet, fruity, deep. Very nice and powerful spicy mead indeed.
2011-05-14, screwcap bottle, courtesy of Ungstrup; L0609R (2 years after bottling?), 13.5% ABV, 7-3-7-4-14=35
Cloudy blond color. Aroma of cinnamon, honey, lemon (this may be the ginger), straws. Syrupy mouthfeel; very sugary, and sweet, but at the same time with a fair degree of acidity to balance; reasonably good Mead flavor, with evident spices (cinnamon on top, a light bite from the ginger, and an elegant finish by the cardamom). Pleasant alcohol warmth. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2011
at 01:27
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
clear light yellow, almost no head. spicy cinnamon and honey aroma. bread. flavor is honey, spices, bread.
Tried
on 30 Nov 2010
at 13:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of fiulijn. Pours a pale yellow with a slight haze. Sweet honey aroma with some cinnamon or other Xmas spice. Medium body, sweet honey and spice - almost christmasy. Warming alcohol finish. 301110
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2010
at 12:55
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled. A light golden mead. The aroma has strong notes of honey and flowers. The flavor is very sweet with strong notes of honey and flowers, leading to a dry alcoholic finish. The body is powerful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2010
at 13:37
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
75 cL bottle, courtesy of Ungstrup. Pours clear golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is spiced, cinnamon and cardemomme. Spiced and yet sweet honey herbal. Sweet spiced and herbal finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2010
at 03:59