Pollen-Nation
Crafted Artisan Meadery in Mogadore, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Mead - Melomel Regular|
Score
6.68
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Pollen-Nation is a dry hopped (cascades) spiced blackberry hydromel. Pistils of Pollen-Nation are crafted in honor of the industrious honey bees. Responsible for over one-third of the world’s food supply they have worked thanklessly through the ages. Threatened today by Colony Collapse Disorder and other man-made threats, the weight of the world is getting a little heavier for the honey bee. Raise a glass and join the Pollen-Nation!
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8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
(Thanks, Jeremy! JStax) Bottle. A- Honey, mild blackberry. A- Red copper color, clear liquid, no head. T- Honey, faint cinnamon, mid sweetness. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, balanced finish. O- My Easter beer of choice. Shared with my brother which I sorta regretted, because it was outstanding. Typically not a huge mead fan but have always been interested. This was golden. Honey comes through and tasted like a batch of fresh sweet local honey. Didn't only add to the sugar and alcohol content but the flavor was pure and natural. The blackberry added a bit of fruit flavor but it was minimal. Not too sweet. Honestly shocked by the low ratings. Perhaps my favorite mead to date. Wow. Wish I had another bottle to share with Ozzy70.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2019
at 18:56
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle from Tasty Beverage in Asheville. Stubby, yet elegant. No idea what I payed for it. Only 6%, but a mead? Sierra Nevada Sidecar glass. Too lazy to clean the Duvel. Pale, lavender foam rises & recedes. A clear, reddish brown body sits. Smells of hops & something fairly Concord grape & blackberry-like. Taste is lightly laquered, with obvious residual honey. Faintly carbonated. Juicy, mostly sweet & faintly tart raspberry & blackberry pop out. Fairly sweet, but very thin & easy to drink. Noticable, but lighter plastic note that cones with mead. Tastes like it was backsweetend with the entirety of the juice. Natural, but just way underdone. Can I drink this? Yes. It is well made? No. Manischewitz, almost.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2018
at 02:09
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at the tasting room during The Upside Down Cake And Cherry Cyser Release! on 09/08/2018. Clear reddish-copper color with a minimal head and sheets of legs on the glass. Floral honey and fruit in the nose. Medium body with flavors of berries and honey. The finish is mildly tart berry and floral honey. Decent overall.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2018
at 19:29
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Draft at Pour Taproom. Clear pinkish red color pink head. Dusty berry and citrus aroma. Taste is sweet fruit soda. Seems artificial.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Nov 2018
at 23:32
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 500ml. @ [ pre-TTOD(U)RBSG17 - The Tenth Official Danish (Ulfborg) Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2017 ] @ fonefan - Brugmansia house, Denmark. [ As Crafted Artisan Pollinator ]. [ Vintage 2012 ] Clear light to medium red colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate honey, black berries, light earthy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to light light moderate acidic with a average duration, blackberry, honey, light tart, thin. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. [20170818] 7-3-8-3-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2017
at 10:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with no head. Aroma is floral and fruity. Blackberries. Sweet, lingering fruity and slight sweet. Mellow. Fruity. Smooth fruity finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2017
at 06:43
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Sampled @ 10th Danish Ratebeer Gathering, Ulfborg, Day 1. Clear bright red amber color, virtually no head. Both flavor and aroma have honey, but also a bit artificial sweet red fruit. Very watery texture, but I like the light refreshing flavor.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2017
at 16:38
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled @ The Tenth Official Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2017, Day 1. A clear orange reddish mead. Aroma of sweet honey, red berries. Taste of sweet honey, sweet cherries and some other red fruits. Easy to drink!
Tried
on 18 Aug 2017
at 16:32
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, TTOD(U)RBSG17. Clear red, bubbly ring. Aroma has wax, glue. Berry and mild honey flavour, wax too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2017
at 16:32
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
8 3 7 3 14 Bottle shared at Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering ’17. Clear light red with no head. Aroma of floral honey, citric notes and blackberry. Flavour is above moderate sweet. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2017
at 16:31