Wildflower Mead
B. Nektar Meadery in Ferndale, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
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6.55
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A traditional mead made with wildflower honey from the thumb area of Michigan. The honey makes a richly complex mead, full of aromas and flavors of many of Michigan’s natural flora. We age this mead on American oak wich softens it and adds some nice vanilla notes.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Very pale. Looks like white wine. Full-bodied mead aroma with lots of wildflower notes. Sweet but pulling some meady , woody notes in the finish and just enough alcohol to dry things out.
Tried
on 06 Apr 2012
at 20:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
650 ml bottle-shared by jtc-pours straw/pale yellow with no head. Aroma is very floral/herbal, 2nd sweet light malt. Taste is floral/herbal, 2nd sweet light malt-honey.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2012
at 08:31
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Re-rate: Bottle shared @ Top Hops. Old score: 2.2. Flowery scent. Pollen, wax, simple syrup. Taste has a flat Sierra Mist citrus sweetness to it. Caramel. Mellow alcohol. Sturdy texture. Grain finish. Inoffensive. Better. Huge disappointment with this. Shared this with an unlucky friend. Duvel baby tulip. Clear pale lager color, slight haze. Oniony/moldy/mushroom-y scent. Peppermint & plastic. Some odd cork interaction going on. Taste is sweet & citrusy upfront. Toasty oak, followed by ugly menthol, bitter stems & melting plastic. Semi-glutenous consistency. Thick. Waxy flavor & texture. Sweet & violent. Good in straight cold shots, but not much else.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2011
at 00:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours semi cloudy yellow. Nose/taste of florals, honey and light brown sugar. Mild oak and vanilla in taste with a slight alcohol burn in finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2011
at 16:26
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled on draft at GTMW 2011. Pours a clear pale yellow color. The aroma is tart with sweet honey notes. The taste is sweet honey, citrus and vanilla. Full bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Aug 2011
at 20:37
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A golden yellow mead with a lightly funky mineral honey aroma. In mouth, a sweet mead with honey and corn syrup, treacle, so-so. Bottle at Boston Beer Summit, Jan. 15 2011.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2011
at 11:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared by Kyle, thanks! Poured a clear watery color with a slight yellow hue and no head whatsoever. Aroma had a sweet floral note with some lemon, syrup and honey with a slight tart note. Flavor was quite syrupy with floral and honey coming through with a bit of lemon in the finish. The mead was quite thick and syrupy on the tongue.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2010
at 07:40
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle as an extra form pantap! One hell of an extra. If you want to send me good extras, finding unrated meads is ALWAYS highly appreciated! Pours with a mostly clear, very pale golden body with great legs. Aroma of honey, earthy, spicy, florals, coffee (?), vanilla, oak, tannins. Thistle, sage, grass. Graham crackers and cereal. Taste is medium to heavily sweet in the finish. Nice herbal honey character. Very fresh, reminds me of the outdoors. A bit oily, with a long duration. Flowers, earth and grass. Really strong floral taste up front followed by a lingering, lightly oaky sweetness. Somewhat light bodied for what I was expecting. Good stuff, really nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2010
at 22:35
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ Miami Fandango ’10 gathering. Another thanks to Greg, tpd975 for sharing this third mead. Bigger bottle and probably my least favorite of the bunch. golden viscous color. Floral and sweet honey with wild flowers giving the palate a nice floral palate. Oak profile is mild and I couldn’t really pick much of sweet vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2010
at 21:33