Christmas Mead
Lurgashall Winery in Lurgashall, West Sussex, England 🏴
Mead Regular|
Score
6.05
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Also known as Celtic Mead.
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gnoff (11188) reviewed Christmas Mead from Lurgashall Winery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
As "English Mead". (Sampled from a bottle at Sjätte tunnan, Stockholm) Clear golden color, no head. Very sweet honey scent. Also distinct honey taste. Smooth full mouthfeel, sweet aftertaste. Warming alcohol.
obguthr (12465) reviewed Christmas Mead from Lurgashall Winery 18 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2
Mushroomy, honey and rubber smell. Clear yellow color. Light honey flavor, weak with no complexity. Boring.
omhper (44752) reviewed Christmas Mead from Lurgashall Winery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled at Akkurat, Stockholm. Pale straw colour. Evident honey pastille aroma and flavour. Sweet and soothing, mildly herba with a touch of menthe. Warmng, but well sweet for me.
JK (8181) reviewed Christmas Mead from Lurgashall Winery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
It has a pleasant, slightly funky honey aroma. Flavor is a little sweet and the spices come through as somewhat medicinal.
beastiefan2k (4724) reviewed Christmas Mead from Lurgashall Winery 19 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
375 ml bottle poured into a port glass. Color is a clear Bud Light shade. Aroma is strong but not too pleasant. A slight paint thinner-like aroma dominates. Not promising. Taste is thin and watery, flat soda mixed with some sort of chemical/medicinal stuff. Its good to know a bad mead for future reference.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Christmas Mead from Lurgashall Winery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
75cl bottle shared with Haddonsman in Reading. Pale gold, honey, sweet nougat aroma. Nicely sweet, but some sourness on end. Bit of nail varnish. Bit naive, but drinkable.
maniac (11822) reviewed Christmas Mead from Lurgashall Winery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Christmas mead served with spices. Golden yellow in color. Standard honey aroma with some spices (which were added from the packet). The spices help lessen the overbearing honey flavor which some meads have.
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
This, being my 2nd ever rating of mead, is still a learning process. I’m not quite sure mead is my thing, but I know I haven’t had the great ones yet either. Straw colored in a wine glass. Still. Aroma initially shocking, a solventy alcoholic blast - but after habituating to that I could sense the rounded honey presence. Much like a sweet wine, it was a sipper (I started out chilled per label suggestions but it got nearly to room temp before I finished a 4-5oz serving). The flavor was marked by a significant pure honey flavor, plus alcohol. I enjoyed it enough to pour a second serving, but then vacuum sealed the remainder. Perhaps aging will help the alcoholic side...am anxious to try the aged meads like Apis Jadwiga.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Christmas Mead from Lurgashall Winery 21 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
[At The Evening Star, Brighton] A light yellow mead with no head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of honey and lesser notes of flowers - and so is the flavor.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Christmas Mead from Lurgashall Winery 21 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Clear golden coloured body with a thinnish look when agitated. Aroma at first of dirty feet, honey and foul grass. After that dies down, you notice the honey more than anything else. Light-bodied; Funky alcoholic taste with some yeast noticeable, but mostly honey. Aftertaste shows some strong alcohol and nothing pleasant. Overall, not impressed with this mead...it is the second i’ve ever had, but second to the Apis! I sampled this 50 cL bottle purchased by my brother-in-law in Hilton Head, South Carolina on 12-December-2004.