Red / Black Skull - Raspberry Salty Licuorice Melomel
Sahtipaja in Sätila, Västra Götaland, Sweden 🇸🇪
Mead - Melomel Regular|
Score
7.55
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Sample @ Erik's tasting, Stockholm, July 13/19) Pours clear deep red with no head. Notes of sweet raspberries balanced with quite a solid kick of salty licorice, ample slightly floral woodsy honey notes, fairly high sweetness overall and long raspberry and salt licorice aftertaste. Full sticky to oily body, still. A bit challenging as a flavour combination but I actually quite enjoyed it.
Tried
on 24 Feb 2021
at 22:26
8.4/10
Sahtipaja tasting @ kwartje. Big sweet honey & rusty old raspberries, big sweet & light bitter. Full body/low carbo. Sweet & massive fruity. Softer than the regular RS but less outspoken fruit. Don’t really taste the licorice but makes it feel less boozy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2019
at 18:52
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Sahtipaja tasting @ kwartje. Bottle. Dark chestnut and white ring head. Big sweet honey and rusty old raspberries, big sweet and light bitter. Full body and low carbonation. Sweet and massive fruity? Softer than the regular red skull but less outspoken raspberries. Don’t really taste the licorice aromawise but it has a mildening effect on the booziness. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2019
at 16:52
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle sample, many thanks to Nische! Deep ruby color with no head. Aroma is salty liquorice and raspberries indeed, deep honey. Taste is raspberry, liquorice, full blown forest honey too, a bit sticky and muted on your tongue, really a bit weird, but well-made. Oily mouthfeel, flat. Very interesting, but not sure if it's a great Mead.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2019
at 18:21