Blackberry Hex
Superstition Meadery in Prescott, Arizona, United States 🇺🇸
Mead - Melomel Regular|
Score
7.93
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Blackberry Hex is a semi-sweet blackberry mead that drinks like a late harvest zinfandel, and it will make any wine lover blush.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle sample @ Alus Celle, Riga. Clear dark ruby without head. Aroma is sweet, honey and blackberry. Flavor is quite sweet and slightly acidic. Oily and soft. 100724
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2024
at 19:02
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle sample @ Alus Celle, Riga. Dark ruby red without a head. The aroma is heavy honey, red berries and yeast. The taste is sweet and a little dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2024
at 18:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Smell- weak honey, herbal. berry, blackberry, alcohol. Foam- thin, sweet, honey, weak sourness, weak bitter tones. Head is Appearance- re-sealable bottle, cool label. Clear ruby in color. From - snifter Taste - sweet, alcohol, blackberry, honey, alcohol. Strong, fruity, berryish and honey-ish. I honestly liked their other mead more, too much blackberry for my taste, also a bit sourish. Gives loads of warmth. Overall, not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2023
at 18:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A 50ml pour from 750ml shared with Ryan. Appearance: purple. Aroma: honey, sweet, concentrated blackberries. Taste: same, but less rich in flavour than White-series. Overall: pretty good, but it's far from the top.
Tried
on 08 May 2023
at 19:48
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Re-rate: poured from 750mL bottle. Deep purple with no head. Lots of blackberry, same rating as before. Nov 03, 2022 (8/4/8/3/16=3.9): Poured from 750mL bottle (batch 3; bottle 44/4950; 13% ABV) @ Brian’s. Deep purple with almost no pink head. Pithy blackberry and mild honey, slightly vinous quality to it without actually being vinous.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2022
at 05:11
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Sample from SinH4, many thanks Stefan! Deep purple pour. Floral honey, some sweetness upfront before the quite tart blackberries take over the show. Highly concentrated blackerries leading into a dry and tart berry finish. Top shelf stuff!
Tried
on 29 May 2021
at 20:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a very dark purple, nearly black. Scent is strong berry profile, rich in all it's aspects. Mild honey profile, providing a somewhat sweet impression.Taste is Strong, intense, explosion of fruit. tanins, creating a big dryness at the end. Straight fruitjuice, underlined by a nice solid honeybase. A great alternative to a red wine, but also highly enjoyable for fans of mead or fruits. very well done.
Tried
on 05 Mar 2021
at 20:21
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle, thanks Stefan! Deep purple. Deep flowery honey aroma, sweet but not cloying, blackberry tartness and aromatics layer on top. Medium body, tart on the palate, berry skin on the tongue, deep concentrated berry flavor, umami quality to it, tart notes very well balanced to the sweet side, perfume retronasal. wow.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2021
at 16:28
9.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle. Deep purple color with no head. Aroma is blackberries, mild honey, such a great fruitiness. Taste is blackberries, tannins from the skin, honey, quite dry in the back. Oily mouthfeel, flat. Great stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2020
at 16:35
8/10
Batch No. 3, bottle 2741/4950. Crushed blackberry blood reduced to blackberry syrup
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2020
at 23:14