Blue Suede Shews
Pips Meadery in Gurnee, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Mead - Melomel Regular|
Score
8.69
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14% Orange Blossom Honey-wine with Wild Blueberries and Cashew
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Deep dark red, nearly black. No head. Stuffy honey and cherry aroma. Sweet honey and cherry aroma. Light shoe flavour actually...
Tried
on 18 May 2018
at 09:24
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle, many thanks _angst_! Dark purple color with no head. Aroma is intense berries, cashew nuts ok. Taste is super smooth, though extremely intense, all the flavours there, but very, very sweet. I am amazed at how well they manage to somehow not become cloying, although there's almost no acidity to balance the sweetness out. Velvety mouthfeel, flat. Almost overdone, but it still works.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2018
at 13:24
9.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle courtesy of Linus. Viscous deep purple pour. Very rich sweet berry, chocolate and nut butter nose. Insanely rich taste where cashew nuts come forward with the berries. On the sweet side but there is a suiting balancing tartness. Floral honey is there and leaves a mark but also leaves room for berries & nuts. Definitely on my radar from now on. Hand bottled with care and consumed at once. No signs of spoilage. Thanks for sharing Linus!
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2017
at 07:50
9.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9
2017 rating : Bottle at Night of the Great thirst 2017 - Lovell -Maine . Thnx for sharing, everyone ! Pours dark purple, smell is full, sweet, honey. Full, complex. wood and blackberries. taste is ful, creamy, sweet, crisp, almost ’malty’ in a way due to the MF and complexity. Very intense. One of the best meads I came across.
2020 re-rate :
Pours nearly black, smell is nutty, berries, intense and perfect. Taste is full, intense, nutty, berries, sweet, sticky, full. Very nutty ending. Avoiding perfection seems to be the only art this meadery doesn't master , judgeing by this mead.
Upping the score from 9.3 to the current 9.8 . might turn into a straight 10 if it shocks mle a third time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2017
at 11:31
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle - no label taken - pours purple - nose/taste of blueberry, honey, cashew, vanilla and tootsie roll - medium body
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2017
at 20:01
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a deep purple color. Huge sugary legs. The aroma is massive berries, honey and some wood. Sugary, huge honey, clear blueberries, very slick viscous palate. Drinkable as all hell. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2017
at 01:05
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Magnum at RBSG 17 Grand Tasting. Had sampled this once before, so anxious to tick it for good. As great as I remembered, really full aroma of blueberries and cashews. Taste too is spot on, like you were eating fresh blueberries. This mead’s got it going on!
Tried
on 02 Aug 2017
at 23:55
8.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle at RBSG Boise. Dark purple color with some bubbles. Aroma is rich with blueberries and cashews? I don?t think I?ve ever smelled casheews, but dammit they?re here. The taste is devastatingly accurate. Big time sweet ripe blueberries? it?s like syrup. I want to pour this over pancakes. So rich and potent. Absolutely decadent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2017
at 00:32
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Magnum at RBSG Grand Tasting. Pours a dark purple with no head. The aroma is vanilla, cashews, honey, blueberry. Thick, jammy, insanely sweet, cashews, blueberry, vanilla, honey, really enjoyed this.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2017
at 20:26
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle - Vanilla and blueberry pasty. Deep purple. Pastry, vanilla and blueberries. Decadent and rich.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2017
at 19:57