Mede Pittige (Corsé)
Weyn's Honingbedrijf in Beveren, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Mead Regular Out of Production|
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6.75
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Mede of hydromel is een sappige, zogenaamde "godendrank" die gemaakt wordt door het gisten van water en honing. De naam vindt zijn oorsprong in het Keltische médhu, wat honing betekent.
Monnik met mede
De geschiedenis van mede is een vermelding waard. De drank vindt zijn oorsprong in Keltische en Anglo-saxische rituelen. Het Engelse woord honeymoon (huwelijksreis) is overgebleven uit de tijd toen pasgetrouwden een maand lang mede dronken. Als de mede "goed" was, zou dit resulteren in de geboorte van een zoon na negen maanden.
Weyn's maakt een onderscheid tussen zachte en pittige mede op basis van de honing die bij het maken gebruikt wordt.
Monnik met mede
De geschiedenis van mede is een vermelding waard. De drank vindt zijn oorsprong in Keltische en Anglo-saxische rituelen. Het Engelse woord honeymoon (huwelijksreis) is overgebleven uit de tijd toen pasgetrouwden een maand lang mede dronken. Als de mede "goed" was, zou dit resulteren in de geboorte van een zoon na negen maanden.
Weyn's maakt een onderscheid tussen zachte en pittige mede op basis van de honing die bij het maken gebruikt wordt.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours very clear, light blonde. Smell is very funky and floral honey. Taste is intense honey, sweet, some booze but very well done. Honey is thick on top, not blended it completely. Mild mouthfeel. Ok mead, but nothing to great
Tried
on 13 Dec 2015
at 16:16
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Thanks to fiulijn. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with no head. Has a fruity spicy slightly tart honey aroma. Sweetish spicy honey flavor. Has a sweetish spicy weak herbal honey finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2014
at 10:34
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 750ml. green glass.Clear medium amber colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy honey, spicy honey, dark honey. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, spicy honey, woody, deep honey - dark honey. Body is medium, texture is syrupy, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20130224]
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2013
at 09:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Screwtop bottle from Weyn’s, City2 Mall, Brussels
Measured Final Gravity: 1057
Amber color. Strange aroma, chemicals, glue, honey, perfume, fruits. Sweet mouthfeel, not syrupy; flavor of dark honey, chestnut honey, strong fruity presence, and also quite high acidity, almost vinegar; some chemical and alcohol feeling also in the flavor; there is some light astringency in the end.
Controversial, it has nice features (acidity, fruitiness...) that would push it high, combined with flaws (chemicals and alcohol).
Measured Final Gravity: 1057
Amber color. Strange aroma, chemicals, glue, honey, perfume, fruits. Sweet mouthfeel, not syrupy; flavor of dark honey, chestnut honey, strong fruity presence, and also quite high acidity, almost vinegar; some chemical and alcohol feeling also in the flavor; there is some light astringency in the end.
Controversial, it has nice features (acidity, fruitiness...) that would push it high, combined with flaws (chemicals and alcohol).
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2012
at 17:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle courtesy Alex. Dark yellow colour. Powerfull nice honey aroma. Moderate sweet flavor. Average finish. NIce mead. Creamy palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2012
at 13:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A nice sample courtesy of Marko, via Fiulijn, great thanks to both of them! It poured copper body with tiny legs. Very nice honey aroma. Herbal honey flavor, not too herbal like some honeys gets. Full bodied with sticky palate offers long sweet honey finish. Pretty simple, but really nice mead.
Tried
on 14 Nov 2011
at 09:12
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
One of Alexes of course (thanks fiulijn!). Brownish/reddish amber body. Nose... rubber (shoe sole), dried figs, carob, sweet banana, slightly sourish, but dominantly sweet. Full honey taste, woody, sweet, notes of carob maybe again, vague, very vague sweet mint. Some alcohol, light, in the finish again, more warming than in the taste. I can see the relationship to the 8 Year Old. Sligthly unbalanced, but hardly bad for it, very good stuff!
Tried
from Can
on 17 Oct 2011
at 14:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle Deep amber body (like cognac) No head. Nose of honey, cognac, ... Lightly bitter, moderately sweet flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2005
at 14:04
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear red-foxy amber. Very vinous, and brandy-ish, even like old brandy or Pineau des Charentes. Sweet, honey-ish smell. VERY sweet taste indeed. Honeyish character is unmistakable; vague yeasty notes, dates and dark candi sugar. Very sticky MF, slick, alcoholwarming. "Pittige" (hot) they say, but I would have liked it a bit drier. Very nice nose, however.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2005
at 14:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Brown colour. Aroma is very sweet, reminding me of dried fruit. Flavour also very sweet, not far from dessert wine, but a little spicier. I do not know the difference between sherry and port, but close to one of those.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2004
at 12:36