Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

At the January 2026 DC Brewver gathering. 750ml bottle. Poured a ruby red, like red wine hued color with a very small, wispy head. Aroma was cherries, currants. Cherry skin. The bottle seems to imply that it's a Mead, but tastes more like a lambic to me. Lots of cherries, Black currant, tartness. Cherry skins.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Is this really a mead? Tastes more lambic. Blackberry and decent honey. Lots of grapefruit lambic bretta. Tart finish. Bottle.

Blackcurrant tartness and funk, sweetness and floral notes from the honey. Well balanced, finish is a tad overdoing maybe, not astringent, but could be slightly softer. LCI

2023

Haat liefde relatie met zwarte bes, dat doet het uitstekend in jam, toetjes, desserts…of als cassis… maar in bier… nah… zelfs de honingwijn kan het niet redden, verder wel ok en te doen, alleen zure cassis

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

CBHWS2025. Slightly hazy red colour with a minor pink head. Aroma is tart wood, some mild honey as well as a bit tart berries. Flavour is honey, some funk, mild alcohol sweetness with some wooden and mild berries to it. Sweetish dry with some nice tartness too.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap @Ma che siete venuti a fa' (Rome). Rubino, sangue di piccione, intensa, schiuma bianca medusa, non molto persistente. Al naso note citriche, di stalla cuoio, frutta rossa, leggero vinoso. In bocca è acida decisa, citrica, tart, fruttata, ma di discreta complessità. Corpo medio, carbonazione media. Buona.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

750mL bottle. Pours cloudy dark red with white head. Aroma has tons of barnyard funk, currants, manure. Flavour has lots of currants balanced out by sweetness from the honey. Definitely some funk in the flavour, but much more subdued than the nose. Nice touch of astringency on the finish. Very nice.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

750mL bottle, pour s a clear dark red with a medium pink head. Aroma has plenty of partially fermented out honey, pithy currant, and gentle barnyard funk. Flavour has plenty of pithy currants, moderately fermented out honey, moderate funk, and moderate acidity. The honey pairs really well with the currant, but the funk is left behind. Very funky upfront, but more honey and pithy berry on the finish. Unusual, but I'm ultimately a fan.