Black Cherry Mead
Lyme Bay Winery in Axminster, Devon, England 🏴
Mead - Melomel Regular|
Score
6.65
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Black Cherry Mead is a beautiful combination of the sweet and tart flavours of honey and wild cherries.
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5.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 6
Bottle. Red, orangeish. Heavy sweet candied cherry. Tastes like boozy red gummibears. Very sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2025
at 11:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Red orange. Spicy - cherry, cinnamon, marzipan. Medium body, dry, bubblegum, gummy bear cherry aroma, fresh, sweet, drinkable though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2025
at 10:56
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
0.75l bottle shared by Loz (thx Loz's sister!)! Huge aroma, honeyish dry, big sticky cherry aroma, huge almonds really. Lean, dry taste, light honey, odd sour cherry flavoring, ends dry, bitterish by the finish. Seems fake, not a fan.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2025
at 10:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750ml bottle from Hop Burns & Black. Reddish orangey amber-gold colour, no head and aroma of cherry, marzipan, honey. Taste is sweet, honey, black cherry, marizpan, syrupy and abit medicinal. Oily mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, drying fleshy cherry at the finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2023
at 22:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the house of trembling madness. Pours clear ruby, nose is cherry, cinnamon, honey, taste is juicy cherry, sweet honey, lightly spiced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2021
at 13:44
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Amber colour. Powerful honey and almond aroma. Moderate sweet and nice powerful almond flavor. Long finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
on 06 Jun 2021
at 06:38
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle 750ml. @ [ Last Højbjerg Tasting in Højbjerg 🇩🇰 ] - Saxo House - Højbjerg.
[ As Lyme Bay Black Cherry Mead ].
ABV: 11.0%. Clear light to medium red amber colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate honey, cherry, sweet cherry, almonds. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, cherry, sugary, white sugar, almonds, honey, dry. Body is medium, texture is watery - syrupy, carbonation is flat, finish feel is warming, light alcoholic. [20210605]
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Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2021
at 22:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Højbjerg tasting. No head. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are cherries, marzipan, fruits, honey and has a nice warming finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2021
at 21:32
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle @Last Højbjerg Tasting in Højbjerg. Clear aber, some bubbles. Strong marzipan aroma. Honey and marzipan flavour, sweet cherries.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2021
at 21:08
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Beautiful Beer. Clear amber without head. Aroma is sweet, honey, almond, marzipan and heavy almond essence. Flavor is quite sweet. Sweet finish. Somewhat artificial. 010220
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2020
at 18:41