6.5

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Clear bottle with a shitty bubble jet printed label at Lonestar Beverage. Batch 1, bottle 82 of 620, 11% abv. Pint glass back at the lodge. Dirty, yeasty neck & cap. Soda spritz, yeasty straw pour. Very floral. Wildflowers, sweet nectar, sour fruit, rubber, lime, marzipan, clay. Sour funk, rubber, pear, sweet onion, lemony-tart grape skins, varnish, wax. Thin, sharply carbed, drying, bit of wax clotting up the finish. Hidden strong acidity. Hot abv. It's a bit over-complex for my neanderthal brain as I struggle to associate with any one of the random flavors. Are they a good match or is this just jazzy noise in a bottle? Good in small doses.

7.6

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

500mL bottle, pours a hazy blonde with a tiny white head. Aroma brings out musty dry grape skins, champagne-like effervescence, and crisp apple skins. Flavour has lots of dry grape skins, some lemon, pear, and champagne-like effervescent. Assertive, vinous, musty and almost bone dry. This works well.

7

This is encroaching on wine territory real fast, damn dry with just hints of sweetness on the finish. Really would never guess it was a mead of any kind. the body, the nose, the mouthfeel all yell wine with a cider or light seltzer finish. Mimosa mats?