Traditional Mead
Ninemaidens Mead in Redruth, Cornwall, England 🏴
Mead Regular|
Score
6.99
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Everything you’d expect from Ninemaidens Cornish Traditional Mead. Medium sweet; not fortified but fermented to a strength of 14% using only pure Genuine Cornish Honey and nothing else. A connoisseur’s drink with a serious taste!
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Mounts Bay Wine Co, Penzance. Clear, oily, pale straw yellow body with no head. Strong aroma of honey, a little floral and subtle fruitiness. Flavor is sweet, but not too sweet honey, kinda subtle fruit, a little spicy in the direction of tooth pasta (not on a negative way). Fine balanced body and long lasting aftertaste. A really nice and glean mead where the honey flavor dominates but it doesn't feel like drinking honey with Vodka as some types tends to do. This is really nice and I really wish to taste some of the flavored one as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2025
at 07:46
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Thanks Beer5000. 14% ABV. A clear, pale yellowish, almost colorless mead. Still. Alcohol, even a touch of thinner or glue, with flowers, heather, grass notes and pale honey in the aroma. It's full-bodied, warming and quite smooth on the palate, with a good dash of sweetness, a vague acidity and flavors of honey, with some flowers and heather. Long finish. A quite decent classic mead, but a bit alcoholic, and gentle on all other aspects. 190711
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2019
at 19:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Solliveien 160618. Golden-yellow color with no head. Aroma is honey, sugar, floral. Flavor is honey, wood, citrus, sugar, floral. Nice mead.
Tried
on 08 Jul 2018
at 07:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle at a ChrisO tasting - London. Pours clear, white. Very enticing honey aroma, some alcohol presence. Oh, outrageously sweet, but with very true honey and some fruity notes. Full bodied, chewy. Warming finish with lasting, pure honey sugars. Great example of mead. Some light dryness at the end helps to counter the intense sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2013
at 12:21
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 750ml. clear glass.Clear light yellow colour with no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy honey, nectar, flowers. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, flowers, nectar, honey, apple - pear ! Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light to light moderate alcoholic. [20120501]
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2012
at 07:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottled. Pale yellow colour, no head. Pale colour no head. Honey, some sweet notes. Flavour much the same with quite much sweet notes. Very pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2012
at 15:08
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at Chris-o tasting ...golden yellow ... very light and sweet honey ... herbal nose ... dry honey ... big hazzle nut ... sweet honey linger
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2012
at 12:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Chriso’s Easter tasting 2012. It pours very pale yellow. The nose is honey, pear, melon and nectarine. The taste is pear, red apple, white grape, melon, honey and nougat. Medium body and slight syrupy mouth-feel. Smooth, light and not too sweet. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2012
at 05:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Chriso Easter Tasting 2012. 12.5% clear pale gold. Hazelnut clean. Some acidity on finish not overly sweet. Good
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2012
at 04:56