Spiced / Metheglin Mead
Lurgashall Winery in Lurgashall, West Sussex, England 🏴
Mead - Metheglin Regular|
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6.57
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Spiced Mead in the UK and as Metheglin Mead in the USA.
Honey sweet mead infused with a secret blend of herbs and spices to a 16th century recipe.
Beloved of Queen Elizabeth I, Metheglin is a sweet honey mead infused with a complex blend of herbs and spices.
Metheglin is derived from the Welsh word meddyglyn, meaning “medicinal liquor”, as healing herbs were often stored as metheglin so they would be available over winter.
The aroma of Lurgashall Metheglin is enormous. The herbal and spicy character, in particular the resiny character of thyme & rosemary, are fully evident on the palate as well. Clove, cinnamon, and nutmeg intermingle with the sweet honey flavor. Its big body, underscored by about 13.5% alc./vol., ends in a sweet-spicy-slighly tart /dry finish. Intriguing and mysterious.
Honey sweet mead infused with a secret blend of herbs and spices to a 16th century recipe.
Beloved of Queen Elizabeth I, Metheglin is a sweet honey mead infused with a complex blend of herbs and spices.
Metheglin is derived from the Welsh word meddyglyn, meaning “medicinal liquor”, as healing herbs were often stored as metheglin so they would be available over winter.
The aroma of Lurgashall Metheglin is enormous. The herbal and spicy character, in particular the resiny character of thyme & rosemary, are fully evident on the palate as well. Clove, cinnamon, and nutmeg intermingle with the sweet honey flavor. Its big body, underscored by about 13.5% alc./vol., ends in a sweet-spicy-slighly tart /dry finish. Intriguing and mysterious.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Golden with a mall white head. Aroma of honey and bees wax with a spicy touch. Sweet honey flavour with a floral note
Tried
on 23 Oct 2011
at 11:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 500ml. clear glass.Clear light to medium yellow colour with a virually no head. Aroma is moderate to heavy honey, spicy honey, flowers - nectar. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, spicy, flowers. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110731]
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2011
at 14:23
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Chris O’s. Thanks guys. Pours clear golden with bubbles on top. Sweet nose and flavor. Honey and spices. A bit of warmth. Ok
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2011
at 01:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. Honeyish golden colour, no head. Aroma is sweet honey, some slight spices, mild herbs as well as some mild nectary notes. Flavour is honey, herbs, spices, some slight alcohol as well as mild wooden notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2011
at 16:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From bottle @ Paisley Beer Festival 2011. White wine coloured. Aroma is honey and a bit spicy. Flavour is sweet cloying honey, bit of heat, dusty and light peppery. A bit odd but pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2011
at 11:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
bottle at Fort Wayne tasting courtesy of thedm and hotstuff - Pours golden and very leggy with a big, sweet honey aroma. The flavor is very sweet honey. The spices are really mild, barely discernible to me (maybe too many big beers before tasting this mead tonight). There’s nothing outstanding here, but it’s tasty and fairly enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2010
at 11:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home ... deep black with a thin tan head ... ohh ok its dark amber ... heavy deep toned spiced honey nose... soft full mouth feel ... lots of christmas spices ... warming honey ... decent
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2009
at 12:29
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottled. (as Spiced Mead) Courtesy of Papsoe. Clear, yellow mead. Heather, honey and alcohol in the aroma. Quite floral. Honey-sweet flavor with some alcohol and quite a lot of heather. A bit papery in the mouth, medium to thin body. Overall, it is quite decent, but a bit too boring and sweet. (071006)
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2007
at 15:24
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Blond color. Honey aroma, a bit too much medicine. Sweet flavor, with honey and too much flowers, sweet spicy touch too. Ordinary.
Tried
on 11 Nov 2007
at 11:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A light golden beer with no head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of honey, and so is the flavor though combined with a powerful note of alcohol as well as medium notes of spices and rose hips.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2007
at 05:12