Honey Sun Iqhilika Cape Fig
Makana Meadery in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa 🇿🇦
Mead - Melomel Regular|
Score
6.33
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle at chriss ... light amber ... smokey dry honey bees nose...dry honey ... sweet middle ... light honey sweetness ... again not working for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2011
at 11:20
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Had this at the 2011 mid summer morning mead tasting at Vintage, nice place, y’know? Very sweet aroma and taste, but its never clying like some beers can be. Almost like smellimg perfume. Can’t taste fig but it is like wine with heavy suger in there. Goes down easy. Too easy.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jul 2011
at 10:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Courtesy of Søren; plastic cork
Measured Final Gravity: 1027
Saffron-yellow color. The aroma of fig is evident (the leaves, the trunk, the sap), then the honey too; wood, mild incense, smell of souk... Original, very much appreciated. Sweet, quite syrupy; good honey flavor, with a mild nutty touch from the dried figs, and some sweet wood; the acidity is subdued, so the alcohol takes on the task to balance the sweetness.
A different one, peculiar; very good!
Measured Final Gravity: 1027
Saffron-yellow color. The aroma of fig is evident (the leaves, the trunk, the sap), then the honey too; wood, mild incense, smell of souk... Original, very much appreciated. Sweet, quite syrupy; good honey flavor, with a mild nutty touch from the dried figs, and some sweet wood; the acidity is subdued, so the alcohol takes on the task to balance the sweetness.
A different one, peculiar; very good!
Tried
on 16 Jun 2011
at 01:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From bottle at Sunset Grill. Pours clear and golden orange with no head. Aroma is herbal tea like and honey. Sweet honey to sugarish. Again a herbal tea like note. Sweet and herbal finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2011
at 14:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sample from bottle at Glunz Beer Expo, April ’10. As the pourer said, it is very viscous, and we’re only getting a tiny pour because it is 12%. A bit of a figgy smell (I could say figgy pudding, but I’ve never had that). Very thick and golden yellow in glass. Tastes very much like figs. Taste much better than the coffee and chili meads I’ve had from these folks. Guess it just goes to show that meads work best with fruit. The fig taste adds to the thick mouthfeel. It sits on the tongue very nicely. Well recommended.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2010
at 09:16
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Creosote and honey nose. Clear yellow. Honey, oranges, and coal up front. Finishes with a more distinctly herbal and fig aspect. Mouthfeel isn’t nearly as silky as the other Makana meads I’ve had, but still nice. Decent amount of character, but wasn’t as enjoyable as Makana’s other offerings, IMVHO.
Tried
on 10 Feb 2010
at 16:22