Honey Sun Iqhilika (Mead) - Herbal
Makana Meadery in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa 🇿🇦
Mead - Metheglin Regular|
Score
6.79
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Our prize-winning mead - Gold medal award winner in the Speciality Category at the 2006 International Mead Festival in Boulder, Colorado.
A semi sweet mead (approx 20g/l residual sugar) with rooibos, honeybush tea, cinnamon and apple. The herbs provide a smooth structure to the mead with a lingering honey aftertaste. Ideally served at 12-14 degrees Celsius, in a large red wine glass to allow development of the nose.
A good stand alone sundowner, a well matched partner to spicy dishes and stir fries, game and poultry and a companion to desserts and coffees.
A semi sweet mead (approx 20g/l residual sugar) with rooibos, honeybush tea, cinnamon and apple. The herbs provide a smooth structure to the mead with a lingering honey aftertaste. Ideally served at 12-14 degrees Celsius, in a large red wine glass to allow development of the nose.
A good stand alone sundowner, a well matched partner to spicy dishes and stir fries, game and poultry and a companion to desserts and coffees.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Rating 1,700! Entered on my 50th birthday! And a new country to boot. Bottle at Bavarian Lodge, Lisle. So why aren’t there more ratings from the Chicago contingent? Sorry if I’m overenthused about this, but this does deliver everything its promised. Still mead with a clear, honey yellow color. Smell of apple wassail and pumpkin pie spice. The taste continues that spiced apple theme, adding cinnamon and bergamont in slippery liquid sunshine. A bit of sour backup just in the middle that makes my eyes roll up a bit. Great dry finish. Get down and try this!
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2009
at 23:10
8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
$24 bottle at Bon Vivant in Smithfield VA. Strong clove and cinnamon aroma. Yellow color. Cinnamon, basil, and apple taste. Raw honey comes through as the glass warms. If you prefer the honey flavor, let it settle, swirling depresses the honey flavor. Tastes a bit like drinking a highly spiced apple pie. Rose petal finish. I drank it chilled, but I bet it is incredible if served hot on a cold winter night. I wish I could afford to drink it every day.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2007
at 08:16