Ancestral Mead
Stardust Cellars in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Mead Regular|
Score
6.69
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Drake (22934) reviewed Ancestral Mead from Stardust Cellars 1 year ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
12 ounce bottle from Botany & Barrel AVL Downtown, 12/2/23. Doesn't look great. Murky amber. No head. Strong legs. Aroma of honey, pepper, hay, apple skins. Taste is honey, pepper, raisin, lemon. Mild booze.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Ancestral Mead from Stardust Cellars 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Clear, very nearly full 12oz bottle from Botanist. Appalachian hasn't heard of it. Lots of new mead places popping up. Hope some are at least tolerable. Baby Duvel tulip @home. Cloudy, lemon honey. Looks like there are some bubbles, but even it this glass, it dies almost immediately. I smell peanuts first. Disappointed, I try again. Peanuts & an earthy flowery blend, something prickly, plastic-y wax. Taste upfront is an unexpected sharp pineapple/lemon/cran-cherry, sweet lactic action. Veggie, peanut & very light wax middle. Finish is lingering lemon-cran-lactic. If you've had Nought or Mirror Mirror from Enlightmentment Meads in NY, this tastes very similar, though fruitier & not as neat. Smooth, runny & barely viscous, great acid makes the abv almost negligible. Lots of fun if you can ignore the oxidation. Really want to give this a higher score.