West Country Mead
Lyme Bay Winery in Axminster, Devon, England 🏴
Mead Regular|
Score
6.70
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Clear amber coloured body.
Honey aroma.
Honey, sweet berry, cranberry & herbal tastes.
Nice.
danlo (13133) reviewed West Country Mead from Lyme Bay Winery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
750ml bottle from Downtown Garden Centre, Grantham. Golden amber colour, short-lived bubbly head and aroma of honey, herby, heather, spiced. Taste is sweet, honey with herbal notes, and earthy, spices, boozy. Syrupy mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, drying astringent boozy finish. Quite sippable.
Scopey (25115) reviewed West Country Mead from Lyme Bay Winery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle at the Watford tasting thanks to Sarah & Fergus. It pours clear rich gold with a few bubbles on the cap. The aroma is sweet, fresh, honey, fruit pie & ice-cream, nectarine and pear tart tatin. The taste is bitter - sweet, juicy, honey action, toffee, oily, fruit pie, nectarine, candy and some warming alcohol. The finish is deceptively smooth. Medium body, light carbonation and slick, oily mouth-feel. Drinks pretty easy. Rather decent.
Fergus (31329) reviewed West Country Mead from Lyme Bay Winery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared at the Watford Tasting / BBQ. A viscous golden orange coloured pour. Aroma is earthy honey, jarred honey, some spicy alcohol, brambles, caramel. Flavour is composed of sweet earthy honey, warming alcohol, sugary. Pronounced honey character. Palate is very sweet sugary, lowish carbonation.
jjsint (8631) reviewed West Country Mead from Lyme Bay Winery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle courtesy of my ex-wife. Dark gold, clear. Gluey aroma with some honey and caramel. Lovely sweet and spicy taste. Weakish body but nice spicy sour finish. Better than I thought it would be.
HenrikSoegaard (21963) reviewed West Country Mead from Lyme Bay Winery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Sample at Ealing. Dark yellow colour. Heavy honey aroma. Moderate sweet nice powerfull honey flavor. Average finish. Creamy palate. Nice mead.
Tommann (7637) reviewed West Country Mead from Lyme Bay Winery 14 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
375ml bottle. Pours a flat gold with no head. Aroma is honey, spice and white wine-esque alcohol notes. Taste is sweet honey to start. Honey and white wine in the finish. A bit sticky and spicy. Warming alcohol in the aftertaste. Not a fan of the white wine similarities.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed West Country Mead from Lyme Bay Winery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bag in a box at Reading BF 2011. Clear gold no head. Nougat and hazelnuts. Love that sweet flavour some floweryness. Almost freshly pollenated flowers. Lovely. Really good fresh flowers. So gorgeous light agile. Really delicious.
Beertalk (16424) reviewed West Country Mead from Lyme Bay Winery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Golden with no head. Aroma of bees wax, honey and spice like anise. Sweet honey and spice flavour
fiulijn (28382) reviewed West Country Mead from Lyme Bay Winery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Courtesy of the Danish crew
Blond color. The aroma is quite pungent; there is honey, very floral, lightly soapy, and with plastic too. Sweet honey flavor, even if the body is quite lean, with a citrus acidity that balances the sweetness well; the alcohol warmth is clearly perceived (maybe too much); the final is citrusy and a bit dry. Good but not complex.