West Country Mead
Lyme Bay Winery in Axminster, Devon, England 🏴
Mead Regular|
Score
6.70
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A delicious honey based wine with a sweet spicy overtone. Slightly drier than Traditional Mead.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle @ Papsø-Grand-Tasting, September 2010. Pours clear light golden with a off white bubbly head. Sweet honey, caramel and spices. Hmmhh . . Not bad!
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2010
at 05:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 375ml.Clear light to medium yellow color with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate honey, alcohol, licorice - anis notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, anis. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat, finish feel light to moderate alchoholic. [20100911] 6-2-7-3-14 Polycask (gravity) @ The 17th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear light to medium yellow orange colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy honey, flowers, nectar, spicy. Flavor is heavy sweet with a long duration, spicy, flowery, honey, nectar, dry. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - syrupy, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20110428] 8-2-8-4-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2010
at 14:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear golden. Sweet and floral nose with plenty of honey. Flavor had loads of honey, floral and fruity notes. Finished sweet.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2010
at 12:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
37.5 cL clear bottle. Pours clear and golden deep yellow with no head. Aroma is pollen, honey and herbal. Sweet, herbal and honey flavoured. Slight menthol note(!?!) Sweet and herbal finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2010
at 03:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. A golden mead with no head. The aroma has notes honey and wax. The flavor is sweet with honey, wax, and spices, leading to a dry alcoholic finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2010
at 09:43
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 37,5 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a clear golden. Sweet and flowery honey notes. Medium body, sweet honey, marzipan and flower notes. Warming alcohol finish. Delicious. 110910
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2010
at 07:58