5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle*Clear medium yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy honey, dry honey, ginger. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, spicy, ginger - sweet ginger, honey. Body is medium, texture is syrupy, carbonation is flat. [20130224]
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2013
at 08:13
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottled, thanks fiulijn! Hazy golden. Aroma of passion fruit and chili. Sweetish with clean mouthfeel. Some metallic coffee, lots of passion fruit. Sharp and a bit gimmicky where not a lot of honey character is retained. To mix in all that exotic stuff makes me think they aren’t very happy with the original character from the honey.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2013
at 12:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Synthethic cork bottle from Food Pantry, Waikiki, HI
Hazy golden color, with light carbonation. The aroma is intense and fruity, with notes that recall a Sautenes wine. The mouthfeel is quite dry, the dryness is accentuated by the soft carbonation; it has a mild vinous flavour, including a moderate degree of acidity and the characteristic white grape wine bitterness; the fruit presence is evident, original and elegant; the final is apparently drier.
I can only imagine what this mead would be if sweeter…
Hazy golden color, with light carbonation. The aroma is intense and fruity, with notes that recall a Sautenes wine. The mouthfeel is quite dry, the dryness is accentuated by the soft carbonation; it has a mild vinous flavour, including a moderate degree of acidity and the characteristic white grape wine bitterness; the fruit presence is evident, original and elegant; the final is apparently drier.
I can only imagine what this mead would be if sweeter…
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2013
at 04:06
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750mL bottle, shared by fiulijn (thanks Alex), pours a hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is very pungent, full of citrus fruits, honey, and alcohol. Flavour is intensely citrusy, which cuts down on the honey notes, some stone fruits, and slight tartness. Finishes on notes of citrusy stone fruits. Unique stuff, with the stone fruits taking from and centre stage. Weird, but good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2013
at 16:38
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Synthethic cork bottle from Food Pantry, Waikiki, HI
The color is light amber, not completely clear. The aroma of ginger and cinnamon is quite strong and also fresh. It’s very dry, which doesn’t fit too much with the alcohol perception; the ginger and cinnamon flavor is average; there is not much mead or honey flavor here; the ginger adds, at least, a hot kick; the dryness allows to the typical mead soapiness to appear in the final.
I’m not fascinated by this.
The color is light amber, not completely clear. The aroma of ginger and cinnamon is quite strong and also fresh. It’s very dry, which doesn’t fit too much with the alcohol perception; the ginger and cinnamon flavor is average; there is not much mead or honey flavor here; the ginger adds, at least, a hot kick; the dryness allows to the typical mead soapiness to appear in the final.
I’m not fascinated by this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2013
at 12:20