6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
On tap at Belmont Station Bier Cafe, pours a clear orange amber with no head. Nose brings out honey and bees wax. Flavour is fairly weak for the style, with honey, bees wax, and light raspberry. Very thin mouthfeel for the style, but the flavours are nice enough. Decent mead.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Sep 2014
at 09:09
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Pours a flat reddish-amber color with a minimal head and decent sticky legs on the glass. Aroma of sweet apples, spices and honey. Full-bodied with flavors of sweet apples, honey and mild spices. The finish is smooth and warming with a lingering apple aftertaste. Good Cyser all around.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2014
at 11:20
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft at John Strongbow’s in Alexandria VA. Poured a clear dark ruby red color without a head at all. Aroma was sweet raspberry juice in dry honey. Flavor was dry, semi-sweet honey notes with a touch of fruit punch notes. Alcohol pretty well masked.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2014
at 16:19
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draft. Pours yellow with white head. Nose/taste of hops, citrus, sugar and light apple. Lighter medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jun 2014
at 16:31
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can. Pours a clear light pink with visible carbonation but no head whatsoever. Aroma has a very earthy dry honey note with a bit of plastic and light raspberry underlying. Flavor has lots of dry honey and some bitter raspberry as well as a touch of plastic.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jun 2014
at 10:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Pours a clear pale yellow with minimal carbonation and no head. Aroma has a nice sweet apricot note that works well with the honey and just a hint of dryness. Flavor is similarly sweet with honey and apricot up front and some more dry honey in the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jun 2014
at 17:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the 2014 OCBF. Pours a clear pale gold with no head whatsoever. Aroma has lots of honey that is slightly dry, a bit of sweetness and a touch of backing pine. Flavor has a combination of sweet and dry honey with a hint pine backing.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 May 2014
at 20:24
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Tap at Lyndale tap house. Light red. Fairly dry. Some very light raspberry. Just ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Feb 2014
at 19:51
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Sample at Kurtkeller 005: Coffee-tastic 01 on 02/08/2014. Dark plum color with decent legs on the sides of the glass. Aroma of berries and honey. Full-bodied with a nice black cherry and raspberry flavor, along with some sweet vanilla and honey in the background. The finish is vinous with a lingering sweet berry aftertaste. Very good Mead all around.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2014
at 14:13
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle: Pours muted pink-amber, no head. Aroma is peach, strawberry, raspberry. Sweet-tart black raspberry taste, good honey in the body. A ton of berry notes with a soft, warming alcohol. A nice winter sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2014
at 12:02