Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
750ml bottle. Pale yellow gold colour, no head and aroma of spice, herbal, honey & apple. Taste is apple, honey, floral, spice notes, earthy, abit medicinal. Medium bodied, low carbonation, warm bitter spicy finish. Quite OK.
danlo (13332) reviewed Cyser from Sparrowhawk Mead (Johnson's Meadery) 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
750ml bottle from Sparrowhawk online. Clear very pale yellow-gold colour with no head and aroma of honey, flowery, musky, light spice. Taste is sweetish honey, floral, mellow apple, grassy, some bitterness. Crisp mouthfeel, light to medium bodied, low carbonation, drying grassy and slightly tannic finish. Quite OK.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
750ml bottle from Sparrowhawk online. Pours a hazy red colour with no head and aroma of honey, damson, spice. Taste is tart jammy damson with sweet honey and some warm spicy wine-like notes. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dryish tart finish. Quite drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
750ml bottle from Sparrowhawk online. Pale yellow golden colour, no head and aroma of peach, honey. Taste is honey, sweet, floral, peach, herby. Light bodied, fine carbonation, semi-dry boozy astringent at the finish. OK.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
750ml bottle from Sparrowhawk online. Pale yellow colour with a fizzy white foam head that quickly dissipates away. Aroma of honey, sugary, flowery, alittle spice. Taste is light floral, with honey & citric hints, and some ginger. Watery mouthfeel, light bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry finish. Quite drinkable.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from producer’s own stall at Salisbury Christmas Market. My first mead arrived nearly colourless with an obvious fizz. I was worried that mead would be sweet and sickly but that wasn’t the case with this one. It was floral up front- maybe elderflower? - with fresh herbs coming through. There wad a hint of lemon before some light sweet honey showed in the finish. The elements all balanced against each other to make a drink that was wonderfully light and refreshing, yet at the same time tasty and quite complex. I suspect mead purists will criticise the low ABV, but I was very impressed by this and now want to try more mead.