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2/3 Stable Cottage, Enochdhu, PH10 7PD, Scotland
Description
Based in Perthshire, Scotland. We try to make light, modern mead with flavours inspired by archaeological finds in Northern Europe. The Rookery looks to evidence in the historical and archæological record for source material, then back-engineers these ancient drinks to create modern and exciting products.
At the Rookery, the fermentable in all our recipes is honey and we never use sugars or syrups. All the flavourings are high-quality ingredients and never artificial flavourings. Most of our meads use hand-foraged ingredients, concentrating on Scottish native species such as meadwort, heather, silver birch sap, crab-apples and a range of hedgerow berries.
At the Rookery, the fermentable in all our recipes is honey and we never use sugars or syrups. All the flavourings are high-quality ingredients and never artificial flavourings. Most of our meads use hand-foraged ingredients, concentrating on Scottish native species such as meadwort, heather, silver birch sap, crab-apples and a range of hedgerow berries.
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle at ash's. Pours pale clear red, nose is smoky honey, caramel, light berries, taste is tart berries, sticky honey, sweet. 7/8/7/7/7
Tried
on 01 May 2026
at 14:03
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
70cl bottle from Beer Ambleside - clear golden with no head. Lush boozy nose, syrupy mouthfeel, loads of sweet floral honey. Nice bit of spice, some coconut and tropical fruit, really warming.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Beer Ambleside
on 06 Mar 2026
at 20:10
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottle at ashs . deep red copper ..soft honey rich fruit ..soft dark fruit nose ...juicy sweet honey ..Light open alcohol ...juicy fruit ..big sweet honey
Tried
on 16 Feb 2026
at 15:54
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle shared by Stuu.
Appearance - pink like a rose wine. Still and no head.
Nose - plum and blackberry.
Taste - booze, blackberry and plum.
Palate - medium to full bodied and boozy.
Overall - decent example.
Appearance - pink like a rose wine. Still and no head.
Nose - plum and blackberry.
Taste - booze, blackberry and plum.
Palate - medium to full bodied and boozy.
Overall - decent example.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2026
at 15:48
7.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2025
at 11:11
7/10
Magus, mõru, mesine, puuviljane, alkone. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Aug 2025
at 20:36
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at ash's. Pours clear pale golden, nose is honey, pine, syrup, toffee, taste is sticky honey, juicy, sweet, nutty, burnt toffee in the finish. 3.9 --- Beer merged from original tick of Silver Birch on 20 Jan 2025 at 14:57 - Score: 8. Original review text: Bottle at ash's. Pours clear pale golden, nose is honey, pine, syrup, toffee, taste is sticky honey, juicy, sweet, nutty, burnt toffee in the finish. 3.9
Tried
on 01 Feb 2025
at 10:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
bottle at ashs ...golden ...no head ..soft dry floral honey ..dry oily honey ...hints of elderflower ...soft sweet oily fruit apricot ...soft sweet
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2025
at 15:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to Stuu.
Appearance - bright, golden yellow.
Nose - honey for sure, maple syrup (not sure what birch sap is like).
Taste - wood, maple and honey. Dried apricot or peach.
Palate - full bodied, rich texture, sweet and then dry on the finish.
Overall - good stuff!
Appearance - bright, golden yellow.
Nose - honey for sure, maple syrup (not sure what birch sap is like).
Taste - wood, maple and honey. Dried apricot or peach.
Palate - full bodied, rich texture, sweet and then dry on the finish.
Overall - good stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2025
at 14:58
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours clear golden, nose is honey, earthy, oak, taste is honey, savoury, earthy, mushroom, dry finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Mountain Ash Mead on 22 Jul 2024 at 10:20 - Score: 7
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2024
at 09:21