The Rookery Craft Mead

Meadery in Enochdhu, Perth and Kinross, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Established in 2016

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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.

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5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
70cl bottle sample, thanks Rich.
Couleur pâle avec un léger rosé (effet framboise), huileux sur le verre.
Arôme est mielleux - organique, léger fruité de la framboise offrant ce bouquet arbuste et baies sauvages avec un rétro-nasal du miel qui adouci le tout.
Palais est boozy, les 17% sont clairement présents. Caractère doux mielleux organique avec une petite note de framboise dont un léger fini acidulé/terreux classique de la framboise qui reste plutôt faiblard. Cela a déjà le mérite d'utiliser du fruit entier. Le tout reste réchauffant en bouche, fini note un peu acétique/nail polish alcoolisé sans dénaturer le tout. L'effet collant aux lèvres retrouvé dans certains autres hydromels est ici en retrait.
Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2023 at 13:30

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
70cl bottle sample, thanks Rich.
Couleur pâle oscillant vers l'ambre, huileux au verre.
Arôme sur un bouquet mielleux avec de fins effluves de booze prenant en rétro-nasal. Note un peu de country-pie, fleur d'orangée, caramel.
Palais est doux mielleux avec un léger fini caramel et de suite un côté organique mielleux en retrait. Je note un léger fruité rappelant la pomme
Le corps est assez léger sans le côté un peu épais/huileux. Le côté booze des 17% est assez présent et en devient dominant avec un fini herbacé. Fini sur un léger résiduel sucré - caramel avec un retrait fleuri. Très léger en bouche mais avec un effet réchauffant des 17% qui revient en fin de bouche.
Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2023 at 13:01

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle in the grassmarket. Pours golden, nose is floral, some berries, honey, little funk, taste is similar. --- Beer merged from original tick of Hedgerow Mead on 16 Mar 2023 at 17:28 - Score: 7
Tried from Bottle on 16 Mar 2023 at 17:28

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours clear golden, nose is honey, elderflower, toffee, taste is similar, prickly, sweet. --- Beer merged from original tick of Elderflower Mead on 24 Oct 2022 at 10:51 - Score: 7
Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2022 at 09:51

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle at ash's. Pours clear golden, nose is earthy, honey, plum, taste is similar, some sweetness. --- Beer merged from original tick of Plum Mead on 10 Oct 2022 at 16:25 - Score: 7. Original review text: Bottle at ash's. Pours clear golden, nose is earthy, honey, plum, taste is similar, some sweetness. 3.5
Tried from Bottle on 18 Oct 2022 at 09:40

8.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle at ash's. Pours clear golden, nose is honey, caramel, woody, smoky, taste is sweet honey, chewy toffee, vanilla, oak. --- Beer merged from original tick of Cask Reserve on 10 Oct 2022 at 16:12 - Score: 8. Original review text: Bottle at ash's. Pours clear golden, nose is honey, caramel, woody, smoky, taste is sweet honey, chewy toffee, vanilla, oak. 8/3/8/4/16
Tried from Bottle on 18 Oct 2022 at 09:40

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle thanks to Stuu666. Appearance - light yellow and bright with a very light haze. Nose - booze and honey. Candied lemon. Taste - more candied lemon and honey. Woody. Palate - medium bodied with a sweet boozy and woody edge. Overall - ok but where's the plum!
Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2022 at 15:39

8/10
bottle at ashs.. Oct 2022 golden... thin white lacing... soft sweet honey.. Light floral honey fruit.. Light fruit honey.. Light plum honey 4.0
bottle at home Sept 2025 (same bottle ) lightest palest yellow ..no head ..soft floral fruit nose ...Light floral honey ..Light plum ...soft custard plum 3.75
Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2022 at 15:33

8/10
bottle at ashs... golden amber.. thin white lacing.. thin sweet honey dry fruit nose... soft earthy honey fruit.. soft sweet juicy sweet fruit
Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2022 at 15:17

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Big bottle thanks to Stuu666. Appearance - golden yellow and clear. No carbonation or head as expected. Nose - honey and orange zest. Wood lurking. Taste - orange, wood and honey. Very much marmalade on the finish. Palate - full bodied, rich and tangy middle and finish. Overall - good if not exciting for the style.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2022 at 15:16