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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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fonefan (86114) reviewed
Raspberry Mead from The Rookery Craft Mead
7 years ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Taster @ GBBF 2017, [ Great British Beer Festival 2017 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.[ As The Rookery Raspberry Mead ].Clear light to medium red yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is honey, alcohol, light raspberry, light sweet raspberry. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, honey, alcohol, tart raspberry notes. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat, finish feel is warming and light alcoholic. [20170808] 6-2-6-3-12
Tried on 31 Mar 2019 at 13:23
McCash (16382) reviewed
Spruce Mead from The Rookery Craft Mead
7 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle at cgarvieuk. Appearance - pale yellow and clear. Nose - a hint of pine, but wild floral honey is main note. Taste - sweet floral honey again. Palate - full bodied and rich through middle and finish. Overall - lovely.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2019 at 18:12
SinH4 (15566) reviewed
Spruce Mead from The Rookery Craft Mead
7 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Clear golden color with no head. Aroma is aromatic honey, spruce indeed, some solvents. Taste is beeswax, candlewax, forest honey, on the sweet side, some spruce with some lime-herbal flavours. Oily mouthfeel, flat. Supremely well-hidden ABV.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Mar 2019 at 18:42
SHIG (14422) reviewed
Spruce Mead from The Rookery Craft Mead
7 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a clear with no head. Aroma is nice spruce berry with honey. Taste is nice fruit light woods, and smooth.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2018 at 16:43
Stuu (35163) reviewed
Mead - Medium from The Rookery Craft Mead
7 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle in the grassmarlet. Pours golden, nose is honey, beeswax, taste is sweet, juicy, honey. --- Beer merged from original tick of Mead on 07 Nov 2018 at 08:10 - Score: 7
Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2018 at 12:12
anstei (3640) reviewed
Spruce Mead from The Rookery Craft Mead
8 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at cgarvieuk's. Pours clear gold. Aroma is honey, mead, spruce, citrus, flowers. Body is heavy, but not super sweet, lots of flowers and spruce and citrus and menthols indeed. A bit artificial. Not greatly balanced, but not bad either.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2018 at 21:20
TDA (7102) reviewed
Spruce Mead from The Rookery Craft Mead
8 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle at Craigs, opaque pale yellow color, aroma of spruce, glue and honey, flavor of spruce, spice and honey that gets stronger in time and some candy, quite sweet but not over the top. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2018 at 07:50
Fergus (32001) reviewed
Raspberry Mead from The Rookery Craft Mead
8 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at the GBBF 2018 day 1 07/08/2018. A clear golden yellow coloured pour with a no head. Aroma is woody SWeet honey, meaty honey. Flavour is composed of semi sweet tangy honey, raspberry, leafy, burnt honey.. Warming solvent, honey.. Palate is semi sweet, alcohol..
Tried from Cask on 07 Aug 2018 at 19:55
Scopey (25563) reviewed
Raspberry Mead from The Rookery Craft Mead
8 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Polypin at GBBF 2018. It pours clear oily yellow with no head. The aroma is sweet, oily, honey, umami, tart, vinous, raspberry leaf and honeycake. The taste is slick, oily, tangy raspberry, during, oaky, dull solvent, raspberry leaf, honeycake, tannin and fruit tea with a tangy fruit finish. Medium body and slick mouth - feel. Interesting tart raspberry vibe.
Tried on 07 Aug 2018 at 18:39
WingmanWillis (39655) ticked
Raspberry Mead from The Rookery Craft Mead
8 years ago
6/10
Tried on 07 Aug 2018 at 18:37