8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Rating 10,200. Pours gold. Nose/taste of baked apple, cinnamon, honey, pie crust - medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2015
at 22:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pour with clear yellow with good lace. Aromas are of bourbon, caramelized wood notes, vanillin, dry tannin, lots of heat. Spices are quite subdued compared to non BA version. Cinnamon toast crunch. Flavors are warming, mild potpurri spices, drying tannin, rich barrel vanillin. Lots of alcohol. Syrupy and well balanced (sweet vs acidity).
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2015
at 18:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottles (2011 and 2012). 2012 bottle: Pour with a clear yellow hued body with no signs of carbonation and huge legs. Huge aroma with apple, warming allspice, woody, caramelized notes, floral. Sweet, potpurri, very heavy spicing balanced by sweetness and good acidity. Good and strong apple character, spiced pear. Well balanced. Viscous. Really nice. 2011 bottle has notes of ginger and cotton candy. Nutmeg and cardamom.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2015
at 18:09
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample from batch # 06-11 at the Badge-Whore Bowl (OSU vs AL) tasting on 01/01/2015. Pours a clear pale yellow color with a minimal head and decent legs on the side of the glass. Aroma of herbal honey and fruit. Full-bodied with flavors of sweet honey, fruit and subtle spiced nuts. The finish is sweet with a floral honey aftertaste. Pretty good all around.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brothers Drake Meadery and Bar
on 03 Jan 2015
at 21:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sample at the tasting room. Pours a clear yellow-gold color with a minimal head and decent legs on the glass. Aroma of citrus, honey and spices. Full-bodied with flavors of citrusy hops, herbal honey and a touch of spruce. The finish is semi-dry with a citrusy aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2014
at 19:33
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Sample at the tasting room. Pours a crystal clear pale golden color with a minimal head and sticky legs on the glass. Oaky aroma with apple and spice notes. Full-bodied with flavors of oaky bourbon, sweet apples and spices. The finish is oaky with a lingering apple pie spice aftertaste. Enjoyable Mead all around.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2014
at 19:01
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle courtesy of Secret Summer Santa 2014. Pours golden with some subtle legs on the glass. Smell is fruity and spicy with baked apples, cinnamon, lemon peal, honey, alcohol and hints of ginger. Taste is very sweet, tiny sour, fruity and slightly spicy with honey, ice cider, cinnamon, vanilla, hay, apple sauce and hints of alcohol. Mouthfeel is slightly honey sweet viscous, round, tiny boozy and medium bodied. Finish is sweet, tiny sour, fruity and slightly spicy with honey, mixed savoury apples, alcohol and cinnamon. Not very complex but very very tasty. Thank you for this treat Santa. --- Beer merged from original tick of Apple Pie on 30 Oct 2014 at 21:22 - Score: 8. Original review text: 4,2! Nice apple pie mead!
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2014
at 12:04
7.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9.5
Cinnamon and ginger nose. Pale golden. Honey, ginger, cinnamon, and apple in that order. Medium body, alcohol appropriate. Addictive. I could easily drink this until I couldn’t see straight.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2014
at 08:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared by jackl, 8/30/14. Pours a clear pale yellow with weak legs. Aroma of spice, honey, apple, glue, citrus and tea. The taste is cinnamon, spice, apples, honey. Medium-full bodied. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2014
at 21:11
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at West End Ciderhouse, Athens, 7/14/14. Pours a clear pale golden color, weak legs. Aroma of honey, citrus, floral notes and faint pepper. The taste is honey, citrus hops, grape, floral notes. Medium bodied, still, moderate heat.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Aug 2014
at 20:54