BeerPlace (10899) reviewed Midsummer from Golden Age Meadery 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
200ml @ Alex's. Appearance: clear golden. Aroma: herbs on herbs and a honey. Taste: along the same lines, lots of honey and herbs, reminds me a bit of herbs based medications 😁 Overall: good one.
Gerbeer (8214) reviewed Ancient Lore from Golden Age Meadery 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
200 ml bottle. Pours a clear golden/copper color. Aromas of herbs, balsam, thick honey, and spice. Flavors of sweet honey, spice, herbs and possibly some chocolate. There is a lot going on. Quite sweet. I like...
Ferris (26026) reviewed Ancient Lore from Golden Age Meadery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Growler - Intense herbal and spice notes. Clear gold. Sweet, spicy and herbal. Quite Perfumy and spicy. Intense.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Ancient Lore from Golden Age Meadery 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from Legacy Liquor, Vancouver, plastic cork
Measured Final Gravity: 1044
Skewed Refractometer Reading: 21.3°B
Golden color. Intense aroma, perfumy talc, balsa tree.
Thick, sweet, syrupy, luscious, honey and Mead flacor, a bit biscuity, herbal; powerful alcohol kick, useful for balancing the sugars. Deep final.
Rich and decadent.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Ancient Lore from Golden Age Meadery 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
200mL bottle, pours a clear caramel golden with a few bubbles. Aroma is intense and rich, with loads of treacle, pine needles, tarragon, vanilla and heavy wildflower honey -- super decadent. Flavour is extremely decadent, with a harmonious mix of treacle toffee, vanilla, coffee, light pine needles, and some faint spices. Quite a big alcohol burn, but it's more warming than anything. Finishes heayv sweet on the honey without being cloying. Really a lovely mead.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Hearth and Fire from Golden Age Meadery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle - Sweet and spices. Clear gold. Orange, herbal and some sweet alcohol with a bit of medicinal notes. Not bad.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Hearth and Fire from Golden Age Meadery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle, pours a clear light golden with a few bubbles. Nose brings out apples, cinnamon and honey upfront. Flavour is well-balanced, with cinnamon and apple upfront, followed by honey and other miscellaneous spices. Well-balanced and complex. Syrupy palate, with low spiciness despite all the ingredients. Excellent.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Midsummer from Golden Age Meadery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle - Herbal, honey, ice and berry. Pinkish orange. Sweet, spicy with some warm orange and nice semi sweet finish. Quite nice.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Midsummer from Golden Age Meadery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle, pours a clear golden. Nose brings out a strange mix of spices, honey, and raspberry. Flavour is wonderfully cohesive, with raspberries and honey upfront, balanced by an interesting array of spices. Really well-incorporated with all the spices. Very warming, but well-concealed alcohol as well. Very nice unusual mead.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Hearth and Fire from Golden Age Meadery 10 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
2022-02-25, bottle, 6+ years old, 8-4-8-4-16=40
Very floral, almost soapy; in general, similar feelings as the last time; not oxidized.
2020-09-12, bottle, ~5 years old, 8-4-8-4-17=41
Just after the Midsummer, this one is less piney, and a bit more herbal; it's a bit more sweet, and the alcohol seems more evident.
Very good, maybe less elegant than the Midsummer.
2015-03-20, bottle from Legacy Liquor, Vancouver; 200ml, 8-5-8-4-16=41
Measured Final Gravity: 1047
The price tag is too high, 16.50$ for 200ml. Hazy light amber color. Nice aroma, fresh, a bit heavy on the spices, and with a shade of soap. Sweet mouthfeel, quite syrupy, mellow; the mix of herbs and spices creates a very good flavor, none of them overwhelms the others; the alcohol is noticeable, its warmth blends well with the sugar; even with so many ingredients, the honey/pure mead flavor is still present.
Tasted side to side, this is more opulent than the Midsummer, but the Midsummer is more original.
Excellent mead, great job.