Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Slight haze, a bit murky. Honeyed aroma, lightly floral. More straight up mead than tej (because American honey and Ethiopian honey are radically different in character). Slightly tart, with a floral note, a hit of sticky sweetness late, and a big whack of honey in the middle. Definitely American, with an off-dry white wine sort of note. For me, it's an okay mead, not really a tej in character, but that's how it is over here.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from 750mL bottle (saved from the June 2015 PM tasting). Hazy amber orange with a bit of sediment. Boozy, floral honey, fair bit of fennel on the taste (but not in the aroma).
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
750ml (keister aged by Alex since it was opened in 2015) @ Ryan's. Appearance: copper with some micro parts. Aroma: a lot of honey, woody, very sweet. Taste: sweet, a bit boozy, some red apple skins, a bit tannic. Overall: ok.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
[1/25/17] Bottle at Barcote Ethiopian restaurant in Oakland. Clear golden. Aroma of lots of wine and a bit of spiciness. Very sweet flavor with honey, floral note, a bit of spiciness, a light tart note, and a bit of alcohol. Too sweet.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Corked bottle from Elizabeth Station, Bellingham
Measured Final Gravity: 1024
Hazy dark blond color. Pedantic mead, some honey aroma and flavor, warming alcohol. Moderate sweetness. I can’t get the plant. More than decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle - Lots of raw honey. Clear gold. Bitter honey notes and a juice like sweet finish. Not bad but finish isn’t great.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
750mL bottle, pours a hazy golden with no head. Nose has got lots of fresh, treacly honey -- lovely aromatics. Flavour is medium-heavy sweet for a mead, with a lovely pronounced tartness that somehow balances out the sweetness. There is the strange hoppiness in here which also balances everything out. Really nice. I don't really understand the low ratings. Very tasty.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle, picked up by my wife at an Ethiopian restaurant. Pours still urine yellow. Aroma is honey, citrus fruit, some paint thinner. Flavor is medium sweet and a bit tart on the finish, honey, some zesty bitterness. Light body. Not great.