Lindisfarne Mead

Meadery in Holy Island, Northumberland, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by Alnwick Brewery (Harry Hotspur Holdings)
Associated Venue: St. Aidens Winery

Established in 1962

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St Aidans Winery, Holy Island, TD15 2RX, England
Description
Lindisfarne Mead is a unique blend of honey and fermented grape juice, made at St. Aidan’s Winery on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, just off the coast of northern England. Lindisfarne mead has been inspired by the island‘s rich history, with roots in medieval days when monks have first inhabited the island of Lindisfarne. It is believed that mead was first produced and enjoyed on the island following the arrival of St. Aidan in AD687, who was brought to Lindisfarne island by King Oswald of Northumbria to establish a monastery.

Lindisfarne Limited commenced producing Lindisfarne Mead in 1962, to help capture the deep-rooted historical and cultural overtones of this unique part of the world. Now we produce a variety of wines, meads and liquor that is sold throughout the UK and elsewhere.

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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
700ml bottle from HOTM. Clear dark brown cola colour, afew bubbles on top and aroma of honey, ginger, lemony citric. Taste is sweet, honey, spicy ginger, herbal, citric, cola, with warming alcohol. Medium bodied, low carbonation, sweet drying honey & ginger boozy finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Bottle at House Of The Trembling Madness (Stonegate) on 31 May 2026 at 20:49

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Wee bottle at home. Pours clear pale golden, nose is toffee, honey, elderflower, plant stalks, taste is sweet honey, prickly elderflower, zesty, sweet. 7/8/8/7/7
Tried on 02 May 2026 at 13:28

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Wee bottle at home. Pours clear pale golden, nose is toffee, honey, taste is similar, sweet, decent, 7
Tried on 02 May 2026 at 13:27

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deep amber brown pour. Honey rich slightly flowery aroma. The flavor is very sweet. Rich honey, brown sugar, florals. Boozy. Meh. Too sweet.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Apr 2026 at 05:40

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It has a rich honey aroma aroma with a bit of florals. The flavor is very sweet. It’s almost syrupy honey. A wee bit floral. Too sweet for me.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Apr 2026 at 05:36

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Small bottle. Sweet and syrupy with notes of syrupy red fruits, light spicy. Full and sweet finish, nice mead.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jul 2025 at 01:02

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Small bottle. Sweet and warming with honey and a hint of acidity. A bit like a fortified white wine.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jul 2025 at 01:01

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Mini bottle from HOTM. Clear pale gold. Obvious elderflower to the fore, a touch of butterscotch in the background and a finish that tastes entirely of that honey and lemon flavoured cough mixture for dry and tickly coughs. It's quite pleasant but I'm not sure I'd have it again.
Tried from Bottle at House Of The Trembling Madness (Stonegate) on 04 Apr 2025 at 17:30

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Bottle at work, courtesy of Austen. Van egy kisebb (-nagyobb) olcso/koccintos beutese, ezen kivul ami emlitesre melto az a tanninos savassaga, valamivel erdekesebbe teszi a dolgokat, de nem egy nagy eresztes osszessegeben.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2025 at 09:04

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В аромате есть карамлька, затем мед, немного ноток сладких как от ликера, может это и есть виноград. Цвет полу коричневый, почти полностью прозрачный, пены нету. Вкус с харакетром, есть нотки от карамели и сока от каких то фруктов, но они ощущаются как в ликере. При глотке ощущается алкоголь, немного даже лишнего, чутка карамели с медом снова. В целом нормально.
Tried on 07 Feb 2025 at 06:04