7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
2016-09-06, corked bottle from Bienenwabe, Germany, 8-4-6-3-13=34
Measured Final Gravity: 1017
Skewed Refractometer Reading: 11.0°B
Red-amber color, showing signs of age, oxidisation (Madeira). Very nice aroma, Madeira wine, sweet, vanilla, oak, tobacco. Thin body, moderately sweet; it has some berry note, light mead flavor, and the final is a bit oxidized and metallic.
Very old, interesting. Not sure this is the right mead though.
2007-09-22, bottle, Stockholm Beer Festival 2007 afterfestival at Akkurat, 7-3-8-3-15=36=
Pure gold. Nice aroma, sweet, with light honey, ripe apples, sweet wood. Medium body, then honey flavor with the right sweetness, and just a touch of acidity and citrus to balance it. Excellent!
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2007
at 16:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Beautiful amber color. Very nice aroma of mountain honey. Sweet and well balanced, with a sweet caramel taste and very light herbs and pine needles. Very good.
Tried
on 22 Dec 2007
at 16:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at RBNAG 07. Dark golden colour with no head. Aroma is alcohol, honey, sweet. Flavour is sweet, honey, alcohol, heather. Nice mead.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2007
at 23:57
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
RB#2300. Bottle, thanks to fiulijn. Pours golden orange and thick. Has a sweet aroma of honey and almost candy like. Flavour is extreme sweet and leads into a slight woody flavour with a mild darker dried fruit flavour. Finish is very sweet and slight warming. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2007
at 17:43
9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Wow. I wasn’t sure heading in how much I’d like this - all of the few meads I’ve tried so far have been very unimpressive, with unpleasant acetone/solventy type flavors. This one: absolutely none of that. As good as I might have imagined this, this beats it. Beautiful big sweet honey aromas and flavors, with an earthy almost farmy background. Actually the farmy component reminds me of something very specific: the horse barns at the state fair, with aromas of horse sweat and urine soaked hay. But that’s not to say this seems like brett or lambic. Not at all. Rounded clean palate. Easy finish. Hardly any hint of its potent alcoholic strength. I poured this into a dessert wine glass, and just couldn’t help but treat myself to 3 or 4 more pours. I don’t think this is going to be able to last long in my house! Surprisingly dark color, a tawny caramel type brown. I’m not doing a great job making this sound great, but it was.
Tried
on 02 Dec 2007
at 11:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
750ml bottle @ RBNAG’07. Clear orange, a bit oily body with no head. Nice aroma of honey, heather and alcohol. Flavor is very sweet and dominated by honey and a tiny hint of acid. Quite nice, but a prefer the Jadwiga.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2007
at 10:45
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle @ RBNAG’07. Beautiful amber body, pours with an almost oily consistence. Harmonic aroma of honey, dry fruit and some alcohol. Flavor is much the same as aroma, honey, dry fruit and warming alcohol. Nice and well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2007
at 10:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Bottle, thanks to larsniclas!) Clear copper color, no head. Sweet, plum, acidic and alcohol scent. Harsh wood and sweet taste. Long warming alcohol aftertaste. Smooth and a bit harsh mouthfeel. Some apple aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2007
at 16:48
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of fiulijn. Clear, amber golden. Extremely intense aroma of honey and spices. Very rich and full body with very sweet honey notes and a warming, alcoholic finish. Excellent. 171107
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2007
at 12:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. An amber mead ofcourse with no head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of honey combined with notes of rosehips. The flavor is sweet with strong honey notes, but also with notes of rosehips, and some spices - from a lovely honey. The body is thick and the alcohol burns slightly in the throat. Thanks Alex (fiulijn) for sharing this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2007
at 06:26