Kraddel (15844) reviewed Aardbei Honingwijn from Sweet Rebel Honeywine 3 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Pours clear peachy amberpink. Scent is medium mild on the fruits. Jammy strawberry concentrate, mild honey shines trough (pretty generic) . Taste is semi-sweet, strawberry is very candy / jammy like. Nothing at all like fresh strawberry. The intensity is medium. Honey is more lost here. Not bad, just very generic, processed and does nothing beyond providing the most basic of flavors.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Pours a clear, copperamber. Scent is intense, super chemical .. Apple is even hard to recognize untill you actually know, this is indeed the harsh (green) apple chemical. Not the fun fruity side of it, more the harsh fruitttannins, malic acid and a minor fruity aromatic character. Don't really get the berries at all. Harsh and franky , not overly pleasant. Taste is semi-sweet, the harshness of the 'apple' is noticable. Like 'Looza' ( an industrial brand of juices) this hardly resembles the fruit to me. Harsh, quite unpleasant. Berries pop up a bit , but they don't make it better at all. The combo doesn't work for me, neither do these extracts. Hard to drink even for my sample.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Tropische Honingwijn from Sweet Rebel Honeywine 3 years ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
pours clear, chemical lookin fluorecent green (why?) . Scent is energy-drink like, fruity, but oh so chemical. Nalu ! F>ruits are recognizable when you read the description, but I would have had a hard time naming them blindly. waaw, this is a really expressive unnatural scent. Taste is rather smooth, only medium sweet. Mild acidity from the 'fruit'. The character remains the same though - not at all a bad aroma, but so damn chemical ! Honey is completely lost, making me question why i'd drink this as a mead, or even as a alcoholic beverage. Great softdrink it'd be, but not worth it's (hidden) 10.5 %.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Kastanje Honingwijn from Sweet Rebel Honeywine 3 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Pours a clear , darker mahonie. Scent is very funky, heavy earthy, thick, woody almost, quite powerfull as well. Taste is full, medium intense sweetness. intense woody, syrupy, earthy, palm sugar, nut (chestnut) , caramel. Tastes 'old' though it's not (nor oxidized) , it's just the type of flavor that resembles maturity, I guess. Bit too much for me, very specificly going 1 direction , which I don't nessecarily love.
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Pours green, fluorecent, clear, kinda chemical looking - this doesn't seem natural at all lol. Scent is very mild, some herbal notes (but very smoth, soft and gentle, not sharp dried herbs ) buttery feel almost. Taste is smooth, minthy side almost in terms of herbal character. Semi sweet mead, buttery feel. Unsure about this but very different to the expectations. Decent
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Vanille Honingwijn from Sweet Rebel Honeywine 3 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Pours a clear, very light lemongold. Scent is fairly mild. Don't get vanilla, really. Very clinical honey, clean, bit boring. Taste is medium sweetness. Very chemical-like vanilla, smooth mead in general but it's too arteficial and boring. Clinical honey , no real funk or interesting features. Not off by any means, but not interesting at all.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Dennen Honingwijn from Sweet Rebel Honeywine 3 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours a medium intense golden . Scent is quite sharp, herbal, expressive honey. Taste is medium intense sweet, with aroma's that help sustain the sweetness. Vanilla, almost. very gentle, super smooth, easy drinkin'. Woody in a way, very balanced (though obviously much to the sweet side ) aroma's aren't too loud, just right. Pretty great !
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours clear, medium to slightly less intensity in the golden color. Scent is very herbal, sharp, not overly expressive but certainly different to the average. Taste is medium to medium high sweetness. Mild expression of herbal notes from the honey. Very gentle, smooth, and agreeable. Bit of an all-rounder, I don't see this pissing many people off, but it's most likely not an all-time favorite to anyone either. Still, great value for money here.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Linden Honingwijn from Sweet Rebel Honeywine 3 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Pours a clear medium colored gold. Scent is intense, honey funk. bit soapy / Wet rag. Taste is smooth, medium to medium high sweetness. Milder on the funk, not as wet rag like (still a bit though ) . Chewy, almost cheesy. Not my favorite , but great intensity for this value at least.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Honingwijn Met Pepers from Sweet Rebel Honeywine 4 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours clear, slightly peachy blonde. Scent is mild, some honey, hints of peppers( hidden) . Very gentle. Taste... Thats a different subject ! Very intense on the peppers, with a lot of heat. A noticable sweet base by the honey really works well with this. This drink is a palate finisher. Again, better to pair with a meal. I don't see many people actually enjoying this in the quantities of a full glass, especially without any food company. Of this set of samples by Sweet Rebel (10 different ones) it sure is the most memorable, most interesting. Perhaps there's much to say about the intensity, and the fact this seems more like an experience than a consumption mead.