Hive Mind Brew & Mead Co.
Microbrewery
in Caldicot,
Monmouthshire,
Wales 🏴
Owned by
Wye Valley Meadery
Associated Venue: Hive Mind Brew & Mead Co.
Established in 2018
Hey! We're Kit and Matt. We set up Wye Valley Meadery in 2018 and have been producing a growing range of delicious sparkling and traditional meads ever since. Our experimentation led us to create some beer / mead hybrids and we quickly realised this required further investigation.
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375ml bottle from HOTM. Deep red colour, pink foam head and aroma of blackberry, honey, citrusy hops. Taste is sweet, juicy blackberry, honey, with some tartness and citric hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, lingering sweet drying with honey berry & hop at the finish. Nicely drinkable.
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330ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - cheers Graham!]. Quasi black colour with small to average, creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, dark tan head. Roasty, chocolately, minimally smoky, dark malty aroma, hints of coffee, burnt coffee, dark chocolate, a touch of smoked ham; weak, fruity overtones with a touch of plum butter and bramble jelly, blackcurrant, a touch of dark honey as well. Taste is roasty, slightly chocolately and minimally smoky, dark malty, minimally caramel malty, slightly bitter hoppy, notes of dark chocolate, dry cocoa, some coffee, smoked ham, a touch of iron; increase of sweetness (dark honey) and a minimally fruity touch of plum, bacon-wrapped plum, bramble in the last third, minimally metallic overtones. Slightly oily texture, smooth and soft, simultaneously minimally repellent palate, medium, dense, mildly prickly carbonation. Mild smokiness, nice fruity aspects, quite complex - a late bloomer in a sense - pretty decent.
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330ml can from Blas ar Fwyd online. Golden colour, foamy white head and aroma of honey, flowers, hops. Taste is sweet, honey, mothballs, flowery citric hop with alittle tartness. Medium bodied, soft foamy carbonation, drying honey & hop finish. Quite OK
eurosoba (18570) ticked Nectar from Hive Mind Brew & Mead Co. 1 year ago
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Can online from Stori, Bala. Pours lightly hazy gold with white foam. Aroma: sweet honey, gooseberry, honeydew melon, mild grass. Sweet taste with honey dominating any lagery notes. Light to medium body with moderate carbonation. Too sweet for me.
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50cl bottle pour @ Beer Ambleside. Pale translucent gold. Lovely mellow balanced honey character, gentle sweetness, very easy-drinking and mild.. how is this 14.5%?
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
0,44 boks fra Clapton Craft Kentish Town, delt med Steven siste dagen på Muswell Hill: lett uklar gylden med ok skum. Duft og smak av honning, gule druer, stikkelsbær, honningmelon og et streif av granskudd. Søtlig avslutning hvor honning dominerer.