6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6
Part of a mead sampler from Sunset Grill in Boston. Served in a mini martini glass. Clear, golden, dark yellow color. Smell is thick & obvious to others, even from across the table. Thick, cooked pineapple & coconut rum. Taste is a bit gentler in approach, but obviously sweeter thanks to the honey. Not sickly, or medicinal, just big. All tasting very genuine, but way over the top. Honey varietal is just about lost on me, but there is something floral about it trapped underneath everything else. Amazing potency. Mouthfeel is thick & lush, but not grainy or syrupy in any way. The other samples on my table could not match up in this department. Polish quality mouthfeel, but more refined. Not a crazy fan of these awkward cordial-like meads that Nektar puts out, but they do not take short cuts. Their standard offerings are much more balanced & beautiful I feel.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2011
at 17:46
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From bottle at Sunset Grill. Pours cleand and golden yellow with no head. Aroma is herbal honey and slight citric apple fruity. Sweet, phenolic and vanilla wooden. Smooth finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2011
at 14:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From bottle at Sunset Grill. Pours cleand and golden yellow with no head. Aroma is herbal honey and sligh citric apple fruity. Sweet, phenolic and bourbon dense wooden. Smooth and yet distinct bourbon finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2011
at 14:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From bottle at Sunset Grill. Pours clear and golden yellow with no head. Aroma is coconut and mild fruity. Sweet floral to pineapple fruity. Mild coconut touch underneath. Ends sweet fruity and mild coconutty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2011
at 13:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From bottle at Sunset Grill. Pours clear and golden deep orange with no head. Aroma is fruity and honey sweet. Light herbal flavoured, sweet and honey. Lingering honey sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2011
at 13:30
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
From bottle at Sunset Grill. Pours clear and golden yellow with no head. Aroma is vanilla sweet fruity. Dense vanilla sugarish, towards artificial. Sweet and vanilla dense finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2011
at 13:29
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
From bottle at Sunset Grill. Pours almost fully clear and golden yellow with no head. Aroma is slight chemical and herbal honey. Herbal honey, chemical and phenolic. Ends dry and floral.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2011
at 13:28
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
bottle # 24/110 Perfect fit for rating # 3000. A very special bottle indeed. First because it was offered to me as a present for my graduation by Greg, Askofficerfriendly and his wife. Second, a celebration of my bday and return to Belgium, and third, probably the first B.Nektar mead to make it to Europe and one of my favorite US meadery. This one goes out to you Greg/Bridget and the good folks at B.Nektar! Pours a deep burgundy with an outstanding clear syrupy filament/coating on the glass. The aroma brings this mead to another level by the depth of the fruits being used. One can easily pick a medley of currants, raspberries and cherries where one scent leaves room to another never to overtake the experience. Perfect bouquet of honey follows adding this ever enjoyable organic natural fragrance. The mouthfeel is similar to the aroma and a bouquet of orchard brings fantastic dimensions to the mead. Great blend between the fruits leaving room for each cherry, raspberries and currants to be noticed. The honey adds a great balance to the acidity of the fruits that although not overpowering was enough to give me a nice heartburn quickly following the first glass (a first with all B.Nektar) and that was the low point of the whole experience. The honey also leaves a mild sweet syrupy sticky finish on the lips that is very enjoyable. Overall a great mead that I thoroughly enjoyed in good company of family.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2011
at 11:56
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A golden yellow mead with a lightly funky mineral honey aroma. In mouth, a sweet mead with honey and corn syrup, treacle, so-so. Bottle at Boston Beer Summit, Jan. 15 2011.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2011
at 11:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Derniere bouteille de cette magnifique degustation d’hydromels. Shared with Askofficerfriendly before my grand return to Belgium. Couleur cuivre, rappel un peu ce côté café léger. L’arôme est enivrant et surprenant pour un hydromel. Le café est tout de suite bien présent et donne une impression de ce café froid/âcre qui est reste en cafetière pour qcq heures. Tout cela en son honneur, cet hydromel reste unique gardant aussi des notes de cire/organique venant du miel. En bouche, on garde cet impression de café âgé suivit d’une douceur de miel. Cette expérience reste intéressant, un bon hydromel pour finir un repas et qui se laisse déguster. Le café n’y est pas forcement trop dominant laissant assez de place au miel pour avoir la part belle des choses. Cependant, cet hydromel reste axé sur le café.
Tried
on 23 Jan 2011
at 07:46