deyholla (22727) reviewed Wildberry Pyment from B. Nektar Meadery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sampled at the 2010 GTMW. Poured a pinkish rosy red with no head. Aroma was mainly honey though there was a nice underlying berry and grape note. Flavor began sweet with honey but growing berries and a hint of grape meld nicely.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Vanilla Cinnamon Mead from B. Nektar Meadery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Courtesy tpd975. Pours clear very pale gold with no real head to speak of. The aroma is full up vanilla and followed by honey sweetness and faint cinnamon. The taste is rich and sweet mead syrupy goodness with rich punchy smooth vanilla and some cinnoman in there to fill in the gaps. The word “yummy” keeps coming to mind as I work to drain my glass.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Wildberry Pyment from B. Nektar Meadery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Courtesy tpd975. It pours clear rosy red. The aroma is rich dark sweet berries, some honey meadness and faint chemical booze / heat. Nice. The taste is sweet smooth slick and yummy going from a sweet berry goodness to a sort of drier red wine like note and then back to smooth honey / mead berry decadence. Yum.
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Vanilla Cinnamon Mead from B. Nektar Meadery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
another great mead offering by Tampa’s only bee lover, Tpd975. muscat wine like color, no head aroma, gorgeous vanilla nose with notes of cinnamon. flavors, lots of sweet honey, sticky syrupy mouthfeel with vanilla aplenty followed by a very subtle cinnamon adding mild touch of spices along with perfect notes of oak barrel. Warming palate.
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Wildberry Pyment from B. Nektar Meadery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Thanks a lot to our favorite beekeeper, tpd975 for the share. Reddish like color, no head aroma, lots of berry goodness, floral and blossom, sweet nectar flowers. flavors, wild berries, boozy, light palate compared to previous B-Nektar. I found the berries to be a tad too over the top, taking away from some of the honey aspects. Still a fine tasty mead.
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Wildflower Mead from B. Nektar Meadery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle @ Miami Fandango ’10 gathering. Another thanks to Greg, tpd975 for sharing this third mead. Bigger bottle and probably my least favorite of the bunch. golden viscous color. Floral and sweet honey with wild flowers giving the palate a nice floral palate. Oak profile is mild and I couldn’t really pick much of sweet vanilla.
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Milton's Madness from B. Nektar Meadery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle @ Miami Fandango ’10 gathering. Second B.Nektar thanks to Greg, tpd975. Pours viscous golden. Interesting idea of adding lime to the mead, nice mix the honey with lemon/orange giving the mead a very mild lime tart finish. As the mead warms up a little, the lime comes out more prominent and yet subtle. Love the idea but just wasn’t a big fan of the astringent side of the lime (even though it wasn’t too pronounced and ended up balanced out with the orange zest) mixed with the sweet honey profile.
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Episode 13 from B. Nektar Meadery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle @ Miami Fandango ’10 gathering. Cheers to Greg, tpd975 for the share. clear golden pour aroma and flavors, not sure what to say, this is an outstanding mead. Load of complexity here, bourbon goodness, lots of woods, warming mouthfeel, herbal note and buckwheat honey. Overall palate is thick and syrupy with lots of sweet honey finished up with the bourbon barrel. Unique and damn tasty. At 17% this one packs a nice punch and yet it sips slowly without the bourbon overpowering the whole experience.
BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed Episode 13 from B. Nektar Meadery 16 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle from Secret Santa. Unsure of the batch, but I am assuming it is 2 (the most recent one). Labeled R0131208. Pours with a deep golden body and laser etched legs. Aroma of bourbon. Big surprise. Aroma of wet wood, vanilla, honey, sweetness and a slight alcohol tinge. Taste is sweet, there is no doubt that this is a dessert mead. Buttery, some bourbon, very sweet, vanilla, wood. Light sort of aged-sur-lis notes as well that are hard to describe beyond that. Light hay notes as well from the pungent buckwheat honey. Comes across with a hammer. Hefty mouthfeel. Delicious.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Served at 48*F. Pours with a clear, very light, pale yellow body with decently strong legs. Aroma is dryish with a decently woodsy, grape note, cinnamon, vanilla cake, buttery and grassy. Taste is great! Liquid snickerdoodle cookie in a glass. Not overly sweet, cut by a lot of tannins. Nice, but strong alcoholic presence. Kind of thin for a mead of this gravity. Light effervescence.