Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
RBESG 2012 - day 2. Golden with no head. Vineous fruity aroma with raisin and prune, along with some oak notes and port wine. Sweet dried dark fruit and cherry flavour with a hint of vanilla
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
RBESG 2012 - day 2. Golden with no head. Strongly alcoholic aroma with wood, laquer and a touch of cherry. Very sweet fruity flavour with some wood and some raisin
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
20/07 and completed the next day at Richtar Jakub, Bratislava. It had full golden body with small legs. Strong honey aroma, spiced up with mint and some milder herb. Flavor is quite sweet with spices again, mint, cinnamon, cloves and ordinary dry herbs. Long, warming finish. Quite interesting and although a bit too sweet for my taste I admit it’s a great mead.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
20/07 From bottle at Richtar Jakub, Bratislava. It had clear, yellow body with decent legs. Simple sweet honey aroma, sweetish, a bit alcoholic flavor, without any special spices, some herbs might be added or it’s due to the nature of the honey. Long, a bit alcoholic finish, quite warming. Pretty decent mead, although simple.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Tasted during RBESG 2012. Clear, dark golden appearance with no head. Spicy, cinnamon, mild apple, honey aroma. Nice, sweet, toasty green apple, cinnamon, spicy flavor. Pretty tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Tasted during RBESG 2012. Clear, light yellow appearance with no head. Boozy, rich apple, pear, mild honey, vodka aroma. Somewhat syrupy, apple cinnamon, pear, a bit chewy, honey flavor. Flavor is better than the aroma.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Thanks to the Richtar Jakub guy who’s on RB for opening this bottle for us. And what a way to finish the day... One of the best spiced meads there probably is. A full golden in the body, it blasts off with a pungent honey aroma with trace spices, only to continue with more of the same in the taste, only joined with nicely blended notes of cinnamon and cloves.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Richtar Jakub. Clear pale golden body. Slightly oily sticky honey nose. Pleasant light honey sweet taste, vinuous traces, kinda caramelly, not too complex but really pleasant.