Moniack Castle Mead - Highland Wineries

Meadery in Inverness, Highland, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Owned by Lyme Bay Winery

Established in 1980

Contact
Moniack Castle, Kirkhill, Inverness, IV5 7PQ, Scotland
Description
Production ceased at the location, brand brewed at Lyme Bay.

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Bottle from Mitchell Wines Meadowhead - Clear golden body, no head, still and oily. Sweet caramel character, smoky honey backdrop, barley sugar sweets and a bit of demerara sugar.
Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2026 at 21:28

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750ml bottle from the lcbo. Clear Copper pour, long legs on the glass with no head. Aroma is very floral, honeysuckle, with hints if tulip, and a subtle yet pungent Aroma of slowly rotting bouquet of flowers. Mouth feel. Is viscous and oily. Finish is slightly sweet, flavours of sherry, and very sweet apples, with more rotting bouquet, and floral mouth coating yeasty honey. Quite the drink.... Not quite sure what to make of it.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:41

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Аромат действительно очень медовый, причем настощий, очень сладкий, намеки на грушу и даже яблоко моченое. Цвет желтый, глубокий, пены нету. Вкус богатый, есть глубина от меда, он очень ярко и сладко по началу раскрывается а затем приходит душок от груши. Напоминает местами сидр с замороженными яблоками. Немного благородного алкоголя в конце, и сильная сладость. В целом очень на уровне.
Tried on 07 Feb 2025 at 06:06

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Sample thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - golden and clear. Nose - honey and syrup. Taste - sweet honey, cough medicine and some gentle spice. Palate - medium to full bodied, sweet middle and finish. Overall - decent.
Tried on 01 Mar 2024 at 18:26

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Bottle from the meadery online shop. Pours clear golden with no head. Aromas of honey and light spice. Taste is more of the same. Light spicy linger, but mostly sweet honey.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Feb 2024 at 07:14

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 2 Overall 6
# 3998; 1/2024. Honey, honeycomb, light fruity and spicy aroma. Brilliant amber body; no head; no carbonation; oily texture. Honey, spicy, very sweet; sour finish. Well, good, but still very simply and straight mead - not great one... 0,2 l of 0,75 l of clear-glas bottle, garden center (!), (Pennell's Garden Centre), South Hykeham, Lincolnshire, England.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jan 2024 at 21:10

7.5/10
Rich honey. Smooth but with a slight boozy presence.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jun 2022 at 14:32

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Many thanks for this mead to drink to Jacek Wigier (wineofdreams@gmail.com). I think this is Heather mead. fajna plaska butelka, po otwarciu aromat silny jakby miodu manuka czy cos w tym stylu, natomiast w smaku umiarkowanie slodkie pol wytrawne z przewaga posmaku lawedy, miodu lipowego, wrzosowego. smaczne fajnie ze nie za slodko, nie zamulajaco i zywicznie. polecam
Tried on 20 Jan 2021 at 22:21

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Old bottle found in the cupboard. Pours clear golden amber, nose is honey, floral, taste is quite sweet, honey, slightly sour from the age.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Nov 2019 at 11:28

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle. Pours clear dark amber, no top. Aroma: sweet, floral, honey. Taste: moderate sweet, perfume, flowers, honey, herbal. Medium to full body, little carb, oily viscous mouthfeel, sweet honey finish. Liked it
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jul 2018 at 22:12