It’s a hot summery day, so I’m not sure this is the mead for the weather but I have a taste for something new, and their traditional mead was pleasant.
A very sweet smell with a strong presence of cinnamon? This promises to be akin to a mulled wine, and perhaps I’ll heat some later.
A dark rich colour poured from the bottle. It’s been a while since I tried a new mead so I’m looking forward to this.
A smooth sweet taste, the spices aren’t initially recognizable until the after taste kicks in, and it’s a very pleasant mix of spices. Equally its too hot to drink this without ice so:
As it cools the spices seem to become more full bodied. This is very nice indeed and reminiscent of something I can’t quite place, probably a Christmas punch?
All in as my first Metheglin, it’s a far better experience than the Blackberry Melomel from Afon Mel
As the mead reaches a properly chilled temperature, the taste seems to grow on me more, and beckons a very plesant evening to come.
Finally got it together to try this hot, and the smell alone makes this a mouth watering experiment.
ReplyDeleteThe taste is very much that of a sweet mulled wine without a drop of the grape in sight, so one wonders about the mulled wines of my childhood.
In any case this will be very different come Christmad / Yule / Saturnalia / Solstice