Showing posts with label Spiced Mead. Show all posts
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Monday, 1 June 2009

Friary Vitners Spiced Mead


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.