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Saturday, 8 August 2009

Midaus Nektaras Suktinis


And so as the evening progresses. I’m investigating the bands of the night on My Space. I’m not sure when the world changed such that every music act the world over embraced My Space, and I wonder if this is the difference and the virtue of My Space over Facebook.

So to the penultimate Midaus product the Suktinis at 50%, again a half finished mead product with alcoholised blueberry, black and red currant juice and lemon juice.

A very different scent to the last, with a pleasant cinnamon air, although there’s no such listing on the bottle.

The first sip is strange indeed, sort of herbal with a sweet milder sting. I don’t know if we’re anywhere near the world of Mead anymore, but I think we’re doing credit to the world of Metheglin’s.

The final taste is increasingly herbal, almost a green leaf taste, not minty but along those lines, perhaps more of a nettle than a mint, with that alcoholic reminder.

Listening to Smokey Bastards version of ‘Drunken Sailor’ definitely helps the spirit go down, although the song Sprocket has more appropriate lyrics.
If a man can’t drink while he’s living, how the hell can we drink when he’s dead?

Feckless nihilism awaits…..

Midaus Nektaras Du Keliai


So an evening of Celtic Punk beckons with bands such as Circle J, Ciaran Murphy, Smokey Bastard and the Hackney Marshins. I’ve also got 3 wee bottles of Midaus left, and although the last one is 75% abv I’ve determined to crack them. And they said pre-loading was only a habit for the young.

So Du Kelai at 44% a half finished mead product with cranberry juice, lemon and acorn decocotion. A sweet Ethyl smell, not quite medicinal but getting there.

A slightly fruit taste, quickly hidden by the sweetness and then the burn of the alcohol. Drinking Mead type substances of this strength must drive one blind.

Its different to the others from the range but far from a pleasant tipple..