UPDATED: MAR 15, 2019 Wow...I did not know this was a mead until just now. Buddy from Tampa brought a bottle camping...how ironic. The label is pretty cool, with a bunch of bears, forest animals, etc. sitting around a campfire drinking ale. Flavors of chocolate, coconut, oak, honey....very good. Medium to darker brown appearance. Didn't feel like 10% either, so the alcohol was hidden well. I gotta look out for this one, but probably easier to get locally in Tampa.

UPDATED: JAN 25, 2019 Bottle from a long ago trade. Dark brownish, slightly red. Nose is some light spice, roast marshmellow and light smoke. Taste is sweet, but this is a bit of a mess overall. Interesting but complexity doesn't come together. Disappointing.

750ml bottle rbsg pours out a dark brown topped with a tan head. Nose has a lot going on roasted marshmallow peppers spice some pit fruit very interesting. Taste is just as interesting with more of the spice sweetness. Very fun to try.

RBSG 17 grand tasting. Expecting a smoked beer from the label, and instead found a nice sweet, savory braggot. Pit fruit, , savory spice, some vanilla too. Toasted marshmallows? Wonderful creamy feel, mild warmth, plums and melon. Slick and slippery.

UPDATED: JUL 29, 2017 Bottle. Pours a clear dark brown color with a small white head. A big spicy sweet nose. Sweet, cocoa, licorice, earthy herbal. ok. Very odd.

UPDATED: JUL 29, 2017 fruit and toasty in spades, dark in color with tan foam, creamy feel, foaming, vanilla and melon, slightly oily. delicious

UPDATED: JUL 29, 2017 Bottle at RBSG Boise. Pours clear dark brown. Cooked honey, cinnamon, peppers, spicy alcohol, figs, dates and a sweet, spicy pepper finish. Full body and light carbonation.

Bottle that I have rotted for a while unfortunately. Pours quite black, reddish and clear, small beige head, disispates fairly quickly to a ring with minimal lacing. Aroma is sharp, honey and tea dominate, cocoa present as well. Flavor is medium sweet, honey, light bitterness, black tea, oak tannin. Not getting coconut, but that may be a casualty of time. Medium body, low carbonation. Interesting for sure.

Bottle - Pours black tan head - nose/taste of toasted marshmallow, smoked oak, coconut, cocoa nib - medium body

Bottle. Dark pour with tan head. Dark sweet malt with tan head. Roasted, chocolate honey aromas. Flavors are dark malt, chocolate and honey and weird tones.