Nische (3994) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - MAY 29, 2021UPDATED: MAY 30, 2021 Sample from SinH4, many thanks Stefan! Deep purple pour. Floral honey, some sweetness upfront before the quite tart blackberries take over the show. Highly concentrated blackerries leading into a dry and tart berry finish. Top shelf stuff!
jonas (12481) - Garching b. München, GERMANY - JAN 20, 2021UPDATED: JAN 20, 2021 Bottle, thanks Stefan! Deep purple. Deep flowery honey aroma, sweet but not cloying, blackberry tartness and aromatics layer on top. Medium body, tart on the palate, berry skin on the tongue, deep concentrated berry flavor, umami quality to it, tart notes very well balanced to the sweet side, perfume retronasal. wow.
SinH4 (13263) - Garching bei München, Bavaria, GERMANY - DEC 26, 2020UPDATED: DEC 26, 2020 Bottle. Deep purple color with no head. Aroma is blackberries, mild honey, such a great fruitiness. Taste is blackberries, tannins from the skin, honey, quite dry in the back. Oily mouthfeel, flat. Great stuff!
poisoneddwarf (4653) - Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho, USA - MAR 14, 2020UPDATED: MAR 14, 2020 750 ml swing top. Aroma is blackberry, honey, floral. Pours a still dark purple, looking like red wine. Taste is moderately to highly sweet, highly tart, with the blackberry slightly overpowering the honey. Some light to moderate tannic dryness. Delicious, as usual.
JStax (10651) - Devola/Marietta, Ohio, USA - MAR 13, 2020UPDATED: MAR 13, 2020 Bottle sample at the source. The mead is a thick deep purple color. There is a ton of blackberry to this. Reminds me of the not quite ripe blackberries picked right from the vine. Juicy and a little tart. Some jammy sweetness. Thicker mouthfeel. Great stuff.
nickd717 (7568) - San Francisco, California, USA - NOV 9, 2019UPDATED: NOV 9, 2019 Bottle from the Tavez. Winey appearance, purple with minimal head. Aroma is honey, red wine maybe Tempranillo-ish, blackberries. Flavor is sweet, lightly tart, some tannins, red grape, blackberry, honey, a little Manischewitz note. Fuller body, some heat but not too much for the ABV. Tasty.
Stuu666 (24521) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - OCT 14, 2019UPDATED: OCT 14, 2019 Bottle at mikkeller warsaw. Pours black, nose is blackberry, honey, taste is tart, juicy blackberry, honey, sweet. 8/4/8/4/16
slowrunner77 (19086) - Reno, Nevada, USA - MAY 29, 2019UPDATED: FEB 16, 2021 deep purple pour. more tart than most of their meads. but sweeter as it opens up, with the tart cutting the honey sweetness and vice versa. Slightly jammy. Not the most complex, but very tasty.
BVery (13633) - Plymouth, Minnesota, USA - MAR 31, 2019UPDATED: MAR 31, 2019 Bottle shared by Jack - thanks! Sweet, smooth, honey, tart, dry, a little fruity. Very good!
deyholla (18611) - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - MAR 31, 2019UPDATED: MAR 31, 2019 Bottle shared by Jack, thanks! Pours a near clear purple with no head whatsoever. Aroma has a lot of blackberry that is slight tart and dry with dry honey underlying. Flavor is blackberry that is slightly dry and is supported by sweet and dry honey.