- My Rating: [C+], I gave it a (3 of 5) on Ratebeer.com
Olde Mead (Oak Aged Honey Wine with Elderflowers) – Middle Mountain Meadery, 14% ABV – 750ml., (Hornby Island, BC, Canada)
*Taking a break from beer and drinking something else for the first time this year. MEAD. Oh yeah.
from the Middle Mountain Mead website:
“This sublime wine is the perfect way to enjoy the delicious subtleties of fermented honey. Lightly oaked, and finished with a hint of fresh elderflowers, this mead will entice…”
- Style: (Elderflower, oak-aged) Flavoured Mead
- Taste: Wet oak herbacious elderflower apple medium acidic alcoholic.
- Where I got it : Brewery Creek Liquor Store
- How much: $28 (after 10% off) – 750ml., March 2013
- Do I love this enough to drink it again: no
- Would I recommend this to wine aficionados: just try it once
Visual: Synthetic cork sealed and shrink aluminum wrapped. Pours a very light clear yellow, with some bubbles settled at the base of the glass.
Nose: Chinese soy-veggie-tofu stir-fry, (i’m serious) (7/10)-pungency
Attack: flat-watery texture
Mid-palate: (4)-sweetness, (6)-sour-acidity, (7)-tanginess, (MAIN) grassy elderflower, wet oak, green apple, almost salty.
Finish: alcoholic bitterness, throat warmth, light fruity finish.
Summary: Despite the strange nose, this is actually quite drinkable. Quite different.
