Okay, I have had a bottle of this for the last few months and was waiting for a decent excuse to try it. So at the Christmas party my friends and I hold, it became the late center of attention. It was served very chilled 
First off it was this wonderful darkish honey color. Poured almost like a thick cough syrup, very honey-esque. The aroma was strong honey with maybe a slight floral bit (might have been my imagination, though). Swirling it in the glass proved that it didn't have 'legs', more like an entire chorus line high kicking. Very impressive.
The taste was very sweet and what surprised me the most was the lack of alcohol 'bite' that I seem to notice in any beverage. I could taste the alcohol, but just barely, which is something I was happy about. Normally just about any level of alcohol leaves a strong 'medical' alcohol taste that I find distracting. Even though this is 15%+ ABV, it was mild and very smooth. Very little after taste, again maybe something slightly floral (much like the smell, it may have been my imagination).
Overall taste was almost like drinking liquid sugar, or thinned honey. Since this uses a 3:1 (or 4:1) ratio of honey to water, not really surprising. Very, very good overall, and I will try to pick up some additional bottles as I am able to.
Several of my friends had commented that this was what they expected Mead to taste like. Five months or so ago, we had tried several different Meads (3 from Rabbitsfoot Meadery and 3 from some other Meaderies). They were surprised at the wine like consistency of them. The Jadwiga seemed to be a lot more popular, though the Rabbitsfoot Pear and Sweet Meads were well liked.
Final rating: Very, very tasty. Great dessert wine, best served with something not too sweet. Maybe Pound Cake or over waffles ;D. Could be used as a dessert in and of it's self.
One additional comment, this is a 6 year old aged bottle. I am going to try and find one of the 25 year old ones if I can.
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First off it was this wonderful darkish honey color. Poured almost like a thick cough syrup, very honey-esque. The aroma was strong honey with maybe a slight floral bit (might have been my imagination, though). Swirling it in the glass proved that it didn't have 'legs', more like an entire chorus line high kicking. Very impressive.
The taste was very sweet and what surprised me the most was the lack of alcohol 'bite' that I seem to notice in any beverage. I could taste the alcohol, but just barely, which is something I was happy about. Normally just about any level of alcohol leaves a strong 'medical' alcohol taste that I find distracting. Even though this is 15%+ ABV, it was mild and very smooth. Very little after taste, again maybe something slightly floral (much like the smell, it may have been my imagination).
Overall taste was almost like drinking liquid sugar, or thinned honey. Since this uses a 3:1 (or 4:1) ratio of honey to water, not really surprising. Very, very good overall, and I will try to pick up some additional bottles as I am able to.
Several of my friends had commented that this was what they expected Mead to taste like. Five months or so ago, we had tried several different Meads (3 from Rabbitsfoot Meadery and 3 from some other Meaderies). They were surprised at the wine like consistency of them. The Jadwiga seemed to be a lot more popular, though the Rabbitsfoot Pear and Sweet Meads were well liked.
Final rating: Very, very tasty. Great dessert wine, best served with something not too sweet. Maybe Pound Cake or over waffles ;D. Could be used as a dessert in and of it's self.
One additional comment, this is a 6 year old aged bottle. I am going to try and find one of the 25 year old ones if I can.
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