Trafalgar Mead

[keepitlow]

They can be found in 750 ml bottles at most Ontario Beer Stores. I was excited to try them at first because they are consistently available and are made by a local brewery.

Unfortunately, they're a let down: watery, little honey character, over-priced and fortified with malt liquor. Let's hope more microbreweries try their hand at mead.
M.

from:


http://www.lawandstyle.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=343&Itemid=88

 

[Fishbone]

Fortified with malt liquor? 40-ounce-O-mel? To do it justice, did you drink it out of a brown paper bag? How'd you even keep it down?

 

[akueck]

"Malt liquor" can be just a legal definition--some places don't let you call it beer if it is over a certain ABV. I've had "malt liquor" on tap at a local bar, and it was basically an Old Ale type beer (8%ABV or so). Now, that doesn't mean all malt liquor is good, but at least I can say it's not all rotgut.

 

[wayneb]

And let's keep in mind that mixtures of mead and "malt liquor" were the original braggots. Our co-fermented grain/honey recipes are a rather modern development. So, Trafalgar is representative of some of the oldest meadmaking technique documented. (That said, it is important to point out that examples of historic meadmaking don't always taste good!)