Saturday is a Mead day, right? 🐝🍯 This Mead colors translucent, superdeep dark burned rosé orange. Looks awesome! No carbonation, of course, and no head. The scent is intensive: honey is not even as dominant as I anticipate. Sweet cranberry jam, red apple, sugared waffle and a suggestion of pear escort the honey-forward fragrance. This is intensive indeed. Did I say intensive? Yes, intensive! Sweet honey liqueur constitutes the main skeleton of the taste identity. Hefty jam-like nuances accompany the honey punch: cranberry and blackcurrant, a bit of sweet mushy apple and interestingly also a silent sigh of aniseed. Alcohol is superwarming but doesn't disturb the enjoyment at all. Lovely!! 🧡🧡🧡 The finish is a direct continuum from upfront and lingers neatly for some time in the mouth. The mouthfeel is sappy, sticky, warming, intensive and deep. Somewhat unpredictable. Very desserty! 4 cl is a perfect portion.

Second 🇱🇹 Mead. Clocks 15 %. The appearance is lucid gold. No head. The olfactory supply is composed of medium-strong honey and a whisper of juniper berry. The gustatory identity portrays appealing honey, juniper needles and berries as well as a bit of orange peel. Lime tree blossoms can at least be imagined here. Alcohol is on the edge of being sensed. Nevertheless, I can't recognize acorn that is supposed to be in the drink, as well. Well, I don't even know what acorn tastes like. Like wood? The mouthfeel is lip-glueing, warming, still relatively balanced and desserty. Intense and deep, too. This is quite similar to yesterday's Stakliškes but the higher ABV brings nothing extra. Therefore, –0.1 stars in rating.

Long time, no Mead. It must be corrected now 🐝🍯 Fortunately, Lithuania is a Mead country. I bought a six-pack of Meads, now the first one for tasting. The Meads are in cute 4 cl bottles, which are perfect for tasting these high-ABV, supersweet nectars. I have added three Meads in the app for reviews but not the remaining three since they are so strong (30–50 %) that I don't think they are actually Meads but rather distilled Meads, like liqueurs. Stakliškės is a Metheglin that is a Mead with added herbs or spices. This Mead displays a bright amber color. No carbonation, no head. Looks somewhat slow-moving and thick. The nose picks loads of honey. Additionally, there's a fairly distinct note of juniper berry alongside. The tongue observes hefty honey, to start with. Juniper berry can't be missed in the gustatory experience either. I'm also picking something that I first associate with mint but, after checking the backlabel, it must be lime-tree blossoms. Well indeed, I receive a faint floral hint now that I concentrate on it. Alcohol is neatly hidden. And, as a matter of fact, this is not so oversweet as I anticipated. The mouthfeel is medium-thick, herbal, lip-glueing but surprisingly little so, intense, deep and balanced. I thought that this might be a tough bite for sweetness but it actually proves to be fairly easy. Very good in its own category.

Decent beer though not my cup of tea

Jätte stark. Smaken har spår ah kaffe men doften liknar på brännvin.