Mead, what? The old drink the Vikings made to get drunk when on tellus, and if one slaughtering enough men and then died in battle, they would later get to enjoy mead and violence in valhalla for all eternity? Well, here's how you do it:
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Mead
But this mead is not like the old norse tradition, not only because its made by a lithuanian company, but also because it holds no less than 75%abv. I'm being a bit of a daredevil/jackass in this session if you ask me.
Zalgiris Mead Balsam 75%
The color is golden, as you'd expect a honey spirit to be? It smells of honey, black pepper and toffee. no need to say this is a drink to proceed with caution. The taste is sweet, honeycomb, crust, fried wheat flour. But most of all it is extremely drying and spirity. Let's add some water. Now it turns more drinkable, more honey sweetness, but still very drying and hard to enjoy. I guess this just affirms I'll never be a Mead connoisseur of any kind, but I think it can sure be a lovely drink at 10-25%abv.
Next tasting: Bowmore Distillery
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