You may remember the last review of B. Nektar Meadery’s Orange Blossom Mead. I had positive things to say about it– it wasn’t too sweet, and it wasn’t too non-honeylike.
I have mixed feelings about Vanilla Cinnamon. The bottle says ‘award winning’, and it had an award-winning taste… but a few things disappointed me. I could taste the vanilla more than the honey. I could taste the cinnamon, which was nice.
It was quite powerful in sweetness, btw. So much that I found it hard to continue enjoying the bottle after getting halfway through. However, I think that sharing it with friends would result in a better enjoyment of this mead.
I wish the honey taste was a bit stronger, and that there was less of a ‘hollow’ kind of sweetness in how it hit the mouth. It’s hard to explain this sweetness. It felt like a thick sweetness versus a sharp sweetness. (EG: Some sweet things have a clear bite in the mouth. It didn’t feel like it had this clear bite.)
Overall, I’d probably buy it again, but not for anything less than a friend and I to share.
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I found this stuff had no redeeming qualities cold. Nasty, sugary, dull with an off flavor and a horrid smell – I won’t name it. The beauty and richness of honey was nowhere to be tasted. So before I poured it down the sink, I decided to follow the advice on the bottle and warm it up in the microwave 5 seconds at a time.
It develops a lot of flavor. Reminds me of something we used to do in college with apple juice, honey, Riesling, Everclear (grain neutral spirits) and spices steeped over a couple of days.
Definitely better. Best at around quite warm, short of hot. Not good, but much better. But all the beauty of a real mead (I have made a couple of batches; not too many, but good ones) is gone. And the overwhelming sweetness and off-color, dull spice is here.
Buy at a discount ($8/bottle, not more) and serve warm for a winter party.