The Lyme Bay Winery Jack Ratt Traditional Mead, 75 cl

First off, this mead smells like honey and it tastes like honey (though you need a good gulp to get the full flavour, not a tiny timid sip). It's really good stuff. However, having such an authentic honey taste means there must be a lot of unfermented honey / sugar content remaining in the liquid after brewing (or being added back afterwards). This is fine, and gives it the great flavour it has, but it will dramatically increase the calorie content (likely over 1000kcal bottle). Plus the high sugar content may dampen down the alcohol / warming effect somewhat, and be otherwise unhealthy, if you drink it in large quantities. That said, this is a great mead. I definitely recommend this drink, but drinking it in small amounts is the way to go - as a dessert wine (as it's intended), or an occasional tipple, or just the one glass amongst other drinks. I really DON'T recommended drinking a whole bottle of this stuff (or even half) in one sitting! Still, 5 stars, it's a lovely drink, and it's worth the price in my opinion.

Quite a pleasant Rhubarb Wine.

Excellent 👌 drink

I liked it. Relatively cheap at only 12 pounds but very nice, if a bit sweet for my tastes and it's what convinced me to start making my own mead. It's much easier than I ever would have thought, just honey, water and yeast in a big ol' bucket plus whatever spices you may or may not want to add. I've already made 2 different 5 litre batches and I'm in the process of making a 25 litre batch as I write this and I have Lyme Bay to thank for introducing me to the drink of the gods. I do also like their flavoured options with the chilli adding even more warmth to what is already a cosy, winter like flavour. Probably wont buy again with how I prefer my own recipe and how much cheaper making it is but I'd recommend it to anyone that doesn't want to go through the hassle of brewing. Overall, good stuff.

An 11% mead that has the burn of a stronger drink from the chilli. It has a very pleasant honey sweet smell and is really nice to drink during cold evenings in a small glass.

Delicious wine, but I couldn't taste the chilli. Would definitely recommend !

Until I first bought this, several bottles ago, I'd never tried mead. I'm an avid fantasy/historical novel reader and mead comes up a lot so I figured I best try it after all these years (decades!). Holy cow. I'm a late bloomer, I've missed out, what was I thinking? ! My first sniff was a bit underwhelming as it smelt like wine and I don't like wine, I don't even like beer/ale I'm more of a spirits or alcoholic ginger beer kinda lass. At the first sip or three I was a bit dubious as I could taste similarities to wine, but then the full flavour and aftertaste came through. I LOVE it, totally hooked. I adore honey and the taste here is honey filled. I sip it and roll it over my tongue which I don't do with many spirits besides whiskey sour. It's a sweeter drink than my usual taste but I keep coming back for more. I now buy bottles to fill a decanter that that is sentimental to me and sits on my dining table in my budding library/dining room and I drink it from small matching goblets as soon as cocktail hour hits. I know I need to branch out from this one and try others but at present I'm still basking in my new discovery 😂 I've also learned an old friend actually owns a meadery so my mead journey has just begun. Anyway, if you've never tried mead, this is a good place to start, I heartily recommend it.

Bought for my hubby. He loves it i must admit it really is very smooth. It arrived safely in good packaging. I'd definitely buy again but watching for it to come on offer again.