Dansk Mjød Viking Blod

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Draft: Poured a pink with no head. Aroma is floral, honey, spicy. Taste is earthy, floral, honey and spices.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Pours clear golden, as I expect mead to do. Aroma offers a strong alcohol bite - and I mean a bite like an angry Rottweiler - along with raw honey. Flavor presents honey and alcohol, no surprise the latter considering the ABV. Gadzooks, 750ml of this would get King Kong stewed! Mouthfeel delivers thick body and a firm honey finish. Viking Blood indeed!

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

A light cherry colored brew. After first sips I would go back and mull it for a relaxing drink. There's a lot of alcohol bite in the 'raw' mead. The mulled is lighter. The honey is evident throughout but the light earthy hops a balance. I like this mead.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Pours a clear reddish brown like a dark tea. I tried it slightly chilled, room temperature, and mulled (although with no added spices). Chilled, the dominant flavors and aromas are fresh scuppernongs and alcohol. When warmed, a sharp spiciness rises to the top, although the alcohol still burns under it all. As with all meads, chilling actually makes the mead worse and as with all overly alcoholic meads, mulling greatly improves it.