Nidhoggr mead, part 2

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Well, I tried the Nidhoggr mead (now available at the Ludoquist). They do two styles - a 15% still mead in a range of flavours, and a 4% carbonated mead, also in a range of flavours.

The still mead wasn't as sweet as the meads that I'm used to (a friend who's been brewing mead suggests that it might not be back-sweetened, whatever that means). I'll admit that I also wasn't expecting it to be served over ice ... Not entirely my thing - had more of an 'alcohol' taste compared to what I prefer, although I'll admit to having rather a sweet tooth. Does seem to be intended to be more of an alternative to fruit wines, really (but not as sweet as many of them, either).

I did also taste one of the carbonated meads (the same friend ordered a berries one). It was (as is presumably intended by the marketing) much more like one of the 'fruit ciders'¹ like Mout or Rekorderlig, and I would guess that it was designed to compete with those.

I'll be sticking to the Lindisfarne and English Heritage meads, I think, but these may be preferred by some folk.

¹ [mutter mutter mutter]