#premixed beverages

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Chaucer's sparkling mead

Wretched. Nafty. A libation most vile.

I've had a few meads and Chaucer is by far the worst. They also sell a non-sparkling mead and a few flavored meads.

Chaucer has a peculiar nose--sort of dry and rancid, like honey but with far more petroleum. It sits in the throat and dominates the overall flavor of the beverage. The rest of it's character is grassy and sour.

I think Chaucer tried to approach mead from the beer side, whereas Honeywood or Dansk Mjod approached it from the wine side. It doesn't work.