WEEK 246--2025 Memorable Beer & Mead--Additional List(by ct)

As mentioned in previous post--there is some more beer/mead to add on for 2025 list--partly because there is limitation of space for the newspaper column--the other is purely out of personal record since the below mentioned bottles are worth a note.

2025最有印象酒单之前上下篇选了13款不同风味啤酒/蜜酒作品，重看去年不同场合分享/喝过的还有些表现出色作品没有纳入之前酒单，以下是好些遗珠中补充选出的年度酒单。

Pips--BA Amalgamation

Had this during last Xmas share here in KL--with 5 different types of fruits/berries thrown in to merge with orange blossom honey in used bourbon barrel--it's very much berries flavours intense with hints of barrels as well suitable tartness to make this a pleasant slow sip fruited mead.

芝加哥顶尖蜜酒醸坊波本旧桶陈放提味莓果作品，使用蓝莓，黑加仑子，红醋果，黑莓和樱桃五款不同水果为作品添加果酸香风味，闻香入口都有莓果气息。酒体倾向浓郁但不厚重，喝起来口感丝滑多过浓稠，果酸香蜂蜜中自带波本旧桶影响，整体风味表现均衡出色，一起喝的啤迷朋友之前说过这款是他个人最喜欢蜜酒作品前三，确实是款风味层次表现出色的莓果作品。

Antidoot--Gorsern/Framboos 2020

Not the first time having this variety from Antidoot--though different years batches might show some sort of differences in terms of overall flavours performance--1 thing is rather constant--that this rapsberry variant always been a pleasure to sip--this one with tart cherries added was a nicelu enjoyable one.

比利时小醸坊覆盆子酸啤作品，虽然开喝时间距离装瓶日期有接近五年之久所以可能没有了装瓶後短期内开喝时覆盆子还散发水果鲜香的“鲜活感“，不过可以确定的是入杯後喝起来还是充满覆盆子风味，酸啤和水果结合带出的微酸香气息喝起来很舒服。实际上已喝过不同年份覆盆子作品，不同季节/年份覆盆子风味和酿造过程都可能带来风味呈现差异，至今醸坊覆盆子作品每次喝到都不会让人失望。

Side Project--Rye BBT 2024

With no adjuncts this BBT is all about bourbon( willet) barrels as well Rye influence--dark choc-vanilla-caramel with hints of spiciness & oak/wood from the barrel & rye influence--always a pleasure with any BBT really--rye or otherwise.

美国密苏里黑啤高手醸坊BBT是盛名在外年度系列作品之一，这是裸麦版，以不同年份WILLET波本旧桶陈放过的自家黑啤混酒而成，是纯桶陈没有加入任何其他食材添增风味黑啤作品，波本旧桶和裸麦带出特有辛辣和橡木桶气息，整体风味表现厚实酒体中充满黑巧克力，焦糖和香草风味，入杯初期有点酒精感但回温后口感顺滑多层次风味来袭，是味蕾享受。

Cantillon--Blabaer 2021

Did not expect to come across this one in a Tokyo share--brought back some distant memories of me lining up at Himmeriget almost 11am local time during MBCC week back in 2018  when most guys been lining up the night before---got a small bottle of the same same year release and actually shared in Tokyo--though this blueberry Cantillon lambic might not be as hyped when it was first brewed for OlBUTIKKEN bottle shop--and then Himmeriget--it is still very much a bottle i would not say no to whenever/whereever.

比利时天然发酵酸啤大师级醸坊20年前为丹麦一家瓶子店开张特别酿造限量蓝莓作品，也是多年来一到首卖会就引来各地啤迷齐聚哥本哈根通宵排队只为买到一瓶的著名果酸啤。 虽说那么多年过去后，这款蓝莓天然发酵酸啤不再那么奇货可居。但对喜欢这家醸坊作品酸啤迷来说，任何时候能喝到无论什么年份的Blabaer 都是开心时刻。承蒙住东京美国啤迷朋友分享，去年底在分享会上时隔多年再次喝到这款多年前自己从哥本哈根买到後在东京分享的同款不同年份作品确是乐事。

Standard--Kink

Apple mead with Pisang( Banana in Malay) from Thailand added--from nose to palate enjoyment there is some sort of South East Asia feel to this one--a familiar and enjoyable one.

美国蜜酒醸坊的苹果蜜酒。加入产自泰国的香蕉，一定程度上可以说是相对熟悉的东南亚水果风味蜜酒作品，两种水果和蜂蜜非常和谐的融合，喝起来是三种食材相互呼应的香甜可口。

Manic--Breakfast with Elliot

A rather American style breakfast--enhancing own brew of Elliot with vanilla bean+cinnamon&maple syrup into it's blueberry based mead--sweet & tart at the same time with all the adjuncts coming into play to make this one nice and thick.

美国印第安纳醸坊的“早餐”作品，是自家原版作品Elliot的加强版，将香草荚和肉桂再添入一些枫糖让原版作品变成风味更突出的美式“早餐”蜜酒，感谢住东京啤迷朋友分享，闻香是带有蓝莓香气的蜂蜜味，入口能感受到肉桂风味中夹带的香草味，让这款蓝莓蜜酒风味表现更具层次感。

 

Second City--BA None of Them Open

Sadly this meadery has ceased to operate though they have some very nice varieties of styles & flavour profile of mead--this one was aged in a 3rd used barrel previusly conditioning Revolution's stout " DETH'S TAR"--A rather heavily fruited mead with black currant & blueberry as well other adjuncts added--smooth one to sip despite the additions.

已宣布结业不玩的美国蜜酒醸坊作品，和另一款作品BA Fake Doors一样，都是将蜜酒放置之前陈放过另一家醸坊出名黑啤DETH’S TAR的旧木桶而成，意思是这两款蜜酒作品并不是通过直接放置其他酒类旧桶而是已被黑啤使用过的“第三手”旧桶。以黑加仑子和蓝莓为基调并加入香蕉果汁肉桂香草让整体风味表现更具差异感，可惜的是醸坊已自行消失让蜜酒界少了一家高手醸坊。