Here’s a list of what’s coming down the line. Each mead also includes the approximate time of when it will be ready to go.
Cherry Mead:
Made with Japanese Knotweed honey.
Aged on cherries.
– Ready now! Bottles are available.
*AHA National Homebrew Competition 2018 – First Round – 2nd Place winner
Bourbon Barrel Aged Mead:
Made with a combination of Japanese Knotweed and Buckwheat honey.
Aged in a bourbon barrel for six months. This was the second use of this particular barrel.
– Ready now! Bottles are available.
Peach Mead:
Made with a Florida Wildflower honey, peach puree and peach extract.
– Ready now! Not bottled, only in keg.
Smoked Braggot Bochet Mead (Faux Despair):
This one started with Maris Otter, Vienna, and Smoked Peated malts.
After the mash and boil, the brew was combined with wildflower honey, half of which was boiled to caramelization.
– Ready now! Not bottles, only in keg.
Black Cherry Mead:
Made with Brazilian Wildflower honey. This is one of my favorite honeys for mead making. Aged on sweet cherries, tart cherries, and blackberries.
– Ready now! Not bottles, only in keg.
Tupelo Mead:
Made with two sources of tupelo honey, 25% from Florida and 75% from Georgia. It was just made, but I can’t wait for this one to be ready.
– Ready now! Bottles are available.
Juniper Aged Mead:
This mead was made with a friend of mine. He’s originally from Wyoming and was able to provide some clover honey and juniper branches from that great state! We call this mead the Wyoming Cowboy – Juniper Tumbleweed.
– Read now! Bottles are available.
Goldenrod Mead:
This mead is made with goldenrod honey. My favorite honey to use (generally speaking) is wildflower. But this mead turn out to be quite excellent. I don’t have any bottled yet, but will very soon.
– Ready now! No bottles, only in keg. *This will be up for bottling very soon.
Heather Mead:
It look several years (and quite a few bucks), but I was able to save up enough heather honey to make a batch. The honey is from several sources, but it is all from ling heather.
– Spring 2021
Laphroaig Barrel Aged Mead:
I was able to obtain a used Laphroaig barrel from a local distillery. They used it to finish one of their bourbons. I was excited to get it because it still had a lot of good peaty aroma left. The barrel was much larger than the volumes I’m used to dealing with. It was a whopping 36 gallons. I had to get a little creative to get it filled up, but a blend of seven different meads got it to the top. This mead has a lot of depth from the different varieties that were added. The two main contributors were a vanilla mead, and a mead aged on dried heather tips. Both of these flavors come through, as well as the smokiness from the barrel.
– Ready now! No bottles, only in keg. *This is the next mead up in line for bottling.