Mead

Discover British Mead – From Our Bees to Your Glass

Mead is one of the world’s oldest alcoholic drinks. Traditionally, mead makers create it by fermenting honey with water and yeast. Today, at our family-run meadery in Haltwhistle, Northumberland, we’re bringing this ancient drink into the modern day.

We’re bee farmers first. We harvest our own British honey from apiaries across Northumberland and transform it into our distinctive range of meads.

Our meads and mead-making kits are the creations of Dr Suzanne Hutchinson, whose background in molecular nutrition brings scientific expertise to the traditional art of mead making. By combining this knowledge with honey from our own bees, we create distinctive British meads that celebrate both tradition and innovation.

Traditional Method Sparkling Mead

We craft our Wildflower Dry Sparkling Mead using the traditional bottle-fermentation method associated with fine sparkling wines. This creates delicate bubbles and elegant flavours that reflect the distinctive character of British honey.

Over the years, our meads have won numerous national and international awards, recognising the quality of our honey and our dedication to craftsmanship.

Alongside our sparkling mead, we also produce traditional still mead. This offers a richer, sweeter expression of honey for those who prefer a more classic style.

Discover the Craft of Mead Making

For those who want to try mead making at home, we’ve also developed our own mead-making kits. Each kit offers an introduction to the fermentation process, combining traditional methods with the expertise of our family meadery.

From hive to bottle, every drop has a story.

Discover more about What is Mead? and the craft behind our Northumberland meadery.