Hexagon Mead ♡

Alpenblend is a reference to ‘alpenglow’ the morning and evening light on the high mountains.  Since this contained honey from both sides of the Seaward Kaikoura Mountain Ranges and blended by the bees, we decided on a special blended mead.Creamy orange liqueur, madeira cake, nashi pear, ...

The inspiration for this mead came from a dark honey recipe of 1593. Three honey's were blended together; Blue Borage, Manuka and Honey Dew to produce a strongly flavoured must in January 2016. Fermentation continued strongly in an oak cask and was well settled and ageing 10 months later.The mead in...