Updates and Blog
How to serve Wild Red Mead
We’re often asked how to serve our mead. Our Wild Red Mead is similar to a fruity red wine from the Gamay grape such as Beaujolais because of the carbonic maceration process we use with the fruit (getting geeky here!) gently pressing so the skins are more or less intact and the fermentation starts inside the berries.…
What you can do to help the Honeybees – Bee-friendly Flowers
Bees and other pollinators may be dying here in Ireland, but they are more resilient than you might think. They have a tendency to bounce back if you provide the right conditions for them. One simple way is to bee-friendly patch of flowers in your own pollinator garden. Irish bees love borage, hellebore, poppies, sunflowers,…
Bealtaine Customs and Festivities
The origins of Bealtaine or Beltane are almost as old as Irish mead itself. There are many folk beliefs some of which have pagan origins. Held at the start of May at the halfway point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice, the High King would call the local chieftains and their people together…
Irish Wildflower Mead
Kinsale Wildflower Irish Mead (11% ABV) will transport you to the West Cork countryside with one sip. The unique aromas and flavours are from 100% Irish honey. Our honeybees roam and forage the hedgerows and blossoms, pollinating and collecting the nectar from hawthorn, wild clover and white blackberry blossom. Crafting our Irish Wildflower Mead is…