Meads

Old Scrumpy

This traditional cyser provides a pronounced apple flavor that becomes accentuated with chilling. At room temperature the honey characteristic is more pronounced.

Batch A007

Barrel: #007
Pitched: 28 Sep 2015
Seedling Cider
Hasselmans Honey
Bottled: 3 Jul 2016
ABV 13.42%

Batch A008

Barrel: #008
Pitched: 28 Sep 2015
Seedling Cider
Hassleman Honey
Bottled: 9 Jul 2016
ABV 13.01%

Batch A009

Barrel: #009
Pitched: 5 Oct2015
Seedling Cider
Hassleman Honey
Bottled: 25 Sep 16
ABV 13.56%
Notice Reported spontaneous carbonation. Please open where its exuberance will not be an issue.

Batch A010

Barrel: #010
Pitched: 5 Oct 2015
Seedling Cider
Hasselman Honey
Bottled: 11 Dec 2016
ABV 13.70%

Batch A012

Barrel: #012
Pitched: 12 Oct 2015
Seedling Farm Cider
Hasselman Honey
Bottled: 2 Jan 2017
ABV 16.13%

Batch A017

Barrel: #017
Pitched: 22 Oct 2015
Seedling Farm Cider
Hasselman Honey
Bottled: 13 May 2017
ABV 13.72%
Notice Reported spontaneous carbonation. Please open where its exuberance will not be an issue.

Batch A026

Barrel: #026
Pitched: 5 Oct 2015
Seedling Farm Cider
Hasselman Honey
Bottled: 12 Feb 2018
ABV 12.66%
Final Brix: 8.81

Batch A027

Barrel: #027
Pitched: 5 Nov 2015
Seedling Farm Cider
Hasselman Honey
Bottled: 10 Jun 2017
ABV 13.05%
Notice Reported spontaneous carbonation. Please open where its exuberance will not be an issue.

Batch A028

Barrel: #028
Pitched: 5 Nov 2015
Seedling Cider
Hassleman Honey
Bottled: 27 May 2017
ABV 13.04%
Final Brix: 6.73
Notice Reported spontaneous carbonation. Please open where its exuberance will not be an issue.

Batch A030

Barrel: #030
Pitched: 10 Nov 2015
Seedling Farm Cider
Hasselman Honey
Bottled: 22 Oct 2017
ABV 13.35%
Final Brix: 6.27

BATCH B004

Barrel: #007
Pitched: 22 September 2016
Understory Farm and Orchard
Hasselman Honey
Bottled: 19 April 2019
ABV 6.02%
Final Brix: 19.24

Batch B017

Barrel: Bourbon Barrel
Pitched: 29 Oct 2016
Seedling Farm Cider
Hasselman Honey and Frank Arriaga Honey
Bottled: 7 Nov 2017
ABV 15.02%
Final Brix: 0.05

Herminator

A traditional cyser done in the holiday spirit. Well-spiced, it provides the perfect holiday flavor for sitting by the fire.

Batch A002

Barrel: #002
Pitched: 17 Sep 2015
Seedling Cider
Hassleman Honey
Bottled: 10 Jun 2016
ABV 14.76%

Batch A003

Barrel: #003
Pitched: 17 Sep 2015
Seedling Cider
Hassleman Honey
Bottled: 4 Sep 2016
ABV 16.22%

Batch A004

Barrel: #004
Pitched: 17 Sep 2015
Seedling Cider
Hassleman Honey
Bottled: 23 Jul 2016
ABV 14.71%

Batch A005

Barrel: #005
Pitched: 21 Sep 2015
Seedling Cider
Hassleman Honey
Bottled: 27 May 2017
ABV 13.84%
Final Brix: 5.17

Batch A006

Barrel: #006
Pitched: 21 Sep 2015
Seedling Cider
Hassleman Honey
Bottled: 23 Oct 17
ABV 13.59%
Final Brix: 6.09

Batch A011

Barrel: #011
Pitched: 12 Oct 2015
Seedling Farm Cider
Hasselman Honey
Bottled: 26 Dec 2016
ABV 13.04%

Batch A015

Barrel: #015
Pitched: 15 Oct 2015
Seedling Farm Cider
Hassleman Honey
Bottled: 26 Sep 2017
ABV 13.34%
Final Brix: 6.91

Batch A016

Barrel: #016
Pitched: 15 Oct 2015
Seedling Farm Cider
Hasselman Honey
Bottled: 1 Oct 2018
ABV 14.68%
Final Brix: 3.33

Batch A021

Barrel: #021
Pitched: 31 Oct 2015
Seedling Farm Cider
Hasselman Honey
Bottled: 17 Apr 2017
ABV 12.52%
Final Brix: 8.14

Mz Beauregarde

A traditional melomel made with juice blueberries, fermented for six months or longer, racked off the fruit, and left to age. A full-flavored blueberry that stands above the rest.

Batch A001

Barrel: #001
DutchGold Honey
Adkin Farms Blueberries
Bottled: 28 Feb 2016
ABV 9.72%

Batch B001

Barrel: #001
Pitched: 23 Jul 2016
Hasselmans Honey
Adkin Farms Blueberries
Bottled: 10 Jun 2017
ABV 12.45%

Batch C002

Barrel: #008
Pitched: 20 Jun 2017
Adkin Farms Blueberries
Hasselmans Honey
Bottled: 11 Jun 2018
ABV 7.87%

Batch C003

Barrel: #046
Pitched: 20 Jun 2017
Adkin Farms Blueberries
Hasselmans Honey
Bottled: 29 Jul 2018
ABV 9.99%

Batch C004

Barrel: #028
Pitched:20 Jun 2017
Adkin Farms Blueberries
Hasselman Honey
Bottled: 31 Aug 2018
ABV 9.82%
Final Brix: 5.99

BATCH C005

Barrel: #027
Pitched:20 Jun 2017
Adkin Farms Blueberries
Hasselman Honey
Bottled: 22 March 2019
ABV 8.25%
Final Brix: 8.63

BATCH C006

Barrel: #005
Pitched:20 Jun 2017
Adkin Farms Blueberries
Hasselman Honey
Bottled: 27 July 2019
ABV 12.76%
Final Brix: 2.32

King Alcinous

A traditional melomel made with fresh pear juice and aged on the lees for nine to twelve months. Truly a delightful beverage for the pear connoisseur.

Batch B003

Barrel: #004
Pitched: 22 Sep 2016
Seedling Cider
Hassleman Honey
Bottled: 13 Sep 2017
ABV 12.49%

Batch C009

Barrel: #047
Pitched: 12 Sep 2017
Seedling Pear Cider
Great Lakes Bee Company Honey
Bottled: 17 Sep 2018
ABV 10.2%
Final Brix: 8.33

Batch X001

Pitched: 5 Oct 2015
Seedling Pear cider
Hasselman honey
Bottled: 1 Jul 2016
ABV 12%

Óðrerir

A traditional Mead. Fresh and simple. Honey, water, and yeast aged for 12 months create this wonderful addition to our mead line up.

Batch AX001

Barrel: N/A
Pitched: 30 Jul 2015
Hasselmans Honey
Bottled: 20 Dec 2016
ABV 14%

BATCH C001

Barrel: #012
Pitched: 19 Feb 2017
Arriaga Honey
Bottled: 3 Jul 2018
ABV 14.95%
Final Brix: 1.39

Batch D003

Barrel: #046
Pitched: 8 Mar 2018
Great Lakes Bee Co
Bottled: 5 Aug 19
ABV 17.21%
Final Brix: -.96

John Lake

A non-traditional fruit used in a very traditional way. Saskatoon berries bring to life a refreshing and unique taste to our mead line up.

Batch BX02

Barrel: N/A
Pitched: 24 Aug 2016
Saskatoons from Saskatoon Farm and Nursery – Williamsburg, Michigan
Hasselman Honey
Bottled: 6 Sep 2017
ABV 14.25%

Batch C010

Barrel: #010
Pitched: 19 Sep 2017
Saskatoons from Saskatoon Farm and Nursery – Williamsburg, Michigan
Hasselman Honey
Bottled: 10 Oct 2018
ABV 14.19%
Final Brix: -0.91

Wahta OHSES

We have created the perfect blend of Michigan’s maple syrup and honey. Wahta Ohses is a traditional style Acerglyn mead boasting flavors of nuts, hints of oak and a sweet, yet delicate, maple syrup finish. Enjoy this semi-sweet mead with a main course or drink over ice at your next party.

BATCHES

Batch D004

Barrel #: 005
Pitched: 29 March 2018
Ridley Syrup Shack
Randy Slachter Honey
Bottled: 20 May 2019
ABV 13.13%
Final Brix: 7.05

Maillard

A Traditional Brochet (Caramelized Honey Mead), aged 12 months. This rounds out our Classic Meads.

BATCHES

Batch B022

Barrel: #011
Pitched: 30 Dec 2016
Arriaga Honey
Bottled: 21 Jan 2018
ABV 11.22%

BATCH D001

Barrel: #026
Pitched: 13 February 2018
Arriaga Honey
Bottled: 13 May 2019
ABV 5.32%
Final Brix: 14.81

Estate Mead Series

Great Mead Hall is beginning an Estate Mead Series, which is when a honey estate is used to create a terre Traditional Mead.

Our first Óðrerir estate mead is beginning early summer 2018, from the Sullivan Estate.

The Sullivan Estate was located on Russco Road in Kent City, MI. Having recently been sold at auction, we were able to procure a large supply of very nice blueberry/wildflower/buckwheat honey.

The Randy Slachter Estate, located in Hopkins, Michigan. Randy is a third generation beekeeper. He started keeping bees when he was in his early twenties and was mentored by long-time beekeeper, Eugene Belgraph. His grandparents and uncle were also beekeepers. Randy stopped keeping bees in the 80’s due to tracheal mite and family obligation. When he retired in 2008, he returned to beekeeping. Randy and his wife now manage approximately 100 hives.

Other estate honey will be added later this year, with an expectation of releasing two a year!