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Autumn Spice is Back!

8/31/2015

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Autumn Spice Mead
Autumn Spice is back, and she has a brand new look!

Autumn Spice won't be available at the meadery until the Plaid Party, but there have been a few pre-orders from bars around the state. So, if you can't wait three more weeks, keep your eyes pealed, beg and plead at your local bar, or see if you can bribe an employee at Groennfell.


Also, a special Thank You to Erik from Havoc Mead for designing the beautiful new logo. Autumn Spice was the first mead he ever brewed as part of his apprenticeship under Ricky the Meadmaker, so we were thrilled when he offered to volunteer his mad design skills to sketch a Vermont Fall Scene for the badge.

Autumn Spice Mead Sell Sheet
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Thursday Fun Fact 8-27: Plaid impaired

8/27/2015

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Thursday Fun Fact 8-27 - Groennfell Meadery - Shocking Fact: Some Vermonters do not own plaid. Hard to believe, but true. We’re here to help! Between now and the Plaid Party on 9/18/15 all Groennfell Plaids are 25% off!
Buy our signature flannel shirts online or in the tasting room!
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Second Annual Plaid Party!

8/24/2015

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Believe it or not, fall is nigh upon us. Around here, fall means Autumn Spice Mead and, of course, lots and lots of plaid! To help us celebrate the changing weather and the triumphant return of our fall seasonal mead, we invite you to our second annual Plaid Party on Friday, September 18, from 4 to 8 pm.

Admission is free, and all ages are welcome to attend. There will be free food, live music, games, and much mead!

Don't have any plaid to wear? Last year's flannel wearing a little thin? Never fear! From now until the party, all of our signature Groennfell plaid shirts are 25% off both online and at the meadery!
Groennfell's 2nd Annual Plaid Party
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Ask the Meadmaker Ep. 42 - The Californians

8/22/2015

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In which Ricky the Meadmaker answers questions about how he clears his meads, whether or not he's ever had a comedian perform at the meadery, what his nutrient additions are like for Mannaz, and fields two questions from a special guest!
Clarifying Mead
Cloudy Mead
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Thursday Fun Fact 8-20: The Treachery of Flies

8/20/2015

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Thursday Fun Fact 8-20 - Groennfell Meadery - Ceci n'est pas une abeille. Seriously, they put a fly on the cover of this textbook.
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Meadery Events

8/17/2015

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Calendar
We know that not everyone can make it to the meadery due to time restraints, travel times, sheer laziness, etc. And yet, how are you supposed to survive without your cool, complex, refreshing mead?

The answer is: We come to you!

Throughout the summer and fall we're at an event or a tasting every week! Not only do we announce our events on Facebook, but we have a calendar which is kept up-to-date with all of our upcoming events so that you can plan ahead.

Come. Drink with us in the wild.
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Thursday Fun Fact 8-13: Bee Beard

8/13/2015

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Thursday Fun Fact 8-13 - Groennfell Meadery - Gao Bingguo holds the world record for the largest bee beard... More power to him.
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Havoc: The Story

8/10/2015

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Havoc Mead Logo
Havoc Mead is awesome. They make some of our favorite meads in North America. They have a ruggedly handsome Head Meadmaker. They have mead in freakin’ cans! How cool is that?

But seriously, who the heck is Havoc Mead and why do we keep talking about them?

Since we’re into full disclosure here at Groennfell Meadery (it’s actually part of our mission statement), we thought everyone should know the awesome story of how Havoc came to be.

Long, long ago (back in 2014), Ricky the Meadmaker became lonesome and concerned. As he wandered the meadery one morning, it occurred to him that there would be no one to carry on his legacy after he was gone.[1]

“I need protégé. I need a retainer. I need an apprentice.” Spake Ricky into the early-morning darkness.

Later in the day, Kelly (who is not aware that there is early-morning darkness) heard Ricky’s concerns and decreed them valid. A search might commence to find one worthy to study with this paragon of meadmaking. But how?

Games were considered. Perhaps competitions of knowledge, strength, and woodscraft? But nothing could be agreed upon, and despair fell upon the land.

Lo, at about two o’clock, the phone rang. Was it a telemarketer? Vermont Liquor Control? Larry from Chicago with a great deal on C Grade Mangos? Nay, it was none of these. It was a boy. A boy named Erik. And he wanted to brew mead.

Erik, meadmaker for Havoc Mead
Three days later, Erik was hired as Ricky’s apprentice. Six months later, apprenticeship over, Erik was presented with this curious offer: “Would you like to start a meadery and be Groennfell’s competition?”

The thought on our side was that sharing tanks, supply-chains, distributors, and so on could only benefit both parties. We also face a problem that stores often don’t know where to put us on the shelf. We look ridiculous next to the other meads, but we don’t quite fit anywhere else. Wouldn’t it be great if there were other Craft Meads on the market?

Considering all of this, Erik -- sager though perhaps a little wizened from his months of toil at Groennfell -- decided that he would come on as the head meadmaker for Havoc. He would design, and brew, and travel, and drink in this new guise.

Once Erik the ’Prentice now, reborn, Erik the Meadmaker. [2]

And over the months recipes were developed, cans designed, batches made and, after what felt like an interminable wait, on August 1st, 2015, the great people of Vermont could at long last have a little more Havoc in their lives.

The End.

[1] Not dead, just gone. Ricky is unclear about his own mortality.
[2] Just to be clear, Erik still has to report to Kelly the Boss, but Ricky has no power over him.[3]
[3] Except counting arm wrestling. Ricky definitely has power over Erik in arm wrestling.

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Ask the Meadmaker Ep. 41 - Pregaming

8/8/2015

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In which Ricky the Meadmaker shows us the oft' forgotten other half of the brewing process: Cleaning and Sanitizing.
Watch the actual brewing process: Ask the Meadmaker Ep. 33 - How We Do
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Thursday Fun Fact 8-6: Tiny Turtle

8/6/2015

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Thursday Fun Fact 8-6 - Groennfell Meadery - In 2 ½ years of writing a blog post every single week including original research, historical investigation, major announcements, and etymological treatises...  A photo of this Little Guy is still our most popular post ever.
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