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.

Buy our signature flannel shirts online or in the tasting room!

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!

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!

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.

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.

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