Step right up, dear visitor, and permit us to introduce you to the finest fermented honey elixirs this side of anywhere in particular. Crafted with intention. Named with affection. Occasionally born of a fruit sale that got spectacularly out of hand.
Inspect the Elixirs Our Curious StoryThe oldest fermented beverage known to humankind — now with considerably more personality.
Mead — that most venerable of drinks, born from honey and time — has spent several thousand years waiting patiently for someone to do something truly interesting with it.
Bear & Bulldog Meadworks is one man's answer to that waiting. A hobby that outgrew its container. A fruit sale that suggested a calling. And an inherited stubbornness that refused to let the idea go back in the cupboard.
The results, we are delighted to report, are rather good.
Each bottle a story. Each sip a small, deliberate act of civilisation.
"A cheeky little number with a sharp tongue and a soft finish. It will charm you before you've had a chance to object — and you won't."
"Born of ambition, mild delusion, and a fruit sale that got spectacularly out of hand. We regret nothing. Neither will you."
"In honour of a woman who made it every Christmas without fail — and one year served it so hot it nearly took the roof of my grandfather's mouth clean off. She never apologised."