The Official Formulary

Our Elixirs

Each bottle represents a sincere belief that fermented honey can be something extraordinary — and a cheerful willingness to find out what happens if you add fruit to it.

Elixir No. I
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The Old Tart
Strawberry & Rhubarb
Melomel
Sweet
Tart
Body

The Old Tart

Strawberry & Rhubarb Melomel · Medium Bodied

"A cheeky little number with a sharp tongue and a soft finish. Much like its namesake, it will charm you before you've had a chance to object — and you won't, because by then it's too late and frankly you'll be glad of it."

The Old Tart begins where most sensible drinks fear to tread: with rhubarb, that most confrontational of plants, which has no business being edible yet insists upon it with tremendous confidence. Balanced against the rounded warmth of fresh strawberry and the quiet, steady hum of good honey, the result is a mead of genuine character.

Tart on arrival. Fruity through the middle. Soft and rather smug on the way out.

Reported Effects & Properties
On the Nose
Fresh strawberry, a whisper of rhubarb stalk, light floral honey
On the Palate
Bright fruit-forward entry, tart midpalate, warm honey sweetness at the close
Pairs Well With
A warm afternoon, someone you're trying to impress, or consumed alone — judgement-free
Reported Side Effects
Immediate desire for a second glass. Possible smugness at having discovered it first.

Passion Project

Passionfruit & Pineapple Melomel · Bright & Tropical

"Born of ambition, mild delusion, and a fruit sale that got spectacularly out of hand. There comes a moment in a man's life when he stands in his kitchen surrounded by more passionfruit than is strictly reasonable and must make a decision. This was that decision."

The Passion Project was never supposed to happen. It happened anyway, with gusto, because that is the nature of fruit sales and the people who are constitutionally unable to walk past them.

The result is a mead of tropical ambition — vivid passionfruit up front, pineapple bringing a clean, bright sweetness, and the honey doing exactly what good honey should: staying just out of the way until you need it, then being exactly right.

Reported Effects & Properties
On the Nose
Bold passionfruit, pineapple brightness, faint floral honey warmth
On the Palate
Tropical and vivid from first sip; clean, bright finish that refuses to overstay
Pairs Well With
Sunshine, optimism, or any occasion requiring something that tastes like a good idea
Reported Side Effects
An irresistible urge to tell someone about it. You will not be able to help yourself.
Elixir No. II
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Passion Project
Passionfruit & Pineapple
Melomel
Tropical
Sweet
Body
Elixir No. III
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Cazzy's Apple Crumble
Apple, Cinnamon & Vanilla
Reserve Mead
Warmth
Sweet
Spice

Cazzy's Apple Crumble

Apple, Cinnamon, Spice & Vanilla Mead · Dessert Style

"We set out to put Christmas in a bottle. Specifically, the Christmas that exists in memory — apple crumble warm from the oven, vanilla ice cream melting into the crust, and someone in the kitchen who loved you enough to make it from scratch every year without being asked."

Cazzy's Apple Crumble does what it says. Apple, cinnamon, warm spices, and a long, cream-soft vanilla finish that arrives the way a good memory does: when you're least expecting it, and then all at once.

This is not a subtle mead. It is a generous one. There is a difference, and Cazzy knew it better than anyone.

Reported Effects & Properties
On the Nose
Baked apple, cinnamon, brown spice, a clean vanilla softness at the back
On the Palate
Rich, warm, and full — apple crumble made drinkable, with vanilla ice cream implied
Pairs Well With
A fireplace. A family story. Winter. The month of December, specifically.
Reported Side Effects
Nostalgia. The good kind. You may ring your grandmother. We encourage it.

Named for Cazzy — grandmother, baker, and keeper of the recipe. She made this every Christmas without fail, with a warmth and consistency that the meadmaker has spent considerable time attempting to replicate in liquid form. One year, the crumble arrived so hot it nearly took the roof of Grandad's mouth clean off. She never apologised. We've tried to do better. We think she'd approve of the effort, if not necessarily the medium.

— In loving memory of a woman who did not do things by halves

The Formulary Grows

New elixirs arrive when inspiration strikes — which is to say, seasonally, experimentally, and occasionally as a direct result of an unexpectedly good market stall. Watch this space. Sign up below. Or simply return when the mood takes you. We'll be here, fermenting things.