Superstition Meadery

Superstition Meadery
Superstition Meadery's steel sign outside their production facility
Location 120 W Gurley St, Prescott, Arizona, USA Cellar 1
Coordinates 34°32′31.9″N 112°28′09.8″W / 34.542194°N 112.469389°W / 34.542194; -112.469389
Opened 2012
Owned by Jeff and Jen Herbert
Website superstitionmeadery.com

Superstition Meadery is a meadery, winery and cider house[1] founded in 2012 and based in Prescott, Arizona.[2] As of 2016 they produce 6,000 gallons a year.[3] They won four gold medals and one silver at the 2016 Mazer Cup International mead competition.[4][5] Availability is localized to Arizona, with limited distribution worldwide in Denmark, Thailand, Japan, and Singapore.[6]

History

Owners Jeff and Jen Herbert began making mead as home-brewers around 2007,[7] and began professional production in 2012 when they entered into an alternating proprietorship with Juniper Well Ranch in Skull Valley, Az.[8] The company opened a production facility and tasting room in the cellar of the Burmister Building in Prescott, Az in 2014.[9]

Awards

ASHy awards from the Arizona Society of Homebrewers.[10][11]

Year Recipient Award
2015 Berry White Best Overall Arizona Mead/Cider
2014 Tahitian Honeymoon Best Mead in Arizona

Awards from the international Mead Free or Die competition.[12]

Year Style Recipient Award
2016 Stone Fruit Hera's Orchard 3rd
2016 Melomel Literary Nonsense 2nd

Awards from the annual Mazer Cup International. [13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

Superstition Meadery products and awards.
Year Style Recipient Award
2018 Dessert - Semi Sweet Straw Berry White Silver
2018 Melomel - Dry Gryphon’s Tart Cherry Cyser Silver
2018 Specialty - Dry Lagrimas De Oro Gold
2018 Specialty - Semi Sweet Bourbon Barrel aged Amante Bronze
2018 Varietal - Dry Fauna Bronze
2017 Dessert - Semi Sweet Blue Berry White Gold
2017 Melomel - Dry Hera's Orchard Silver
2017 Specialty - Dry Black Rose Silver
2017 Specialty - Semi Sweet Bourbon Barrel Aged Peanut Butter Jelly Crime Bronze
2016 Dessert - Semi Sweet Black Berry White Silver
2016 Melomel - Dry Marion Gold
2016 Melomel - Semi Sweet Endovelicus Gold
2016 Pyment Aphrodisia Gold
2016 Specialty - Semi Sweet Amante Gold
2015 Dessert - Semi Sweet Blood Eagle Gold
2015 Dessert - Sweet Blue Berry White Bronze
2015 Pyment Aphrodisia Silver
2015 Varietal - Sweet Super Bee Gold
2014 Dessert - Sweet Berry White Gold
2014 Pyment Aphrodisia Silver
2014 Traditional - Sweet Ragnarok Silver
2013 Specialty - Dry Lagrimas De Oro Silver

Product Line

Superstition's product line features over 85 different meads,[6] "including brews created with blackberries, Belgian dark candi sugar and vanilla beans, all predominantly aged in American oak, as well as bourbon, wine, craft beer and port barrels." [20] Staples include traditional meads like Lagrimas de Oro (a semi-sweet traditional mead), melomels like the berry-based Marion and mango-based Ragnarok, a vanilla metheglin called Tahitian Honeymoon, and grape-based pyments like Aphrodisia.[21] Superstition also produces heavier dessert meads, like the White Series: barrel aged meads with one of four berry juices and white chocolate.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Award Winning Mead and Hard Cider in Prescott, AZ". Superstition Meadery. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  2. ↑ "Mead Joins the Craft Beer Game | 5 Meaderies You Should Know". The Full Pint. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  3. ↑ "4 Meaderies Pushing the Envelope". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  4. ↑ "Downtown Prescott's Superstition Meadery has exploded into the world market of mead and hard cider". dcourier. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  5. ↑ cidersays (2015-10-13). "My Visit to Superstition Meadery in Prescott AZ". Cider Says. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  6. 1 2 3 "Mead: The oldest alcoholic drink in the world - Star2.com". Star2.com. 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  7. ↑ "Superstition Meadery: Jeff Herbert Interview | 1001 Bottles of Beer on the Wall". 1001bottlesofbeer.com. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  8. ↑ "Local drinking horizons about to expand with new brewery, meadery and distillery". dcourier. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  9. ↑ "Downtown Prescott's Superstition Meadery has exploded into the world market of mead and hard cider". dcourier. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  10. ↑ "ASHy Awards | Arizona Society Of Homebrewers". azhomebrewers.org. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  11. ↑ "2015 ASHy Award Winners" (PDF).
  12. ↑ "Mead Free or Die Official Web Site". meadfreeordie.com. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  13. ↑ "Full mead ahead". DRAFT Magazine. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  14. ↑ "2013 Mazer Cup Results". Meadist. 2013-03-20. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  15. ↑ "2014 Mazer Cup Results". Meadist. 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  16. ↑ "2015 Mazer Cup Results". Meadist. 2015-03-30. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  17. ↑ "American Mead Maker Summer 2016". issuu. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  18. ↑ Exline, Glenn. "2017 Commercial Competition Results | Mazer Cup International". Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  19. ↑ "2018 Commercial Results | Mazer Cup International". mazercup. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  20. ↑ "Ferment // Issue 16". issuu. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  21. ↑ "Mead, Wine, Cider & Food Menu | Superstition Meadery". Superstition Meadery. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
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