Greetings from Greefield Massachusetts!!

Greetings and Salutations,

I am proud to introduce the newest mead company in the realm, Green River Ambrosia, located in Greenfield, Massachusetts. There are many things that make our meads singular and unique. We craft our meads in small batches from local *raw* honey. We ferment entirely in glass, without ever heating the honey. We have just released our first batch, an effervescent and refreshing show mead, to select bars and restaurants in th Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts. Check out our website for updates and availability.'

Sam

Owner and Head Brewer
Green River Amrbosia LLC

Thanks for the interest

Hey out there,

Man I'm going to have to check in with the forum more often, I hadn't expected as much of a response to my post. I guess I should have known. I'll share a little about myself and my mead making: I've been making mead for 3 years, I founded Green River Ambrosia a little over a year and a half ago, and we've been making big batches since September. My day job is brewing and bottling as the production manager of Katalyst Kombucha, where I have been for the past two years. My working there was part of the inspiration behind starting the meadery, because much of the skills and equipment are overlapping. We built up from small batches and I currently produce about 700-900 gallons of kombucha per week.

The meadmaking is a bit of a slower process, but it is quite rewarding. We've made over 1200 gallons of mead. We're just releasing our first batch, called Summer Sparkler, locally and only to restaurants or people who arrange a pick up or delivery. There is solid reasoning behind this and it stems from a happy accident that other homebrewers may be able to relate to, over carbonation. We bottled it in 750ml wine bottles and cellared it, but it became sparkling to a greater degree than intended, so we had to put it in the cooler to chill it out. We deliver it cold and it needs to be kept refrigerated, so we can't ship this one, but locals have been slurping it up and I can say with humble pride that it is refreshing and delicious. Our graphics were just finished and we need leigit labels before we can get our other batches out to stores. We just bottled a chamomile metheglin, which we would be able to ship immediately, but we need time to label it. Basically, we're just starting out, but people can check out our website at www.greenriverambrosia.com and email me at sam@greenriverambrosia.com with more questions. If you can make it to greenfield I can sell cases or bottles direct or you can pick up a glass or a bottle at the following restaurants:

The Sierra Grill - Northampton
The Rendezvous - Turner's Falls
The People's Pint - Greenfield
Hope and Olive - Greenfield

The Summer Sparkler will be coming soon to more restaurants and bars in Franklin and Hampshire counties.

Thank you for your interest and your patience, people's satisfaction is a priority, but things worth doing are worth doing right and things take time, like aging mead, sometimes you just have to wait...