The Saphouse Meadery was founded in 2010 by two
young entrepreneurs, Ash Fischbein and Matt Trahan. Together they rejuvenated an old store front
in downtown Center Ossipee, New Hampshire using many recycled materials and
sustainable methods. Saphouse Meadery is its own store front, shipping
warehouse and production facility. Saphouse Meads use only time-tested
traditional methods and procure their ingredients from local farms and markets
.
Mead (pronounced meed) or honey wine is an alcoholic beverage
created by the fermentation of water and honey.
Although no one can pinpoint the exact location or time period when mead
was first created and enjoyed, the history of mead can be traced back thousands
of years to antiquity. It is quite possibly the oldest alcoholic drink in
history and may have been accidentally discovered when old tree stumps serving
as homes for honey bees were flooded during the rains and the fermentation process
took place naturally, only to be found and enjoyed by the people traveling
through.
With the critical reminder of the importance of healthy honey
bees in today’s world and the resurgence of backyard beekeeping, it is no
wonder that we are on the verge of a major upswing in craft mead
production. Saphouse Meadery uses only
traditional methods of making mead, and they pair those methods with
unconventional ingredients such as blueberries, vanilla bean, or maple syrup. They
haven’t reinvented the wheel but Ash and Matt are in the process of putting
some shiny new rims on it-as witnessed by their stainless tanks in the photos.
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