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Hi all our names are James, Denis and Kate,
We are Kinsale Mead Co and we have recently opened the doors of our new Meadery here in Kinsale, Co. Cork.
We currently have two Meads for sale;

1). Atlantic Dry Mead---> This is a delicious traditional mead, made from raw Spanish orange blossom honey and local Innishannon water, fermented and matured to finish at 12% with lovely citrus aroma and long lingering hint of honey with almost no sweetness. We wonder if over time the salty air from the wild atlantic will add its own unique flavours to our mead.

2). Wild Red Mead--->This is a refreshing melomel made from spanish forest honey blend, blackcurrants and cherries to create an amazingly enticing drink with beautiful colour, zesty fruity flavour, tempered with the hint of honey. Wild Red is in honour of Kinsale’s famous red headed pirate Anny Bonny who was born close to the high cliffs by the Old Head.

Our Meads are available in the following places in this link; <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.kinsalemeadco.ie/stockists/">www.kinsalemeadco.ie/stockists/

If anyone has any questions we will try to reply as fast as possible or you can contact us directly and find out more through our website: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.kinsalemeadco.ie/">www.kinsalemeadco.ie/

In the meadtime <!-- s:wink: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s:wink: -->
All the best,
Kinsale Mead Co.

Great to have you aboard.

Is this the first, Irish based mead producer now? I think Bunratty Mead is imported and is just for tourists. I'm not clear on that but I don't think the Bunratty winery/meadery has produced anything in some time.

Bunratty is made here, and is still on the go, but it's a pyment, not a true mead.

Ah OK that must be what I heard then. Honestly had to Google pyment... <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt="" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: -->

I heard it wasn't even a pyment but a vermouth.

There is also a meadery in Sligo- it's attached to Lough Gill. Tried some of their mead at the RDS, it's a little young but it's going in the right direction.

Hey folks, just rejoined after a few years of children induced abstinence. Back with a new grainfather and some porter cooking away. Based in the north east - Dundalk by day, newry by night