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At Charm City Meadworks, we focus on light, dry, and refreshing beverages for everyday enjoyment. We believe the secret to spreading the word of mead is to start with a product where the reaction to the first taste is, “wow, I want more.” We believe that mead should be able to stand on its own as a unique and awesome product, alongside beer, wine, and cider.

Golden Coast Mead crafts authentic, modern meads that delight ecologically conscious and adventurous consumers. We endeavor to restore the health of the honeybee through the transformation of the honey market. We intend to lead the mead category as a creative, quality and regenerative force for good in the world. WHAT IS MEAD? Mead is alcohol which is produced by fermenting honey. It is the oldest alcoholic beverage in the world. The Ethiopian Kings drank it, Beowulf drank it. Aristotle, Shakespeare... they all drank it. And so did your great-great-great- fore mommas and papas. The agricultural revolution came around and made grapes and grain easier to harvest for wine and beer. Mead regrettably, was ignored for something easier and cheaper to produce. Today mead is making a comeback. Golden Coast Mead is a craft beverage company dedicated to making delightful, authentic meads that are good for the earth. DELIGHTFUL We want the meads we make to be delightfully surprising. Flavor foremost, but story and adventure as well. AUTHENTIC We endeavor to make mead and run our business in ways that resonate with our sense of what is good. GOOD FOR THE PLANET We endeavor to be a force for good in the world, specifically by helping bees, bee keepers and the ecosystems they and we depend on. We give 1% of our gross revenue to causes that help bees thrive. Save the Bees. Drink Mead. Our Meads are Different. Lighter bodied, honey forward but balanced, we make most of our meads with ale yeast, a 1-to-4 California Honey to San Diego Spring Water Ratio, and an element like oak or lactobacillus to balance the finish. We want our meads to drink like a refreshing ale or invigorating sparkling wine, we want them to spread mirth, and arouse people to the beauty of life. Sunshine. Flowers. Magic. In your glass.

B. Nektar Meadery was founded in 2006 by Brad and Kerri Dahlhofer, with the help of their good friend Paul Zimmerman. Brad has been an avid homebrewer since 1998, making beers, meads, ciders and wine for his own enjoyment. When Brad and Kerri got married in 2005, he made a mead to toast with at their wedding and received great reviews from the guests. Jokingly, he said that he’d someday open a meadery. Paul, a long-time friend and fellow homebrewer, soon began making meads along with Brad in the Dahlhofers’ basement. Their meads quickly began winning awards at homebrewing competitions. In the summer of 2006, Kerri was laid-off from her job. While sipping a glass of vanilla cinnamon mead made by Brad, she thought, “why not try to sell this?” It was then that the three decided to take their mead making to the next level. In the spring of 2008, Brad too fell victim to layoffs, and the three worked night and day to prepare for their opening. After nearly two years since its inception, B. Nektar finally opened it’s doors on August 2, 2008 (National Mead Day). Since their opening, B. Nektar has been featured in the media by big names such as Hour Magazine (Detroit), The Detroit News, Metro Times, Channel 4 News, WJR Radio, and many others. Keep an eye (and an ear) out for interviews and even articles written by Brad. B. Nektar makes meads that extend beyond the traditional honey wine. With so many varieties of honey, how could we not? We let our imaginations guide us. Sign-up for our newsletter to find out about upcoming releases.