{"id":9740,"date":"2013-02-11T14:00:51","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T20:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=9740"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:21:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:21:08","slug":"new-hampshires-moonlight-meadery-expanding-to-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/new-hampshires-moonlight-meadery-expanding-to-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hampshire’s Moonlight Meadery Expanding To Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>PRESS RELEASE<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n LONDONDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE<\/b> \u2013 This winter, New Hampshire\u2019s Moonlight Meadery<\/a><\/b> (23 Londonderry Road #17, 603-216-2162) will bring their richly flavored, artisanally produced and gluten-free meads to an ever-increasing audience that now includes nearly two dozen states, including Illinois.\u00a0 Founded by meadmaker Michael Fairbrother<\/b> in 2010 to produce mead (the world\u2019s first recorded fermented beverage, traditionally made with honey and water), Moonlight is the nation\u2019s fastest growing meadery.\u00a0 The growing business has expanded with astounding speed, going from a small-town operation using only locally sourced honey to a major national player whose demand for honey outpaces the entire production of the state of New Hampshire.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I started making mead, I committed to using exceptional, sustainably produced honeys, and we remain steadfast to that practice \u2013 but today, our demand is such that we source honey from across the country,\u201d says Fairbrother, who has seen his business grow by a dizzying 71% year-over-year.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to bring our meads to a wider audience, and we believe that mead, distinct from beer or wine, will become one of the country\u2019s go-to beverages, both for pairing with a great meal or simply enjoying on its own.\u201d<\/p>\n Mead is a diverse fermented beverage that can be produced in several variations.\u00a0 Moonlight\u2019s portfolio of meads includes representatives of all four types, including:<\/p>\n Fairbrother, who volunteered to manage a few home brew competitions for Sam Adams over the years maintains a mutually beneficial working relationship the brewery, and uses Sam Adams Utopian barrels for several of his barrel-aged meads.\u00a0 He has been brewing meads for more than 18 years, and holds three consecutive titles of \u201cMead Maker of the Year\u201d from the New England Regional Homebrew Competition.\u00a0 He is also a four-time president of \u201cBrew Free of Die,\u201d the largest homebrew club in New England, and a certified beer judge.\u00a0 He is a frequent \u201cBest of Show\u201d judge at national and international mead-making competitions and a lifetime member of the American Homebrewers Association.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t set out to become a brewer; after college, I spent time as a VP of software engineering and as the chief operating officer of a corporation, but that work didn\u2019t move me or excite me,\u201d he explains.\u00a0 \u201cI started brewing mead as a hobby, and it didn\u2019t take me long to realize that this was my passion.\u00a0 I\u2019m grateful every day for the opportunity to share what I love with others, and working to bring my meads to a larger audience is a thrilling new development.\u201d<\/p>\n Moonlight Meads are currently available in Arizona; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Florida; Illinois; Georgia; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; Nevada; New Hampshire, New Jersey; New York; Rhode Island; Vermont; Virginia; Washington, D.C. , Washington and Wisconsin.\u00a0 They will be coming to Pennsylvania and Texas in 2013.<\/p>\n Their meads have been featured on NHPR and in Yankee<\/i> magazine, who wrote that \u201c\u2026many first-time [mead] tasters are surprised, in a good way\u201d by Fairbrother\u2019s exceptional products, which run the gamut from dry to semi-sweet to sweet and appeal to a wide variety of drinkers.<\/p>\n For more information, including where to shop for Moonlight Meads and flavor profiles of all their award-winning beverages, please visit www.moonlightmeadery.com<\/a>.\u00a0 Drinkers are also encouraged to visit the meadery, where tours and tastings expose them to the world of mead-brewing and showcase meads alongside fine cheeses, one of the drink\u2019s most natural and delicious pairings.<\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New Hampshire\u2019s Moonlight Meadery will bring their artisanally produced and gluten-free meads to nearly two dozen states, including Illinois.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,505],"tags":[690],"yoast_head":"\n\n