It’s been a while so here is what we have been up to during the past couple of weeks. We are aiming to do this weekly – fingers crossed!……
We headed over to St George’s Hall in Liverpool last night for the first evening of the Ship & Mitre’s Beer Festival. For the first time they have included mead in their offering – the best mead in the universe to be precise! It was probably the best beer festival we’ve been to in a while – lots on offer, chilled vibe, good food – really easy going. Mrs Mead is certain it’s because it is being held in the centre of the universe!
We spent the evening chatting with a couple of American scientists who are on a six month research visit with The University of Liverpool. They loved to hear Mrs Mead’s history of St George’s Hall and Liverpool in general and want to revisit. We loved the chat of their work and the research projects they are researching – a fab evening all round! The Beer Festival is on until Sunday evening so plenty of time to grab a ticket if you fancy it.
It came up on our memories that it is now ELEVEN years since our Odin’s Mead appeared on The Great British Menu! Where has the time gone? We were still in our ‘temporary’ bottles and now the whole reason we are in the square bottle we are known for!
We spent last weekend at Mabon at Thornborough henge. It was breezy but nowhere near as bad as Mabon 2025 – The Apocalypse Edition! It was a nicely chilled vibe and we saw many people we hadn’t seen for too long. A really nice way to end the Summer season and be thankful for the harvest.
We got our repaired van back midweek – yay! ICYMI some ‘lovely people’ tried to break into our van in the hotel carpark in Milton Keynes. Luckily, they didn’t gain access so we were able to trade as planned. However, they ‘tin-canned’ the back door so we have had to get it repaired so it is secure and watertight.
We were approached by the organisers of the first Full Tilt Jousting tournament for prizes which we happily supplied. The Winners were all presented with a bottle of our Skadi’s Mead which seemed to go down very well! We look forward to partnering with them again and seeing their event go from strength to strength.
This Saturday sees us return to Chetham’s Library in Manchester for their Medieval Fayre. We will be trading from 10am until 4pm so plenty of time to see us and grab your meady goodness!
See you next week!