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25.01.2022 Facebook wants us to say something about this.......... What is there to say when all the wonderful words in the world are right there in their review. Flattery will get you everywhere!!

24.01.2022 Gourmet Traveller recently reviewed Embarkment in the Sept issue out now. We always feel that each small step takes us a little further in making modern Australian made meads mainstream in this country. So grab yourself a copy, put your feet up and relax. It's a great magazine, awesome cooking tips, restaurants and cocktails, travel adventures and a whole lot more. ... Thanks Australian Gourmet Traveller

24.01.2022 Stoked to meet some more wonderful people and get the opportunity to share our love of mead with our community. **Tag your friend if you see them

24.01.2022 This isn't as new as it sounds, around 6 years old to be honest but how many of you have heard about it? Bee's being used to detect cancer in humans! A stressless and healthy method and considering the chemosensory skills of a bee's smell, highly accurate.... https://www.dezeen.com//honey-bees-can-be-trained-to-dete/ What other things would you like bee's to be able to detect for us?

24.01.2022 With the last Carriageworks Markets this Sat 21st Dec, we'll be releasing what has already been described as the pinnacle of our modern Australian made mead to date. Six months ago we set aside a portion of our best selling mead Dangerous Temptation; a strawberry sour mead made with a pinch of salt - in the vein of a German beer style known as a Gose. Instead of packaging and carbonating using a standard method of force carbonation, we pitched a brettanomyces culture Hunter ...and the Harp spent 12 months building up to feed specially on honey. Pitching this brett culture and allowing 6 months of bottle conditioning, these are now ready for release just in a nick of time to offer as a last minute Christmas gift or as a reward to yourself for another successful year. Highly carbonated with strawberry for days the brett offers stone fruit and funk undertones. If you like dry complex meads that are unlike anything you've ever experienced before, then look no further than our newest mead releasing this Saturday 21st Dec. "Abandon Temptation". Stay tuned for more at www.HuntrandtheHarp.com.au

23.01.2022 Want a chance to get in on the hype of modern Australian made mead! The Oak Barrel is offering a once in a lifetime opportunity to get to sample some of Australia's benchmark meads including all things funky, sour and indigenous. Meads that suit our country. Our culture. And our climate.... Line up yet to be released but will be at least five mead varietals including at least two Bretta meads, another sour and some others highlighting our beautiful abundant country we call home. Check out Sydney Craft Beer and Cider Fair this 27th July 2019 at The Oak Barrel, 152 Elizabeth Street, Sydney.

23.01.2022 Yesterday, we judged the Australian Amateur Homebrew competition. Best three meads from each state could be entered so competition was always going to be strong. Today the results were released. Congratulations to the top three and to all who made it this far.

23.01.2022 Here's our take on something we honestly knew nothing about three weeks ago; sanitiser solution! But, for those out there confused and dismayed about the price of some essentials right now, this might help explain the reasons/causes behind the economics. As always, this is our perception and opinion.... https://hunterandtheharp.com.au///the-formula-to-sanitiser

23.01.2022 Haven't left a review yet? Why not? We really want to hear what our seafaring, mermaid wrestling mead drinkers have to say and especially your deepest darkest thoughts.... Mostly about our meads but whatever, we'll let you steer the story train. Here's a recent review by Rob Muller " I'm currently thoroughly enjoying a glass of Saison Siege. Saison is one of my favourite beer styles, and this saison/mead hybrid somehow ends up being more than the sum of its parts - nice work! Can wait to get stuck into the other two. Love the attention to detail in the packaging & labelling. This won't be my last order. ;)". So head over to www.hunterandtheharp.com.au and get onto it. Don't forget theres 10% off your next order when you do.

22.01.2022 Calling all home brewers and mead makers from Fingal Heads to Eden and across all of NSW. Entries are now open for the NSW amateur brewing comps right now. Doing well here gets you a gig at the Australian Title too by the way so if your plans are for total domination you need to place 1,2,3 in your state. We're sponsoring this year too. Both NSW and Nationals. Our friends Stone Dog Meadery Pty Ltd have been proudly sponsoring the mead category for many moons so we're stoked t...o get onboard the specialty beer category instead. Kinda like Hunter and the Harp in a way. Making meads that are difficult to categories so we'll make a special section just for them. But talk about quality and style. If you aren't sure what styles of beers fall under category 18 well, read on. Beers include styles such as Classic Style Smoked Beer, Specialty Smoked Beer, WoodAged Beer, Specialty WoodAged Beer, Belgian Specialty Ale, Alternative Grain Beer, Alternative Sugar Beer and Experimental Beer. Holy snapping duck balls. If the sound of these specialty beers don't have you beating down the door to your local homebrew store you should be checking your pulse. Win some Hunter and the Harp mead and cold hard cash!! What everyone thinking for next brew day? Let us know below. https://state2019.nswhomebrewing.org/

22.01.2022 Honey is and has never been, just honey. Australian honey is world renowned yet for some reason there's a misconception that mead fermented from Australian honey is medicinal and can have menthol qualities. Well, we and everyone who's tasted our modern Australian made meads would tell you otherwise. Check out the article below to understand how many flavours can be found in our exciting flora!... https://www.sbs.com.au//fairy-floss-butterscotch-caramel-a

22.01.2022 Australia recently saw some changes to labelling laws. Honey thankfully was one of the products that now must contain a county of origin. We think Aussie honey is some of the best in the world, we also think that importing some types of honey we cant get here to be good as well. We don't think falsifying documents, using dodgy marketing and adulterating corn syrup and selling it as honey to be in any way ok.... Know your beekeepers is some of the best advice we could ever give! https://www.sbs.com.au///2016/04/20/when-honey-isnt-honey

22.01.2022 Thanks everyone for the biggest day Hunter and the Harp has ever seen!! We started this journey officially in Dec 2017 when we gained possession of our producer licence two days before Christmas Day! We first launched to the public late Nov 2018 and just over one year on, the final event for 2019 saw a tremendous amount of love! We had our loyal supporters come in droves, introduced modern Australian made mead to first mead timers and even convinced a couple of 'yeh nahs, t...ried mead before, didnt like it' folks as well. We still had a few that even just hearing the word mead turned around and walked away. But hey, today was a true sign that we're doing ok. If we can have the Aussie crowd enjoying a chilled sparkling 10% funky and fruited mead then mead definetly has a future in this country of ours. Until 2020.

21.01.2022 Hunter and the Harp were honoured to give a workshop recently at a local High School. Education for us in the mead industry is so important and to be given the opportunity to work with professional educators was a real blast. Today the teachers got to taste and choose from Red Gum or Orange Blossom honey and other interesting ingredients including cacao nibs, hibiscus petals and finger limes. Looking forward to hopefully tasting these in a couple of months.... The students of 2019 are extremely lucky to have such engaged and thoughtful, considerate and cool teachers to guide them along their journey of learning.

20.01.2022 Well would you look at that! Why are we deforesting our Australian bush again?

20.01.2022 Is your name; Steve, Sam, Dave, David, Rob, Sarah, Aaron, Adam, Aled, John, Joe, Fiona, Mick, Michael, Craig, Chris, Graham, Matthew or Luke? If so it’s gonna be a good week for you all! ... Christmas in August anyone? Think it will take off?

20.01.2022 Setting up for a beautiful weekend at The Kangaroo Valley Craft Beer & BBQ Festival. Come check us out.

19.01.2022 This weeks radical review is by Stephen and it goes something like this: "Fantastic Meads, you are to be congratulated. That higher ABV is really good. 6 to 9% is a real sweet spot. Plenty of honey flavour, more viscosity and mouth feel. Excellent. And thank-you for your note! I did enjoy the Ale of Time brews. Both excellent. I really got the mango from the Hothead. I take off my hat (and boots to you.) Well played sir." We're so pumped to keep pushing. And pushing. And push...ing. Have an idea for our next mead, let us know below The crazier the better!

19.01.2022 Are we seeing a shift to supporting more small family owned and community invested business in Australia? Or will our shopping practises return to their previous selves opting for the cheapest on the shelves? I'm no Nostradamus but if I could predict the future, I'd be a rich man by now. But I'm not, so lets' hear your thoughts below.... Each state has its own dedicated 'Keeping Locals Alive', click the link and check it out. Thanks The Crafty Pint for the addition. https://craftypint.com/keeping-local-alive-nsw

19.01.2022 Gotta love those bees! We've always thought that bee's and worms are the crew on Earth and humans are the passengers.... Without the crew to maintain the boat, it will eventually fall apart. But without the passengers 'wear and tear', the boat would stay in near perfect condition indefinitely. Do you think they were right voting bee's as #1? Or should fungi, plankton, primates or bats have taken out first place? https://returntonow.net//bees-voted-most-important-living/

19.01.2022 Getting set up for Carriageworks Farmers Market and who do I see, Fat Pig Farm. Come on over guys, would love to chat about mead.

19.01.2022 Lets play a game! 1. Your home is indefinitely in isolation. 2. Bottle-shop runs are no longer considered essential. 3. How long can you last with your home-brew..........?... Here's an original brew we did called Funky Man; a brettanomyces and saccharomyces fermented mango mead we bottle-conditioned WAAAAYYY back in 2015. It ended up making it onto the list at Five Barrel Brewing 1st Birthday Party! After Joel studied mead making with Golden Coast Mead, he returned home with a passion for sour meads. After 5 years in the bottle, it's not as fresh and lively with mango as it was initially and up to a couple of years, the brett effect has also become less funky. The mead today has aged gracefully and has the essence of the beauty she once beheld, combined with the weather and 4 days off, is a beautiful mead for the moment. Share some of your own home-brew pics below.

18.01.2022 Hops and Honey, what's not to like? Two of the least modified agricultural ingredients that can marry together in mead, become something above and beyond the singularity of each and transpire over time into a wonderful snap shot of the land at that time they were collected/harvested. Here's something to help getting the idea of which hops to use and which can be substituted based on what you have at hand.... Any questions, ask below. https://www.brewps.com/hop-chart-hop-substitutes.html

18.01.2022 Tomorrow will be our last day folks for 2019. Hunter and the Harp (and Banjo) wish you a safe festive season, travel safe and take care but most importantly cherish those you love! If you are making it to Carriageworks tomorrow, be sure to check out something different from us. We've been waiting for the right moment to release some limited bottles of mead different to our 'normal style'. Check it out: We'll be hand signing 40 bottles only of our 2017 Tart Cherry and 2018 Re...d Gum Bochet. Why are they different? Higher ABV%: both sitting around the 14% mark Still: not sparkling, not petulant, straight up still We hear you though- "Is that really that different though? That's how mead is. Isn't it?" And we answer - "yeh, kinda. But at the moment, still mead is still sitting in the sweet category. And thats why ours are different. they're not sweet." Tart Cherry - We had freshly picked tart cherries hand delivered from (state kept secret) and combined with NSW Red Gum honey. Aiming for a dry mead and knowing the tart cherries needed time for their acidity and tannins to come together, this mead has spent a year bulk ageing and over 18 months in the bottle. Tart, sweet (but not sweet...its difficult to explain), delicious and perfect for Christmas. Limited to 40 bottles. Slow Roasted Red Gum Bochet - The problem we see with bochets is the burnt acidity too common with burning the honey during the reduction process. Taking the moisture out too quickly or waiting to see wisps of black smoke is not how to slow roast the finest honey in NSW. 6 hour slow roasting is. It takes time, believe us to bring together a smooth, rich, balanced mead with amazing marshmallow, toffee and spiced flavours imaginable. See you tomorrow or upon our return 6th Jan. 2020. Captain and Crew of Hunter and the Harp

18.01.2022 BOTTLE RELEASE: FORCES UNKNOWN So far this week we've released Embarkment Voyage of Discovery... International Waters Batch 2 and now Forces Unknown. Combining everything that we love about what we do. Collaborating with industry legends, having fun, mead and beer together in the one place, hops and honey! What more could we ask for? Seeking out some of the freshest ingredients NSW has to offer, we combined some NSW honey and NSW whole cone hops from Ryefield Hops to create a snapshot of the seasons, a window into our home, captured in a time and a place. Check out the link below to read more https://hunterandtheharp.com.au//forces-unknown-and-other- and don't forget to click on 'Current Releases' to view the entire range of what we have online including this weeks brand new releases and todays Forces Unknown. As always, super limited, no holds and no bottle limits.

18.01.2022 Heading out to Bulli this morning for a delivery for those that want to jump in and save the shipping fee. My essential role at work starts back up Tuesday so will be another week before we can get up that way again. Let us know below...........

17.01.2022 'Embarkment' Release We'll be releasing new meads all this week starting tomorrow. First up is Embarkment. Foraged fruit and herbs, fermented from wild yeast, sur lie ageing and bottle conditioned for 6 months.... Another mead with a story to tell, a mead representing a time and place. A seasonality story, fresh fruits foraged from the land, fermented from yeast contained with that fruit. It's nature, it's balanced and it's delicate. Its' beautiful and fragile and rare but when captured in the right light, is breathtaking. Check out the link below to hear more: https://hunterandtheharp.com.au//embarking-on-a-new-journey Photo credit: Life in Focus Films & Photos as always, amazing!

15.01.2022 This Weeks Review Lovingly Written by Michael Carrol. "I love experimenting, and I love it when others do the same to create delicious things. This is the way we should make and drink mead in Australia. Fresh, young, creative and surprising. The fingerlime was deftly applied, subtle and added freshness. A fun mead expertly brewed."... Thanks Michael.

15.01.2022 courtesy of May Lawrence Photography - The Gastronomical

15.01.2022 Carriageworks Markets this Sat 9th Nov 2019 everyone! Sydneys' most exciting weekly market is going to be on another level this weekend. We'll be releasing our second batch of Saison Siege; named after our daughter Harper Heron; the collective noun for a group of herons= a siege. This batch is once again tickled with bittering hops followed by loads of massive tropical fruit aromas from the post ferment dry hopping. Highly carbonated as expected for a saison, exceptionally ...dry finishing with a SG of 1.001 and an ABV of just over 8%. Limited to 50 bottles We'll also be taking pre-orders from our vault of our 2017 Tart Cherry mead; after searching Australia high and low, we finally found the varieties we we're after. Young, NSW might be the cherry capital of Australia but we needed to look interstate to find the answers to our questions. Plus our 2017 Red Gum Bochet; again selectively withholding release, this mead was produced from the remains of the finest NSW Red Gum honey we have ever experienced to date. Taking the most precious of ingredients; time; we slow roasted the honey for 6 hours producing a deeply intoxicating marshmallow and caramel/toffee that results in a pillowy smooth super soft mead. **Both meads from the vault are still. ALL releases to date from Hunter and the Harp have been from our BLACK label sparkling series of meads. However, in the interests of pushing the realms of modern Australian made meads, these two particular meads are true to style of all of our meads to date, finishing dry, high in acid but with the overarching aim of seeking balance in everything we do whilst highlighting our Australian beekeepers and the honey their bee's produce from this country. Higher in ABV%, both 12-13%, these meads have found their 'sweet' spot. Release date: 21st Dec.

15.01.2022 Bit hard to not have heard already, but for those that have been buccaneering or swashbuckling, here's the jiffy. Hunter and the Harp boarded the good-ship Ale of a Time and collaborated in a full on adventure, following the North Star to its' eternal home above the North Pole and came across kveik. The historians lost count of how many generations of families these yeasts were passed down through. But there's been a renewal and revival into the yeasts/cultures and its' capa...bilities, especially in handling extremely high fermentation temperatures. We made the two meads identical. The only exception being the yeast strains selected. Same honey and hops, same process, same timeframe and flow to culminate into this point where you can sit down and compare, to challenge and digest the differences. You know were to go by now to check it out.

14.01.2022 The state of mead in Australia. Some stalwarts have been working incredibly hard to form an association for mead in Australia to strengthen our industry. And in these uncertain times sticking together, supporting one another and not being total arseholes is what we’re all about. ... So check out the links below, stock up now before the postie shuts up shop and your all stranded on a mead-less island.

14.01.2022 Two NEW RELEASES this week. Pushing the palette perception, this modern Australian made mead is our most complex sour mead to date. As the weather starts to warm and Fathers Day is coming, this is a sensational sour mead to add to your list of delicious drinks for Summer.... Check out below: https://hunterandtheharp.com.au/products/cloud-watching

14.01.2022 The wondrous and wise writer of all things beer related in the country. Luckily for us, also one of the best writers to have touched on mead in Australia. Follow New South Ales on Instagram as well as facey. Well worth it.

14.01.2022 From little things, big things grow Today thanks to Merlin Garage Door Openers, we had a filming onsite at the Meadery. Stay tuned, based on what we got to see of the filming, it will turn out great!

13.01.2022 Who loves Sour Mead! What? You've never heard of sour mead before? What is it you say! Check out our latest review from industry legend Jenna Franklin below to learn more! Want to give it a try, let us know below.

13.01.2022 Come on down to Carriageworks Farmers Market today to stock up on all your favourite meads for the weekend.

13.01.2022 So amazing. What other reasons can you think of?

13.01.2022 One of our favourite honey's to use in making modern Australian made meads is Red Gum Honey. So it’s only fitting that we use this wonderful piece of Red Gum burl to compliment our meads when we want the finest display possible. Check out Trent and his new co. Stringybark Woodworks operating out of Penrith.

13.01.2022 Right now, NSW is experiencing catastrophic fire conditions. It's unbelievable to explain there's currently a fire stretching form Blackheath in the Blue Mountains all the way north passed Newcastle. The South Coast is entirely on fire as well as the Central coast with fires from Foster to Nambucca Heads and further north of NSW from Coffs Harbour to Yamba. We've lost crew in these fires, countless buildings, an unimaginable amount of native animals have perished and as mead... makers and lovers of all things bee's also cant help but stop and think about our Aussie beekeepers. Beekeepers who live and breath the land they place their hives. Beekeepers who know the land, the environment and the indicators better than most. Beekeepers who's livelihood are right in the middle of the fire grounds. Beekeepers that are fighting to keep alive 50,000 bee's in just one hive. One hive! What about three hundred hives? 15 million animals beekeepers are custodians for. When we talk mead, we truely mean a drink that is closer to the land than any other, involves more aspects of mother nature than any other and is a true representation of the flavour of a country. During these catastrophic conditions, please spare a thought for our Australian beekeepers. https://www.abc.net.au//beekeepers-traumatised-by/11721756

13.01.2022 Fathers Day is nearly here We don't always get the opportunity to show our Dads how much they mean to us. And as parents we understand funds are always in short supply.... So let's get one lucky Dad out there four FREE meads! We're giving away a mead each of our collaboration kveik meads we did with Ale of a Time plus the winner gets to choose two more meads of their liking. All you need to do is LIKE and SHARE and TAG a Dad for them to WIN. Open to Australian residents only; includes free shipping.

13.01.2022 Mead: if you ask most brewers, Mead is that un-cool cousin you used to have to invite to your birthday parties. But just like your cousin who grew up to be a successful multimillion dollar computer programer, mead isn't the drink to poke fun at now, because we all know where it will be in the future. Here's a great US article spreading the magic of mead and highlighting some of our Nth Hemisphere friends businesses'. Maybe one day an Aussie journalist might consider doing t...he same here down under. Only time will tell. https://www.hopculture.com/best-craft-mead-2020/

13.01.2022 This time last year, we we're about to attend our very first public event. Over two days, we served nearly 5000 people and brought modern Australian made mead to reality. Next weekend, we'll once again be attending; this time expecting over 6000 people.... We've built an awesome four tap jockey box, have at least six different meads and probably 9 or 10 kegs to tap. Can't wait to see you all there once again.

12.01.2022 BOTTLE RELEASE: VENTURE INTO THE FOREST What a week it's been so far. Another release if it wasn't hard enough to choose from. Thanks everyone for your patience whilst we re-stocked the shelves. This mead is a pairing: a pairing of like minds and small businesses.... Check out Rainbow Chai for an amazing story about a full operational business with a zero carbon footprint; living off the grid. At the same time sourcing their tea from within the astoundingly beautiful Daintree Rainforest. And a pairing of meads. Combining our chai tea blended mead with a whole hive mead; a mead that was lighter than air. It's difficult to explain, but try to imagine you were breathing honey flavoured air. These two amazing meads together lift the chai aromatics and subdue's the spices. Head on over to: https://hunterandtheharp.com.au//news/venturing-into-the-f to learn more!! For amazing pics like our's: check out Life in Focus Films & Photos.

11.01.2022 Hunter and the Harp strive to work within our industry, to assist, promote and float our niche beverage. So for those wanting to learn more about this beautiful beverage, here's an article written about a new Meadery based up in the Byron Bay region called Aurum Mead. Plus there's a few new Meaderies mentioned in other areas to check out including Sparrow and Vine and 2 Wild Souls Meadery. Don't forget to let us know about any Meaderies in your area in the comment section bel...ow. https://www.afr.com//mead-in-australia-a-long-forgotten-dr

10.01.2022 Saison Seige was created less than a year ago and one of three in our Collective Series. Seige is the collective noun for Herons and is named after our daughter who's middle name is Heron. The other two releases at the time were Blackberry Charm and CastNet, both which sold out long ago.... Well, we're down to the final bottle of Saison Seige and it has aged wonderfully over the past 7 months. Honey and hops with a French farmhouse ale yeast, all three integrating into one and reinforcing our aim of seeking balance in everything we do. Should we run a competition or let it sell out online? Run an auction starting at $1.00? What does everyone reckon?

10.01.2022 So proud of Ale of a Time to step up and put the long forgotten drink that is mead back in the lime light. Both meads will be up on our online store early next week and will be available to everyone. But to get the epic deal we spoke about on the show, become a Patreon member of Ale of a Time now!

10.01.2022 Pic love to May Lawrence Photography - The Gastronomical

09.01.2022 In the heightened times of late, it’s reassuring to know measures are in place and people are complying. The biggest downside is no one can offer tastings. Which is understandable but I’m hungry!!

09.01.2022 Want to hear some tasting notes of our latest and most exciting brettanomyces fermented and bottled conditioned mead. Listen to episode 133; fast forward to 14:30mins in to hear just how fizzin' a mead can be!! https://aleofatime.podbean.com

09.01.2022 After yesterday we're down to our last TWO bottles of Dangerous Temptation. If you've tasted it, you KNOW how good it is. Head to our website link below to snaffle up the last couple: https://hunterandtheharp.com.au//dangerous-temptation-batc Also down to FOUR bottle of Saison Siege and have sadly SOLD OUT of Voyage of Discovery.

07.01.2022 It's a little known fact that Australia is home to native bee's. Many of which are solitary. Some are even stingless! Collecting honey from these endemic species, known as 'Sugarbag honey' isn't as viable as the introduced honey bee Apis Mellifera but their role as pollinators is just as important. How many native bee's are found in this wide, hot, dry brown land of ours? Our little island home, Australia?... Comment below with your answer. A) 22 B) 350 C) 1500 D) 800

07.01.2022 Haydz Sam; congratulations Dad!! You've been randomly selected to take out the 2019 Fathers Day EPIC competition. As Fathers, we would love for every Dad out there to take home something special from us. Thanks to everyone who entered and helped us build our presence. Instead, take time with your little loved ones out there on the 1st day of Spring and touch base with anyone up there if their not still around.... And if your name is Haydz Sam, shoot us a PM to sort out your prize legend. xoxo

07.01.2022 Anyone growing up in Australia who didn't listen to triple j in their youth might not know the of the doctor. He's a gifted guitarist most renowned in the band Frenzal Rhomb who then ventured successfully into radio hosting. So many mornings, the youth were listening to the doctor on their way to work, which then turned into the evenings on our way home. For over a decade we listened. Lindsay is the radio host on ABC Illawarra. Tomorrow he and Joel will be hanging out. List...en to ABC Illawarra on 97.3 FM at 4:40pm Thursday 18th June ie: Tomorrow. https://www.abc.net.au/radio/illawarra/programs/drive/

06.01.2022 Check out what we did last summer..........a digital ad was made. About us! Isn't that crazy......... https://hunterandtheharp.com.au/bl/news/digital-ad-now-live

06.01.2022 Who likes mead made with brettanomyces? Who knows what brettanomyces is? Want answers' to both questions...........? ... https://hunterandtheharp.com.au/products/turn-of-the-tide

06.01.2022 BOTTLE RELEASE: WHERE TO FROM HERE Finishing off the flow of new releases this week is our final addition to our modern Australian made meads. 'Where to from Here' is another sour we've added to our already massive sour mead list.... Sourcing the first bumper crop of Winters' citrus fruits, co-pitching our house sour cultures as well as an ale yeast this mead is another sure to challenge the standard perceptions of mead. So that's it crew, get onboard and check out which mead sounds like you. Check out below and any questions or comments, let us know! https://hunterandtheharp.com.au//hot-sour-mead-and-low-pre As always, photo love to Life in Focus Films & Photos

06.01.2022 We missed sharing this wonderful review from way back in May. Here you go!

05.01.2022 Lots of repeat orders this week. As a business, we understand the importance of exceeding expectations and trying our hardest to ensure we have happy customers who believe in the same things we do. We believe that bee's are vital to our health and very existence. Bee's are crucial to the environment we live in and the food we grow within its ecosystem.... We're advocates for the unsung hero in our industry, the little beautiful honey-bee and hope you can join us. Why not support us and the bee whilst saving some hard earned honey yourself? If you've ordered off us before, don't forget to use your CODE that you received via email to get a sweet discount. Can't find yours? Not a problem, reach out to us at [email protected] and we'll sort you out. Havent ordered but want a discount CODE. Hit us up in the comments below and the funniest/saddest/most epic response wins!

05.01.2022 Don't forget TONIGHT at the Illawarra Beekeepers: Hunter and the Harp! Want to try our Mead? Guess what, we'll have some available for FREE to taste!! https://illawarrabeekeepers.org.au//bi-monthly-mead-begin/... Come along to: Waratah Park, 98 Eton St, Sutherland NSW. 2232. 7pm tonight- Thursday 18th July.

05.01.2022 Batch 2 INTERNATIONAL WATERS We have a handful of first gen. International Waters remaining and have released a limited amount of second generation to the public. Following on from much demand with the honey and hop fusion, this mead is perfect for those that 'don't like beer'. ... Throwing caution to the wind, we travel the globe adding hops from near and afar. The adventures only just begun, feel free to come aboard. https://hunterandtheharp.com.au/produc/international-waters Photo credit: Life in Focus Films & Photos

04.01.2022 After nearly a year, we're proud to release Batch 2 of Saison Seige, our dry sparkling mead fermented with a French Farmhouse ale yeast and numerous hop additions. Like all of our meads, suited perfectly to the Australian climate, the culture and the country we all live in. Delightfully refreshing, surprisingly wonderful, meads designed perfectly for exploratory minds and creative souls. Limited to 50 bottles; half which have already sold. Check out the link below:... The only other place you'll be able to enjoy a glass or two will be at @TheKangarooValleyCraftBeer&BBQFestival this weekend 16th and 17th November 2019. https://hunterandtheharp.com.au//cur/products/saison-seige

03.01.2022 Gourmet Farmers first episode of season 5 aired 1st August 2019. Who can guess what delicious beverage Matthew Evans makes..........? https://www.sbs.com.au//episode-guide-gourmet-farmer-seaso

03.01.2022 Just starting to get exciting here today!

03.01.2022 We've just been gifted with THREE x double passes to this weekends Kangaroo Valley Craft Beer and BBQ Festival. With only a few days to go, we've decided to make things easy to win. Pick a number between 1 and 50. If you're the first to pick or the closest to our 3 pre-chosen numbers, you win.... That's it. Feel free to share but only entries on our official post go into the draw. Remember, only three days to go!

02.01.2022 BOTTLE RELEASE: VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY Probably our most limited mead ever. Definitely the hardest to make and without doubt, one of our finest ever. Recently we released this at a one time event but knowing the quality we pulled some aside for those that couldn't make it. ... Never to appear again. Literally 20 bottles of our proudest ever mead. https://hunterandtheharp.com.au/bl/news/voyage-of-discovery

01.01.2022 This weeks loving review by Nic: "...Believe me how sincere this is. Your Venture into the forest is f@$king delicious. The flavor is amazing, it is so crisp and I may or may not have just polished off the bottle. I LOVE all things chai. And this is one of the nicest meads I have ever tasted to date." Thanks Nic, stoked you're loving what we're doing. Don't forget to help us spread the magic of mead, if you've tried and loved our modern Australian made styles then tell as many people as you can. It doesn't take much, just a few kind words to start building our presence and gain valuable consumer trust.

01.01.2022 Carriageworks for a good time!! Come on over and try our newest release of Saison Seige.