SOLSTICE OPEN HOUSE : June 21, 2008  noon-5:00pm
Celestial Meads is having an open house to celebrate the longest day of the year. It's been a very cool spring and we're hoping for some warm sunshine. We will be serving samples of twelve meads plus snacks and there is no charge for this event. Meadmaster Mike will be there talking about honey and mead. Mead will be available for purchase.

Call Mike at 250-8362 for more information.

OPEN HOUSE : May 31, 2008  noon-5:00pm
Celestial Meads is having an open house to celebrate the arrival of summer in Alaska. We will be serving samples of twelve meads plus snacks and there is no charge for this event. Meadmaster Mike will be there talking about honey and mead. Mead will be available for purchase.

Call Mike at 250-8362 for more information.

ANCHOR PUB & CLUB MEAD DINNER : April 4, 2008  7:00p
Executive Chef Hannah Robertson has come up with a great menu of Indian and Thai cuisine to pair with five Celestial Meads. Following is a description of the food and mead.

Papaya salad with honey dressing paired with Luz Del Sol, a semi-sweet traditional mead made with orange blossom honey.

Smoked duck spring roll served with a spiced cherry dipping sauce paired with Razzery Cyser, a gold medal winning cyser with sour cherries and raspberries.

Beef samosa served with apple chutney paired with Belgique, a sweet methyglyn made with coriander and bitter orange peel.

Clams steamed in gingerly mead, red onions, chili and cilantro paired with Gingerly, a sweet mead made with fresh ginger and red currants.

Tropical fruit salad, tossed in a raspberry simple syrup paired with Rubyfruit, a sweet melomel made with handpicked Alaskan raspberries.

The dinner starts at 7:00p on April 4th and the cost is $50.00 per person.  I will be there to talk about honey, mead and the DNA sequence of saccharomyces cerevisiae (OK, I made the last part up). Please call the Anchor Pub & Club (677-7979) for reservations.

MEAD MANIA : March 22, 2008  at 6:00p
Cafe Amsterdam is hosting a sampling of six meads and is providing fruit and cheese. Meadmaster Mike will be there serving a nd talking about honey and mead.

Call Cafe Am at 274-0074 for more information.

2008 INTERNATIONAL MEAD COMPETITION : February 8&9, 2008
Celestial Meads won gold and silver at the 2008 International Mead competition held in Boulder, Colorado. Razzery Cyser took a gold medal in the Session Mead category and Odin's Gift took a silver medal in the Traditional-Medium category. There were over 120 meads entered from North America and Europe, the largest number of entries in the history of the competition. This was Celestial Meads first  time entering this prestigious event.  We are currently out of Razzery Cyser but the batch will be available in a few weeks. There are a few cases of Odin's Gift left.

EQUINOX CELEBRATION : September 22, 2007
Come by the meadery from noon and 5 pm. There will be at least 8 mead samples and snacks, and mead will be available for purchase. There will be a $5 cover charge. Mike can be reached at meads@gci.net or at 907.250.8362 for more information.

MEAD DAY OPEN HOUSE : August 4, 2007
Celestial Meads Mead Day Open House will take place between noon and 5 pm. There will be free mead samples and snacks, and mead will be available for purchase. Mike can be reached at meads@gci.net or at 907.250.8362 for more information.

SOLSTICE OPEN HOUSE : June 23, 2007
Celestial Meads Solstice Open House will take place between noon and 5 pm. There will be free mead samples and snacks, and mead will be available for purchase. It will be the debut for three new meads; a sweet tupelo honey and black currant melomel, a sweet basswood honey and red currant melomel and a semi-sweet methyglyn with sourwood honey, coriander and star anise. Mike can be reached at meads@gci.net or at 907.250.8362 for more information.

GRAND OPENING: May 19th, 2007
Celestial Meads grand opening will take place between noon and 5 pm. There will be free mead samples with appetizers. Mead is also available for purchase at special introductory prices. Mike can be reached at meads@gci.net or at 907.250.8362 if you need immediate and specific information.

MEAD TASTING : April 25th, 2007
Celestial Meads was in the spotlight on Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 at the Mead Dinner in the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska. The event, billed as a mead tasting, gave attendees the chance to sample a variety of Celestial Meads delicious meads. See photos.