Craft BeerWhat to Expect at the Arizona Craft Beer Awards & Festival
Matthew JohnsonOctober 18, 2022
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Desert DigestPav on Juice: The Meading Room
Pavle MilicFebruary 19, 2020
One of my favorite rituals every morning before heading to work is doing The New York Times mini crossword puzzle, which always puts my brain in the right place. One recent clue read: Ancient alcoholic beverage enjoying a 21st-century resurgence. The answer came to me quickly: “mead” – probably because I drive by a meadery every day on Highway 82 in Sonoita. Traditionally made from honey, water and yeast, mead is considered the oldest beverage...
Desert DigestScale & Feather is a new medieval-themed meadery in Avondale
Madison RutherfordDecember 5, 2019
Mead is decidedly having a moment. In fact, a new meadery opens in the U.S. every three weeks. There are now five in Arizona. The Valley’s most recent is Scale & Feather, a medieval-themed meadery that set up shop in Avondale in May. For the uninitiated, mead is wine made from fermented honey. Scale & Feather’s mead is made in giant, egg-shaped tanks that co-founder Ben Chaney affectionately refers to as “the dragon eggs.” He...
Desert DigestOpenings/ClosingsSuperstition Meadery Set to Open in Downtown Phoenix Next Year
Marilyn HawkesAugust 29, 2019
In spring 2020, Downtown Phoenix will welcome a new branch of one of Arizona’s more unique businesses, Superstition Meadery, owned by Jeff and Jen Herbert. The original meadery and tasting room is located in downtown Prescott. If you don’t know what mead is, you’re not alone. Mead is wine made from honey, but it’s not all sweet, Jeff explains. When you visit the tasting room, the Herberts and staff will give you the lowdown on...