Rabbits Foot Meadery facts for kids

Rabbit's Foot Meadery is a special company that makes mead. Mead is an old drink made from fermented honey. It's sometimes called "honey wine." The company also makes other drinks, like wine.

Rabbit's Foot Meadery was started in Sunnyvale, California, in the United States. Today, it is located in Sutter Creek, California.

How It Started

Rabbit's Foot Meadery began in 1995. A person named Michael Faul, from Sunnyvale, California, started making mead to sell. He used many old recipes.

Michael Faul helped the modern mead-making industry grow a lot. He did this along with David Myers, who started Redstone Meadery in Boulder, Colorado.

Rabbit's Foot Meadery has won many awards. It is known as a leader in the mead industry. The company was one of the first to sell special types of mead. These include cyser, which is mead made with apples, and braggot, which mixes mead with beer.

The company also shares a lot of information about making mead. They have been on TV, radio, and online shows. This helps people who make mead at home and other companies.

The original location in Sunnyvale closed in 2021. It no longer has a public tasting room there. Their new place is now near the Sierra foothills, in Sutter Creek.

Awards and Recognition

Rabbit's Foot Meadery has won many awards for its mead and other drinks. They have received gold, silver, and bronze medals. These awards come from big events like the International Mead Festival. They also won awards at the California State Fair and the Los Angeles International Wine Festival.

Some of their award-winning drinks include:

• Sweet Mead
• Apple Cyser (mead with apples)
• Melia (a type of mead)
• Diabhal (a Belgian-style golden ale)
• Honey Stout (a type of beer made with honey)
• Naughty Ninja (a ginger cyser)

These awards show that Rabbit's Foot Meadery makes high-quality drinks.

See also

• California wine
• List of breweries in California
• Mead in the United United States