HAVILL’S AUTHENTIC HONEY MEAD is a crafted, natural alcoholic product, brewed to a traditional recipe from our own honey and pure groundwater; in Rangiora, New Zealand.     

No added fruit, vegetable products, flavourings, colorings or preservatives.  All the goodness of Honey is incorporated in our Mead.

Over the centuries Mead has gained a reputation as a potent aphrodisiac. Some suggest its use in MODERATION as a simple cure for insomnia, and the “only alcoholic drink allowable if you must have a drink”.

Golden Honey seems a harmless enough substance when produced by the bee, but don’t be misled: when it is fermented it can produce an extremely potent brew. The residual honey sugars are very quickly assimilated into the bloodstream and will give you a sudden and unexpected lift!

When you drink HAVILL’S AUTHENTIC HONEY MEAD, you are tasting man’s most ancient alcoholic drink

In Europe, cave drawings said to be 12,000 years old depict the gatherers of Mead’s basic ingredient- Honey.  

There has been a close association between mead and marriage. In pagan times the custom was for the happy couple to drink mead at their wedding and for one moon (or month) afterwards, hence the word Honeymoon.

Mead was said to aid ones prowess as a lover. If in nine months time a son was born, the maker of the mead was congratulated on a very fine brew!! Yes, Havill’s Mazer Mead have had many congratulations: one couple who purchased two bottles were blessed with twins!! They came back and ordered 10 bottles for a friend!! While we make no promises we recommend individual research into this aspect of our very fine drink.

"Honey Mead was an offshoot of candlemaking. The comb and Honey was gathered, the Honey extracted, the comb washed, the wax used for candles and the washings stored and drunk while fermenting. This method applied right up to the time that electricity displaced the need for wax candles."