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Elven Wizard & Founder of Mead Quest
West Coast, USA
www.aaronmichaelpyne.com

Aaron Pyne, the Elven Wizard, is a modern-day alchemist reviving the ancient majik of mead. For almost two decades, he has been on a quest to restore the sacred use of this golden elixir—once revered in rituals, ceremonies, initiations, and healing practices. Mead, a gift from nature itself, carries the wisdom of the ages, yet much of its majikal essence was lost over centuries of suppression. Aaron believes it is time to remember, to reclaim its true power, and to honor its role as a bridge between realms, consciousness, and transformation.

Blending myth, meditation, personal empowerment, joy, and deep majik, Aaron weaves together immersive mead experiences that transcend the ordinary. Each gathering he leads is infused with intention, creating a sacred space where mead becomes more than a drink—it becomes a portal to connection, healing, and awakening. Whether in the warmth of a firelit circle or beneath the open sky, Aaron guides participants on a journey where laughter and reverence coexist, where the wisdom of ancient traditions meets the personal awakening of the modern seeker. Through his work, he restores the soul of mead, inviting others to drink deeply of its mystery and remember the majik within.

Summit Shares:
Your Host
Mead Poetry
Mead Meditation
Mead History & Myth

Founder at Golden Coast Mead
Oceanside, CA
www.goldencoastmead.com

Frank’s grandfather made mead. When he was 8 years old, Frank watched his grandfather transform a grumpy, scary looking old man into a laughing, friendly, story teller with two small one ounce pours of mead. Frank loves making and sharing mead to light up people’s lives, regenerate the earth and create a sharable abundance. In addition to founding Golden Coast Mead, Frank is the Co-Chair at Mead Institute and Vice President at Regenerative Apiculture Working Group. Golden Coast Mead is Southern California’s first mead company.

Founded in 2010, Golden Coast Mead specializes in lighter bodied, refreshing, floral forward, balanced meads. Their lactobacilius fermented sour meads are their most popular line of meads, with numerous awards including the US Honey Board’s designation as one of the 20 most influential honey based libations of all time. Golden Coast Mead has helped over 30 different mead companies and brands bring their mead visions to life and strives every day to create a global, regenerative, mead ecosystem.

Summit Shares:
Mead Poetry
Mead Making/Brewing
Mead History & Myth

Founder at Honeybee Herbals LLC
Colorado, USA
www.honeybeeherbals.co

I have been on my path with honeybees for 14 years, I am deeply devoted to them and sharing their wisdom with others. I teach and mentor others in natural and sacred beekeeping practices and am passionate about reviving the ancient spiritual traditions around beekeeping as well as being a voice for them in these crucial times to do so. I am also herbalist and began brewing herbal meads five years ago. I have a deep fascination with mead in the ancient world and have followed this thread for many years in my study of beekeeping and apitherapy in the ancient world.

Summit Shares:
Mead History & Myth
Mead Bees & the Environment
Mead & Spirituality

Founder at Drinking Horn Meadery
Flagstaff, AZ
www.drinkinghornmeadery.com

Drinking Horn is a family owned meadery here in the beautiful pines of Flagstaff Arizona. We use local Arizona honey for our meads and have won several medals, including gold medals from the Mazer Cup. We hand craft our mead and can be found all over the state of Arizona! Shipping to 38 states from Drinkinghornmeadery.com

Summit Shares:
How Mead Saves Water

Special Offer for Participants:
10% off Mead Order!

Crafted Artisan Meadery
Mogadore, OH
www.CraftedMead.com

Crafted Artisan Meadery is dedicated to producing highly drinkable, modern mead that is made for everyone. We believe in creativity over tradition. We believe that the quality of the liquid behind our labels is the most important thing to our customers. We believe that making a quality product does not mean taking yourself too serious. And we believe you shouldn’t have to donate plasma to afford a great bottle of mead. We exist to make mead as accessible as possible to as many people as possible and we’re having a blast doing it.

Crafted’s story starts in North Carolina where Kent Waldeck came across mead in Charlie Papazian’s Joy of Home Brewing and made his first batch with honey purchased from a beekeeper selling at a roadside shop near Blowing Rock, North Carolina. It was a rough (but super enjoyable) experience. What started as a random experiment turned into more and more meads being produced with greatly improved results. Between 2009 and 2012 Kent would plan, implement and self-fund Crafted Artisan Meadery with Crafted ultimately opening it’s doors to the public in June of 2012.

Summit Shares
Mead Brewing
Brewery Tour
& More!

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Free Shipping on 6 Bottles or more!

Slaymaker Cellars
Idaho Springs, CO
www.SlayMakerCellars.com

I grew up in the wine industry and was always curious about why fruit wines were so darn sweet. I started homebrewing fruit wines and learned there is nothing wrong with dry fruit wine. This interest eventually lead me to making dry, wine style meads. I had been a distiller and cheesemaker, so meadmaking made sense as a next step. After moving to Idaho Springs, Colorado, my wife and I started Slaymaker Cellars. We are now an award winning, employee owned meadery with statewide distribution, nationwide shipping, and a tasting room in downtown Idaho Springs.

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Summit Shares
Mead History & Myth
Mead Making/Brewing

Special Offer for Participants:
10% Off Mead Order