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SunsetHeights Meadery and Apiary

An up and coming Meadery making a splash in New Brunswick is SunsetHeights, owned by husband-wife duo: John Way and Deb Wilson. Located in McLeod Hill, New Brunswick, they produce small-batch, artisan, limited-edition meads. McLeaod Hill is a small community just north of Fredericton. They released their first mead in 2014.

John is the head mead maker at Sunset Heights Meadery. He is responsible for developing our recipes, producing new batches, aging, sourcing fresh local ingredients, and more. He began brewing over twenty-five years ago, and soon afterwards, began to develop a wine-based drink (which would later become a mead-based drink and evolve into Pollen Angels) for Deb to drink. He continued producing craft beverages at home and several years ago, discovered the mead revival. After learning how to make mead from some of the top mead makers in North America, John launched Sunset Heights Meadery.

As head beekeeper, Deb manages the apiary at Sunset Heights. She is in charge of everything bee-related. For example, Deb ensures the bees have sufficient foraging materials such as flowers for nectar and trees for sap. She relocates hives if necessary, checks them periodically for disease or problems, and studies modern beekeeping techniques to find the most gentle and humane ways for us to coexist with our bees. She also manages the gardens and plants that feed the bees.

They produce a wide range of wonderful drinks are made. From classic meads, cysers (apple mead), blueberry meads, and hopped meads to their line of sparkling meads and mixers they call Pollen Angels. They have won an number of awards for their meads. Pollen Angels is a very popular award wining sparkling mead.

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