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Prince Edward Island is located on the east coast of Canada with a population of approximately 139,000 residents. Prince Edward Island, is the smallest of the Canadian provinces both in size and population . While it is densely populated, it is not overcrowded. The Province is also called 'PEI', or simply 'The Island'. The capital city is Charlottetown The Island is 224 kilometers long and is connected to the mainland by the Confederation Bridge which is the world's longest bridge (12.9 km) over ice covered waters.

The climate on Prince Edward Island is milder than the Canadian mainland due to the warm waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence surround it. This makes for damp conditions throughout the year. The Island receives an average yearly rainfall of 868 mm and an average yearly snowfall of 340 cm. The Island enjoys an average temperature of -7C (19F ) in January, and 19C (67F) in July.

Summers are quite warm, but rarely humid. Daytime temperatures are usually in the 20's (70's) and can go as high as 32 degrees C. (90 degree F.). Summer days and evenings have a refreshing breeze. July and August are the warmest and driest months

Horns of Odin Craft Brewery Inc PEI

13272 St Peters Rd
Bedford

Located about 17-20 minutes outside of Charlottetown the meadery is owned by Chuck Gallison. Chuck is the the mead maker; He has a Bachelor of Science degree, from UPEI. He has been married 35 plus years with 4 kids. He is a soccar coach.

The Meadery was started after a trip to Iceland, with family … We visited a few local pubs and breweries sampling mead, once back home, Chuck started making mead, for fun … After several months/year of trying and getting good feedback and then retiring from a long career, he investigated opening a small store/brewery, it took another half a year to find a location, through a friend, buying equipment, fruit contacts (some even were local friends, with fruit trees) The meadery officialy opened in August 2021.

Chuck chose the name as they are interested in Viking History and their family name, has been traced back to the Scandinavian Countries, via Ireland

They have 180 hives. A local Bee keeper came on board with us, and has helped in learning the whole process, this has been a great bonus to running the meadery, They use our own honey product. They produce Melomel meads.

Philosophy To make a good quality locally sourced mead, for the members of the island and those that stop in from away, and want to try something a little different

Island Honey Wine Company

820 Millboro Rd
Wheatley River, P.E.I

The meadey opened in 2017 owned by Charles Lipnicki and his wife Laura. Theyhad been looking for an escape from the daily grind of his job as a salesman. On a visit to PEI Laura remaked. Their farm is named "La Serena Farm" where the Island Honey Wine Company stands today.

"You know Charles I really envy the people that live in Prince Edward Island … they're never more than 20 minutes from the ocean, they have these fertile rolling fields, wonderful farmland … it's a beautiful place to live, the people are so warm … I would love to be one of those people,'"

They produce a Traditional dessert Mead, Haskap berry Mead, Wildflower Honey Mead, Lavender Mead, and Apple Mead.

We have a small apiary on our farm and we work with 2 other beekeepers to have the best product we can find. We never pasteurize our honey, our lavender and haskap is certified organic and grown on site. We have planted many flowering shrubs and trees to ensure a future with many flowers all season long. Sheep are used to mow the lavender field and the haskap orchard and ducks are used to control insects that are attracted to the orchard. We are growing a heritage apple orchard in the hopes of one day being able to offer a unique taste profile through an apple cyser mead. We love farming and the mead business because we can share our products and our farm experience with our guests. It is rewarding to serve them a product when they can see the ingredients growing while looking out the tasting room window. True Prince Edward Island terroir.

They are located about 15 minutes from the Charlottetown

Beekeeper / Meadmaker Charles Lipnicki
Philosophy: Use the purest local ingredients and try to make the business model environmentally sustainable

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