Rabbits Foot Meadery

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Rabbit's Foot Meadery
Company typePrivate
Industry Alcoholic beverages
Founded1995
FounderMichael Faul
Headquarters,
United States
Key people
Michael Faul
Products Mead
Production output
60,000 gallons
OwnerMichael Faul
Website www.rabbitsfootmeadery.com [ dead link ]

Rabbit's Foot Meadery is a meadery and winery founded in Sunnyvale, California, United States, and located in Sutter Creek, California.

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History

Rabbit's Foot Meadery was founded in 1995 when Michael Faul of Sunnyvale, California began producing commercial versions of many historical recipes for brewing mead. Faul is credited with the expansion of the modern commercial mead making industry along with David Myers of Redstone Meadery in Boulder, Colorado. [1] [2]

Rabbit's Foot Meadery has won numerous awards and is known throughout the industry as a leader and innovator. [3] Rabbit's Foot Meadery was the first company to produce commercially viable versions of cyser and braggot to create styles of mead from historical recipes. [4]

The company is well known for producing articles on the production of mead and has been featured on national television and radio and notably on the internet radio talk show The Brewing Network where he provides a wealth of information to home mead makers and commercial producers alike. [5]

The Sunnyvale location of Rabbit's Foot Meadery closed in 2021 [6] and no longer operates a public tasting room in Sunnyvale. Their new location operates near the Sierra foothills town of Sutter Creek.

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References

  1. Paul Meadist (26 August 2013). "Mead Movement: Rabbit's Foot Meadery". meadist.com. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  2. Jon Swaine (29 December 2010). "Mead popular again for first time since Beowulf". The Telegraph. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  3. Greg Kitsock (1 January 2003). "Let Me Call You Honey". All About Beer Magazine. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  4. Evan Peter Erlich (19 February 2004). "Seeking a taste of the past?" . Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  5. The Brewing Network (13 July 2008). "Braggot and Mead". The Brewing Network. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  6. Linda Zavoral (4 February 2021). "After 25 years, Rabbit's Foot Meadery moving from Sunnyvale to Sierra foothills". San Jose Mercury News.
  7. "Cider Competition Central — 2017 California Cider and MASICC". www.californiacidercompetition.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  8. http://mazercup.com/mcimc_commercial_results.html
  9. 2016 International Mead Festival Awards at the Wayback Machine (archived November 9, 2016)
  10. "2017 Commercial Competition Results - The Mazer Cup International Mead Competition". 12 March 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2018.