Aurum Mead
Aurum Mead. Award-winning producer specializing in premium honey meads created for fine dining. Emphasizes innovation in the fine wine market, combining Australian honey with sustainable fermentation practices. Founder Louis Costa is a winemaker, brewer and passionate meadmaker who previously worked in French vineyards.
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Style & Specialties
Competition
Focused heavily on medalling in competitions to validate the quality of their mead.
White Mead
Melomel
The broad category for mead fermented with fruit.
Pyment
Mead made specifically with grape juice or grape must.
Terroir-Driven
Focuses on regionality and expression of place; using only honey, water, and adjuncts sourced from a specific geographic radius. Emphasizes single-region honey sourcing, minimal blending across regions, restraint in adjuncts that override origin, and emphasis on floral and environmental expression.
Traditional Mead
Honey, water, and yeast only. No added flavors.
Experimental
Known for producing meads with experimental flavors.
Hydromel (Session Mead)
Mead with low alcohol content, typically designed for easy drinking and higher refreshment profile.
Barrel-Aged Mead
Mead that is matured in wooden barrels (oak or similar) for flavor extraction and structural development.
Sparkling Mead
Mead that is intentionally carbonated, either through secondary fermentation or forced carbonation.
Still Mead
Mead that is non-carbonated and not intentionally effervescent.
Hyper-Local
Sources honey within a very tight radius of where the mead is produced and consumed.
Bochet Mead
Mead made using caramelized or burnt honey that is heated prior to fermentation, producing deep toffee, molasses, and roasted sugar notes.
Wild Fermented Mead
Mead fermented using non-commercial yeast strains from the environment or raw materials.
Sustainability-Focused
Prioritizes organic honey, sustainable beekeeping practices, and minimal-intervention production.
Honey Varietals
Clover
Light, clean, sweet, vanilla-like softness, extremely neutral base honey
Manuka
Strong medicinal, earthy, slightly bitter herbal depth
Sage
Light herbal floral, slightly savory, clean dry finish
Blueberry
Soft berry aromatics, gentle acidity, light floral honey backbone
Strawberry
Very subtle berry aroma, light floral sweetness, delicate finish
Guava
Musky tropical sweetness, dense fruit aroma, high aromatic intensity