Chinook Honey Company & Chinook Arch Meadery
Chinook Honey Company & Chinook Arch Meadery, est. 1995. First honey winery in Alberta. Started as beekeeping hobby in 1995 with two hives, opened retail store in 2004, added mead production in 2007. Closed retail store in 2023 to focus on mead. Online ordering and pickup available.
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Style & Specialties
Estate
The meadery operates its own apiaries. They manage the bees and the land, ensuring total control from flower to bottle.
Competition
Focused heavily on medalling in competitions to validate the quality of their mead.
Berry Mead
A Melomel specifically using soft berries (raspberry, blackberry, etc.).
Metheglin
Mead flavored with spices or herbs (cinnamon, vanilla, hops, etc.).
Cyser
Mead made specifically with apple juice/cider.
Melomel
The broad category for mead fermented with fruit.
Pyment
Mead made specifically with grape juice or grape must.
Traditional Mead
Honey, water, and yeast only. No added flavors.
Braggot
A hybrid of mead and beer (fermented with both honey and malted grain).
Hydromel (Session Mead)
Mead with low alcohol content, typically designed for easy drinking and higher refreshment profile.
Spiced Mead
Mead where dry spices define the dominant aromatic and flavor structure, typically warm, resinous, or baking-spice profiles.
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.
Honey Varietals
Clover
Light, clean, sweet, vanilla-like softness, extremely neutral base honey
Cranberry
Tart, thin-bodied, sharp acidity, light red berry aroma
Sage
Light herbal floral, slightly savory, clean dry finish
Alfalfa
Mild floral-hay character, slightly herbal, very clean and neutral sweetness
Buckwheat
Very dark, strong molasses, earthy, iron/mineral-heavy, malt-like depth
Peppermint
Cooling menthol, sharp herbal freshness, clean finish