Superstition Meadery

Superstition Meadery is a meadery, winery and cider house founded in 2012 and based in Prescott, Arizona. As of 2016 they produce 6,000 gallons a year. They won four gold medals and one silver at the 2016 Mazer Cup International mead competition. Availability is localized to Arizona through their distribution partnership with Hensley Beverage Company, with additional direct-to-consumer shipping in 40 U.S. states, and account distribution to 25 U.S. states. They also distribute worldwide in Denmark, Thailand, Japan, and Singapore.

History

Owners Jeff and Jen Herbert began making mead as home-brewers around 2007, and began professional production in 2012 when they entered into an alternating proprietorship with Juniper Well Ranch in Skull Valley, Az. The company opened a production facility and tasting room in the cellar of the Burmister Building in Prescott, Az in 2014.

Business awards

In 2019, Superstition was the Arizona Master Award Winner of the Success Awards by The Arizona Small Business Development Center Network. Superstition was also recognized as the 2019 Arizona Small Business Persons of the year, where they were invited to Washington D.C. to compete for the award of best small business in the United States. They then went on to be awarded the 2019 SBA Small Business Persons of the Year award in the nation's capitol. Other awards include being the recipients of the ASHy award from the Arizona Society of Homebrewers.

Mead and cider awards

Awards from the international Mead Free or Die competition.

Year	Style	Recipient	Award
2016	Stone Fruit	Hera's Orchard	3rd
2016	Melomel	Literary Nonsense	2nd

Awards from the annual Mazer Cup International.

Year	Style	Recipient	Award
2019	Pyment	Aphrodesia Cuvee
2019	Specialty – Semi-Sweet	Contingency: Blanc
2018	Dessert – Semi Sweet	Straw Berry White
2018	Melomel – Dry	Gryphon’s Tart Cherry Cyser
2018	Specialty – Dry	Lagrimas De Oro
2018	Specialty – Semi Sweet	Bourbon Barrel aged Amante
2018	Varietal – Dry	Fauna
2017	Dessert – Semi Sweet	Blue Berry White
2017	Melomel – Dry	Hera's Orchard
2017	Specialty – Dry	Black Rose
2017	Specialty – Semi Sweet	Bourbon Barrel Aged Peanut Butter Jelly Crime
2016	Dessert – Semi Sweet	Black Berry White
2016	Melomel – Dry	Marion
2016	Melomel – Semi Sweet	Endovelicus
2016	Pyment	Aphrodisia
2016	Specialty – Semi Sweet	Amante
2015	Dessert – Semi Sweet	Blood Eagle
2015	Dessert – Sweet	Blue Berry White
2015	Pyment	Aphrodisia
2015	Varietal – Sweet	Super Bee
2014	Dessert – Sweet	Berry White
2014	Pyment	Aphrodisia
2014	Traditional – Sweet	Ragnarok
2013	Specialty – Dry	Lagrimas De Oro

Product line

Superstition's product line features over 85 different meads, "including brews created with blackberries, Belgian dark candi sugar and vanilla beans, all predominantly aged in American oak, as well as bourbon, wine, craft beer and port barrels." Staples include traditional meads like Lagrimas de Oro, melomels like the berry-based Marion and mango-based Ragnarok, a vanilla metheglin called Tahitian Honeymoon, and grape-based pyments like Aphrodisia. Superstition also produces heavier dessert meads, like the White Series: barrel aged meads with one of four berry juices and white chocolate.