Our Process
We source local fruits, flowers and herbs from small North Carolina farms. We hand select the best honey from local apiaries and from around the world to make our meads.
Each mead is hand-crafted with care, and hand bottled, one bottle at a time.
Our meads are layered with flavor and nuance, using modern fermentation techniques. We carefully source our ingredients to create delicious flavor combinations that express the natural world. Each mead is hand-crafted with care, and hand bottled, one bottle at a time.
Honeygirl Meadery is a woman-founded, LGBTQ-founded small business located in the American Tobacco Campus in downtown Durham. Our small team works hard to craft our meads and create a special experience for all to enjoy the unique expression of terroir that comes from fermenting with honey.
About Our Owner
Robby (Rob-Bee) Battle
Robert Battle began his career in the craft beverage industry in Lexington NC in 2014 at craft beer bar and music venue.
I was always fascinated with the story behind the beverage.
Moving from behind the bar, into production of craft cider, the passion for beverage truly took shape. After spending several years getting to know the ends and outs of the cider industry, Robby moved to mead and working alongside Diane (Honeygirl’s founder) and William (Honeygirl’s head meadmaker). When Diane decided to retire in 2023, Robby was given the opportunity to carry on the traditions started by Diane at Honeygirl.
Robby Battle
Owner
About Our Team
William Costen
Head Fermentation Master
Kat Obrien
Assistant Fermentation Master
Margo Young
Tasting Room Manager & Lead Marketing Associate
Kelsey Smith
Tasting Room Associate & Event Associate
Haley Salois
Lead Tasting Room Associate & Event Associate
Alyssa Florwick
Tasting Room Associate & Event Associate
T. Hunter
Tasting Room Associate & Event Associate
Anna James
Tasting Room Associate & Event Associate
About Our Founder
Diane Currier
I became interested in mead in 2004 while visiting my sister, who introduced me to mead at Ring of Fire Meadery. There I tasted a mead made with the honey from the local fireweed flower. We had been out hiking through a gorgeous field of fireweed flowers that morning, and then there we were, drinking it that afternoon. The connection was very powerful, and the experience really stuck with me.
We had been out hiking through a gorgeous field of fireweed flowers that morning, and then there we were, drinking it that afternoon.
I was home brewing in Durham at the time, and always invited a group of friends to come hang out and help out with the making, bottling, and of course, drinking. After the Alaska experience we made lots of mead. And everyone really liked it. True, when you give your friends alcohol, they usually really like it. So when my hibiscus lemonthyme mead won a ribbon at the 2012 NC State Fair Wine Competition, it was enough external validation to tip the balance, and the seeds of Honeygirl Meadery were planted.
Diane retired in 2023.
Diane Currier
Founder
