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 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 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 Currier
Founder
About Our Team
Robby Battle
Owner & Manager
Lauren Blum
Production Assistant
William Costen
Head Meadmaker
Jack Currier
Production Asssistant
Claire Roth
Tasting Room Associate
Sophie Roth
Tasting Room Associate
Margo Young
Farmers Market & Event Associate
Kelsey Smith
Tasting Room Associate & Event Associate
Our Goals
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To make great experiences for all our guests
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To create high quality, hand-made meads from simple ingredients
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To promote and support beekeeping and honeybees
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To improve the bees’ natural habitats with more pollinator gardens
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To honor and elevate the traditional domestic arts that are the basis of the sustainability movement… using what is available wisely and creatively.
