Peterborough company seeks alcohol license to sell mead wine from garden shed in Walton
A company that makes mead wine has applied for a licence that will enable it to sell its medieval-styled fayre to the general public.
Random Access Meadery LTD applied to Peterborough City Council for a premises licence on March 22.
The licensable activities it applied for were the “the sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises.”
Describing itself as “a premier meadery in the UK,” the company is keen to bring back the ancient art of mead-making.
Also known as ‘honey wine,’ mead is an ancient alcoholic beverage which is created by fermenting honey with water, sometimes enhanced with fruits, spices, or grains. It is thought to have been drunk across the British Isles from more than a thousand years ago.
“We take pride in our deep-rooted passion for the ancient craft of mead making,” the company says on its website.
“By blending time-honoured tradition with modern creativity, we transform the simplest ingredients: honey, water, and yeast into something extraordinary.”
According to the licence application, Random Access Meadery intends to make its mead within a “converted lockable outbuilding (shed)” located within a secure private residential garden.
“The building has been adapted to provide a food-safe and secure environment for the small-scale production of mead and other alcoholic beverages produced through the fermentation process.”
The application makes it clear that the general public will not visit the site of production, and that all transactions will take place online.
“There will be no public access to the premises, with all sales conducted online and fulfilled via courier services.”
Anyone wishing to have their say on this application has until May 20 to make representations in writing to Peterborough City Council’s Licensing Section at Sand Martin House.