Hellbender Meadery, LLC

09/14/2013

The Green Tea and Mint is ready!

11/08/2012

11/07/2012

Today is a beautiful day! We met with Blackberry Creek Retreat Bed & Breakfast, they are going to do a blog about us. Mark and Dixie are two wonderful people. Thank you for coming out!

11/05/2012

We are so happy to be a part of the AHA's teach a friend to homebrew day! Thank you to everyone that came out, Beerknobers, Joplin Homebrew Club and Ozarks Home brewery. We really enjoy being a part of the local homebrew movement.

- Music, food from your favorite area restaurants, and of course, samples of unique beers from microbreweries and distributors from across the Midwest. Taking place at the Shrine Mosque (601 St. Louis Street.)

11/02/2012

This Saturday Hellbender Meadery will be participating in open house at the Home Brewery in Ozark. Our head mead maker Todd Rock, will be doing mead demonstrations, there will also be beer demonstrations. Come out and see us, you can't pass up bratwurst and homebrew samples! See you there!

10/31/2012

This is a picture that we took this morning. Sasquatch is taking pictures of the Meadery. He has been stalking us since he tried our mead.

10/29/2012

"When a hellbender finds an appetizing meal it uses its powerful suctioning jaws to slurp up and swallow the prey whole. Though hellbenders can swim they prefer to crawl along stream beds. The salamander's stocky legs and rudder-like tail p
ropel it against strong currents, keeping the animal grounded to its aquatic surroundings. Hellbenders have several predators such as reptiles and birds, and have developed brown and blotchy skin to help create camouflage against rocks for protection.

Hellbenders are an endangered species due to urban development and pollution due to agricultural runoff. Hellbenders require cool, clean water to survive and poor water quality has substantially affected reproductive rates amongst the species. Chemical contaminants have caused lower fertilization and egg development rates. Also researchers have discovered hellbenders born with deformities that include fused toes, tumors and lesions, as well as missing eyes, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation. Populations in Missouri and Arkansas have seen a 70 percent decline in numbers since 1990, notes the Saint Louis Zoo."

Everyone and everything is affected by poor water quality. Water quality is important for crop irrigation, water supplies and other recreation.

To read more facts about the Hellbender Salamander and other animals or water quality in the ozarks check out the Missouri Conservation Department or the Missouri Stream Team website.

...Hellbender. Video of ahellbenderin the wild. Cryptobranchus alleganiensis.Family: Cryptobranchidae (giantsalamanders) in the order Caudata....

10/25/2012

We got our growlers today!

10/24/2012

Greyhawk Security started our alarm system today... we will be PROTECTED!

10/23/2012

The Meadery could not be in a more perfect place. Rogersville, MO is absolutely stunning in the fall. There are endless beautiful orange, red, yellow and green trees lining the horizon and it sets the tone for a peaceful working environment. We hope everyone is enjoying this day, it's a good one!