{"title":"Brewlihan","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrewlihan is a meadery in Oakland Park, Florida, founded by John and Stacey Hoolihan. It started as a private members' club. They are known for full-flavoured meads with lots of fruit, including the lighter, sparkling Serums. At Hoptimaal you'll find meads from 6 to 14 percent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!--verhaal--\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFrom home brewer to meadery in Oakland Park\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn and Stacey Hoolihan founded Brewlihan in August 2022 as a private, club-based business in Oakland Park, Florida. The members are called the Lab, a nod to John's past as a science teacher. The taproom opened in March 2023, and a sign there reads 'Everybody love everybody'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn came to mead through beer. He regularly queued at J. Wakefield in Miami, brewed at home, and tasted his first mead there. His first attempt to recreate Schramm's The Statement failed completely: friends said it tasted like medicine. He asked mead maker Ryan Carlson for help and carried on methodically. As a hobbyist he won several people's choice awards at local homebrew events. In 2019 he was the first homebrewer J. Wakefield invited to WakeFest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFruit, feedback and the Serums\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe members of the Lab want strong, full-flavoured, still meads, the kind that got John excited himself. For the taproom he also developed the Serums: lighter, sparkling meads. Demand for Serum grew, and in mid-2024 Brewlihan expanded its tank capacity. As a result, production went from around 10 to around 100 barrels of mead per month.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCustomer feedback plays a big part in experimenting with recipes and fruit. According to Hoolihan, quality has not declined during the growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBrewlihan at Hoptimaal\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt Hoptimaal we have had two meads from Brewlihan, and both are now in stock. They come in 35.5 and 37.5 cl packaging and range in strength from 6 to 14 percent. Highly rated on Untappd are Brewlihan Harmonic Intervals and Brewlihan Serum: Boysenberry Peanut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMead is not beer, but you treat it in a similar way. You drink the lighter, sparkling Serums chilled. With the stronger meads closer to 14 percent, take your time: pour a smaller glass and let the flavour open up slowly. A bottle of just over a third of a litre is also easy to share.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!--faq--\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere does Brewlihan come from?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrewlihan comes from Oakland Park in Florida, America. John and Stacey Hoolihan founded the meadery in August 2022 as a private members' club. The taproom opened in March 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat kind of beer does Brewlihan make?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrewlihan doesn't make beer but mead. The members of the club get strong, still meads. There is also a range of lighter, sparkling meads with fruit, the Serums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is a Serum from Brewlihan?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Serum is a lighter, sparkling mead that John Hoolihan developed for the taproom. Demand for it grew so fast that Brewlihan added extra tank capacity in 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"brewlihan-harmonic-intervals","title":"Brewlihan Harmonic Intervals","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuckleberry, elderberry and Zinfandel come together in this pyment from Brewlihan, a mead built on honey and grape and aged in an ex-Zinfandel barrel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mix of berries, grape and barrel ageing points to a fruit-driven, wine-like mead with added depth from the wood. At 14% ABV it is a robust mead, best sipped slowly as it warms in the glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBrewery\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarmonic Intervals comes from Brewlihan in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brewlihan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53843716800857,"sku":null,"price":84.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/0076\/4249\/files\/1-087-Photoroom_21a739a7-4e06-43f9-8127-e7ccaa623972.png?v=1733945302"},{"product_id":"brewlihan-serum-boysenberry-peanut","title":"Brewlihan Serum: Boysenberry Peanut","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eSerum: Boysenberry Peanut from Brewlihan is a mead from the USA that, going by its name, puts boysenberry and peanut front and centre. At 6% ABV and 355 ml, it sits in the Mead - Session \/ Short category.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name points to boysenberry and peanut, so expect those two to show up on the nose and palate. How sweet, tart or dry the mead turns out, and how full it feels, is not specified, so the glass will have to tell how fruit and nut come together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBrewery\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis mead comes from Brewlihan in the USA.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brewlihan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54458976895321,"sku":null,"price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/0076\/4249\/files\/1-61-Photoroom_043b04e2-fcdb-4f7e-a20b-eecaa9d7a07c.png?v=1744817155"}],"url":"https:\/\/hoptimaal.com\/en\/collections\/brewlihan.oembed","provider":"Hoptimaal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}