From boisedev.com
Idaho: A new brewery is set to open this month and expects to be a new community hangout spot with a medieval twist.
Noble Mead is opening at 9165 W Chinden Blvd in Garden City in the old Brown Beard Brewing Company location.
Anthony Duer, one of the three owners of Noble Mead, is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He has a background in manufacturing and engineering, and decided to move into what he calls a “new adventure with brewing.” The other owners are James John Buongiovanni III and Blake Espedal.
Duer said that the brewing started at home as a hobby during COVID, but when he and his friends (now business partners and owners) started to brew together, and the hobby started generating ideas of becoming a real business.
Noble Mead is a mead hall that not only produces mead from scratch, but it also offers local beer, local cider, and a handful of other non-alcoholic beverages.
“We also produce braggot, and braggot is a hybrid between a mead and a beer,” Duer said. “A mead is just fermented honey, water, and yeast, like wine is with grapes and water. Then, a braggot is kind of like a kind of beer.”
Duer said that Noble Mead is a community center for people to come together and hang out.
The location of Noble Mead was offered to Duer by the owner of Brown Beard Brewing and he said it came at the perfect time.
“Beard offered us that location. He was already planning on downsizing to focus more on distribution and spending more time with his daughter,” Duer said. “…it allows Noble Mead to have a start issue.”
The theme of the mead hall is medieval. The inside has elements of castles, large tapestries on the walls, and the vibe of the inside takes its inspiration from wooden taverns. The community can also enjoy live music occasionally from local bands and artists.
The grand opening of Noble Mead is Saturday, March 28 at 2:00 p.m., and it will be open every week from Wednesday through Saturday.
Duer said his short term goal is to continue to grow and support the community. As for a long term goal, he hopes to eventually grow to the point where Noble Mead can be distributed throughout the greater Northwest area of the country so it can be enjoyed across multiple states.
“Future plans right now in the next few years, is just establishing our name and outreach within the community and the area,” Duer said.
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