Distilling From Honey Offers Top-Shelf Taste
by National Honey Board on January 18, 2019
In the distilled spirits world, the name and classification of a spirit is often determined by the type of base sugar used. Brandy is distilled from fruit, rum from molasses, tequila from agave, and whiskey from a mixture of corn, rye, wheat and barley.
However, what do you call a spirit distilled from honey? And, did you know there was even such a thing?
Local honey spirit is buzzing in Madison
from Madison Magazine– May 04, 2018
When Dominic DeSano’s life and business partner, Laura DiJulius, invited him to visit Bahia, Brazil, they both fell in love with the region’s honey. . . .
Honey of a Wisconsin spirit is born in Brazil
from Journal Sentinel– March 16, 2018
When Dominic DeSano found himself a divorced carpenter without his workshop, he needed something to keep busy. Working at Willy Street Co-Op, he’d met some beekeepers and he ended up with honey. He started making mead.
In 2014, DeSano and his partner, Laura DiJulius, traveled to Brazil. They happened to be in a region with a major honey source, and using the honey and local fruits, he made more mead.
Salud! Meloz, a new honey spirit, pollinates Madison’s cocktail scene
from The Cap Times– Oct 9, 2017
When local entrepreneur Dominic DeSano introduced a new honey spirit to the Madison market, he tried to resist the puns.
With that little bee on the label, they were just so easy. So sweet.
“I wanted to get a little buzz going,” DeSano said, then half-sheepishly brought up another potential tagline: “From mead to you?”
Interview on local TV show (Talk of the Town, 2017)
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