Grey Owl Meadery
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Buck Lake, Alberta · Own site · greyowlmeadery.com
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Modern meads from the Alberta foothills, from the traditional Spring mead and a Bochet Vanilla to Haskap, Raspberry and Cranberry Orange melomels, Pinot and Chardonnay pyments, a bubbly Cherry Sunset, a port-style Spirited Blackberry and a Krupnikas honey liqueur, made at their farm meadery near Buck Lake.
Grey Owl's still meads (HTS 2206.00.90), sparkling Cherry Sunset mead (HTS 2206.00.60) and Krupnikas honey liqueur (HTS 2208.70.00) can no longer ship to the US since the import ban of September 29, 2026, which followed a 50% duty from August 22 to September 28, 2026.Source: whitehouse.gov, Sep 8, 2026
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Made in Canada
Grey Owl describes itself as "a family-run meadery near Buck Lake, Alberta, built on the farm," making "modern meads with locally sourced clover and wildflower honey," including a Haskap mead "made with summer honey and Alberta Haskaps."
On the tariff list
- HTS 2206.00.60 · Effervescent wine, nesoi · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
"Cherry Sunset" is listed as a "Lightly carbonated mead", "A refreshing bubbly mead made with Alberta-grown cherries and wildflower honey"; an effervescent non-grape wine falls under this line.
- HTS 2206.00.90 · Fermented beverages (other than grape wine, beer, cider, prune wine, sake, vermouth or other effervescent wines) · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
"Spring" is "A traditional mead made from honey harvested in spring" at "12% alc/vol" in a 750 ml bottle; still honey-based meads fall under this line.
- HTS 2208.70.00 · Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 percent vol.; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages, Liqueurs and cordials · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
"Krupnikas" is a "Honey liqueur" at "41.5% alc/vol", "A Lithuanian-style honey liqueur blended with local wheat spirit"; liqueurs fall under this line.
Rates are the additional US duty under Section 338. About the tariffs
Sources
- greyowlmeadery.com · accessed 2026-09-29
Grey Owl is a family-run meadery near Buck Lake, Alberta, built on the farm and shaped by the foothills around it.
- greyowlmeadery.com · accessed 2026-09-29
We make modern meads with locally sourced clover and wildflower honey, then invite people to slow down over a tasting, a meal, and the view.
- greyowlmeadery.com · accessed 2026-09-29
THE TASTING ROOM IS OPEN Thursday–Saturday · 11–7 | Sunday–Monday · 11–5
- greyowlmeadery.com · accessed 2026-09-29
Online ordering is not available yet. Visit the tasting room, find a retail partner, or email us about current selections.
- greyowlmeadery.com · accessed 2026-09-29
A bright red, red-wine-style Haskap mead with notes of cherry and spice, made with summer honey and Alberta Haskaps.
- greyowlmeadery.com · accessed 2026-09-29
A refreshing bubbly mead made with Alberta-grown cherries and wildflower honey.
- greyowlmeadery.com · accessed 2026-09-29
A Lithuanian-style honey liqueur blended with local wheat spirit and 13 hand-selected old-world spices.
- greyowlmeadery.com · accessed 2026-09-29
"name": "DD's Liquor Barn", "type": "Retail shop", "address": "602 Lakeshore Dr", "city": "Buck Lake", "province": "AB"
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