Name: Green Drinks: Pollinators and Pints with Silver Hand Meadery
Start: 2025-09-09T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-09T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Coastal Fermentory Uptown

Green Drinks: Pollinators and Pints with Silver Hand Meadery

Join the Newport News Green Foundation on Tuesday, September 9 at 6:00 p.m. at Coastal Fermentory Uptown (12515 Jefferson Ave.) to hear from Sam Straight, Alchemist and Co-Owner of Silver Hand Meadery!
Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, Silver Hand Meadery (https://www.silverhandmeadery.com/) is on a mission to rediscover and reimagine one of the most historic fermented drinks found on Earth: mead! Learn how this ancient honey-based beverage is crafted, from hive to fermentation, and discover how Silver Hand Mead incorporates eco-conscious practices into their process.
Guests will enjoy a free tasting of mead and honey!
REGISTER AT: https://bit.ly/GreenDrinksSept9
This Green Drinks event is FREE and open to the public. Members of the Green Foundation get one free drink ticket! Not a member yet? Sign up when you register at the link above!
About Sam Straight:
Samuel Straight PhD is co-owner and Director of Production at Silver Hand Meadery in Williamsburg VA. He earned his doctorate in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Rochester in Rochester NY providing him a solid understanding of fermentation among other topics. He later discovered his passion for craft beverages during his tenure at the University of Michigan as a researcher and educator. As an avid homebrewer, Sam honed his skills at creating exceptional beer, cider and mead for almost two decades before joining Silver Hand Meadery as meadmaker and “alchemist” (as some customers have dubbed him). Since 2020, Sam and his team have crafted award-winning meads and ciders that have led Silver Hand Meadery to be one of the largest and most awarded meaderies in Virginia, distributing throughout the Commonwealth and shipping to customers across the United States. Since 2015, we have sought to rediscover, reimagine and reinvent mead, to make it current and relevant for today. Our mission is simple: To create exceptional meads and unique experiences so that our guests can savor what is good together.
About the Newport News Green Foundation:
The Green Foundation is a local nonprofit organization whose mission is to transform, preserve, and promote green spaces in the City of Newport News. Visit their website to learn more: nngreen.com.
Green Drinks is a speaker series focused on health, wellness, and the environment.