While serving up Hive & Barrel at the Maysville Uncorked Wine Festival, one couple thought it would be an excellent idea to pair our meads with a small restaurant in Augusta named Beehive. Since mead is made from honey, it was a pretty cute suggested match.

Heading out Sunday, we decided to take a 20 minute detour along the Ohio River and check out the restaurant for lunch. I was told sometimes you need to make reservations, so I booked a table for 11:15 since we were both starving. Literally 15 minutes after they opened.

As we were eating George Clooney’s parents walked in to wish someone a happy birthday. All the customers were excited and getting their photos taken with them. We did not. It was so funny as the Clooney couple was walking out, they looked over at my George and said “Hi George”. So causal and cool. My man, so humble and kind.

We ended up giving the bartender some mead to play with and after we walked around the block, the bartender waved us back in to try his concoctions. His cocktails were amazing! All the staff were raving about the meads and I would love it if they ended up buying some and highlighting it at their establishment. So fun seeing and sampling this bartender’s quick creativity.

When I drove onto the ferry I was the only car on board. A young man came up and asked for the $5.00 fee, but I found out they didn’t take cards, only cash, which I had none. I panicked and called George who I was hoping hadn’t taken off yet. Thankfully he went down and paid the man when the ferry returned. Such a gentleman, always taking care of me.