Explore the Making & Tasting of Mead
Our fun, one hour tour brings visitors on a journey through the history of mead. The stories of mead and honey are thousands of years old, and are intertwined with Ireland's myths and legends. Taste the honey that we use to make our delicious mead. Learn all about the making of mead. Enjoy a guided tasting of this refreshingly different drink with our mead experts. Kinsale Mead Co. is Ireland’s first Meadery in 200 years. We love to share our passion and knowledge of all things mead and honey.
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Explore the Making & Tasting of Mead
What's included in Explore the Making & Tasting of Mead
(Subject to Option Inclusions)About Kinsale Meads | Light and Refreshing | Fermented Off dry (12% ABV) Myths & Legends | The evolution of mead through history | Stories about Myths, Legends & Kings in Ireland Bee Judgments & Honey Tasting | Ancient Irish Bee Laws | Tasting of 3 unique raw honeys | Learn about all about bees, honey & biodiversity | Bee to Bottle | Modern mead making from fermentation to bottling | The stories behind our wine & whiskey barrels that we use for maturation Tasting | Sample award-winning meads and cocktails | Kinsale Mead’s best food pairings | Family Run | Kate and Denis Dempsey love to share their passion and knowledge! Kinsale | Bustling harbour town | Gourmet capital of Ireland | Great pubs & restaurants It is also an opportunity to visit our beautiful town of Kinsale with its historic streets, harbour and great restaurants.
Food Menu
MAIN - Selection of Kinsale Mead Co.'s award winning meads
A guided tasting of our award winning meads will conclude the tour.
Inclusions
- Free car parking next to the meadery
- Tour includes guided tasting of our award-winning meads and cocktails in the Meadery’s oak bar tasting room
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- Walking - Leave Kinsale Tourist Office right, take a right and right again. Left up Featherbed Lane, first right, in 50m up the steps/ramp, through the gates, past the Post office. Driving - Turn at the Garage, follow the road over the small roundabout, past Lidl, through the gates - free parking.
