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High Seas Mead

Meadery in Santa Barbara, California

4.8★ 33 Google reviews 13th most reviewed of 18 in California

Meadery and Cidery in Santa Barbara, CA. Focused on craft, quality, and passion.

Hours

Mon Closed
Tue Closed
Wed Closed
Thu 2pm – 8pm
Fri 12pm – 8pm
Sat 12pm – 8pm
Sun 12pm – 8pm

Hours come from public listing data and can change. Call ahead before travelling.

Nearest meaderies

1 other meadery within 50 miles of High Seas Mead.

Distances are straight line from the listed addresses, not driving distance.

New to mead?

What Is a Meadery?

A meadery is a place that makes mead, which is wine made from honey. Here is what that means in practice, and what you will find if you walk into one.

Is Mead Wine or Beer?

Mead is wine. It ferments from honey rather than grain, and federal law regulates it under the wine rules, even when it is poured in a taproom that feels like a brewery.

Mead Tasting: What to Expect on Your First Meadery Visit

What a mead tasting actually involves: flights, prices, how to order, whether you can tour the production side, and what to check before you drive out.

Types of Mead Explained

Melomel, metheglin, cyser, braggot. The words on a meadery tasting list all mean the same thing: mead, plus whatever went in alongside the honey.

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