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Pips Meadery / The Parlor at Pips Meadery

Meadery in Gurnee, Illinois

5★ 107 Google reviews 5th most reviewed of 10 in Illinois

Pips Meadery is a craft cocktail bar and meadery in Gurnee, Illinois featuring award-winning meads, handcrafted cocktails, events, and a comfortable lounge atmosphere. Whether you're looking for a unique date night, a place to gather with friends, or an introduction to mead, The Parlor at Pips offers rotating drinks, knowledgeable staff, and a one-of-a-kind experience in Lake County.

Hours

Mon	Closed
Tue	Closed
Wed	Closed
Thu	4pm – 9pm
Fri	2pm – 10pm
Sat	12pm – 10pm
Sun	11am – 3pm

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

Nearest meaderies

3 other meaderies within 50 miles of Pips Meadery / The Parlor at Pips Meadery.

Standard Meadery Villa Park, Illinois 34 miles
Obscurity Brewing and Craft Mead Elburn, Illinois 43 miles
Wild Blossom Meadery and Winery Chicago, Illinois 47 miles
Foxes Den Meadery Yorkville, Illinois 57 miles
Manic Mead. Wine. Cider Crown Point, Indiana 73 miles
Small Memories Winery and Meadery Ottawa, Illinois 86 miles

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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