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Strad Meadery

Meadery in Rancho Cordova, California

4.7★ 139 Google reviews 8th most reviewed of 18 in California

What is mead? Mead is known as honey wine, a beverage made from fermenting honey and water. Strad Meadery was founded in 2011 to replicate the "Nectar of the Gods". We use local honey and natural fruit for all fruit flavored mead that are fruit forward, refreshing and lightly carbonated. All of our meads have an ABV 7.5 - 8%.

Hours

Mon	Closed
Tue	Closed
Wed	3pm – 7pm
Thu	3pm – 7pm
Fri	2pm – 8pm
Sat	12pm – 8pm
Sun	12pm – 6pm

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

Nearest meaderies

Nothing else within 50 miles. The closest are below.

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Black Rabbit Mead Company Reno, Nevada 101 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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