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The Hive Salon and Meadery

Meadery in Hudson, Iowa

5★ 27 Google reviews

The Hive is part salon part Lounge. One side offers the amenities of a hair salon, the other side has plenty of seats, televisions and drinks. Come check out our selection of Mead (honey wine)

Hours

Mon	Closed
Tue	11am – 10pm
Wed	11am – 10pm
Thu	11am – 10pm
Fri	11am – 12am
Sat	11am – 12am
Sun	Closed

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

Nearest meaderies

1 other meadery within 50 miles of The Hive Salon and Meadery.

3 Drunk Brothers Meadery Marble Rock, Iowa 44 miles
Sugar Creek Vineyard and Meadery Fountain, Minnesota 94 miles
Mead King Rock Springs, Wisconsin 148 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.