Colorado has one of the deepest mead scenes in the United States, and it is unusually spread out. The meaderies here sit in a long list of different towns rather than one city cluster with a couple of outliers.
Where they are
The Front Range holds most of them. The bulk sit along the I-25 corridor, from Boulder and Loveland in the north down through the Denver suburbs and Castle Rock to Colorado Springs. If you are in Denver, several are inside an hour.
The mountains have a couple. Idaho Springs and Leadville, both easy add-ons to a drive that was already going that way.
The Western Slope has Palisade, the centre of Colorado wine country.
What the numbers look like
The ratings in the box above come straight from the current listings, and they run high even by tasting-room standards. Talon Wines at The Meadery in Palisade and Honnibrook Craft Meadery in Castle Rock carry the most Google reviews in the state, which the list below shows in full.
Redstone Meadery in Boulder is the name most people arrive already knowing. It is one of the older established meaderies in the country and a large part of why Colorado reads as a mead state at all.
Planning a visit
Two of them are the same company. Honnibrook runs both the Mead Cottage in Littleton and the Craft Meadery in Castle Rock, so if you are building a route, treat them as one stop unless you specifically want both.
Palisade is the one worth a special trip. It is Colorado wine country, so a meadery there sits among a lot of other tasting rooms and turns into a full day rather than a single visit.
Check hours before driving. Not every meadery here publishes its hours, and several of the smaller ones open only a few days a week. Every listing below carries a phone number.
Why Colorado specifically
Honest answer: nobody has fully explained it. Colorado combines an established craft drinks culture, a wine region on the Western Slope with the licensing and infrastructure already in place, and a couple of nationally known meaderies that have been operating long enough to make the state visible. Whether that is cause or coincidence is a guess, so treat it as one.
Meaderies12
Towns11
Average rating4.82 from 1557 Google reviews
Hours listed10 of 12
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A modern meadery producing a diverse lineup of creative meads with premium fruit and honey using modern winemaking techniques. Our award-winning meads…
The wolds highest elevation meadery. We take a modern approach to the world's oldest fermented beverage. Using only the best quality honey and real fr…
Dragon Meadery is an award-winning craft meadery, that produces top shelf meads from high quality locally sourced honey. Most recently we took home se…
We make Honey Wine (Mead) in a Rustic Norse Style! Enjoy a glass in our Viking / Nordic themed tasting room and hang out with friends at communal tabl…
At Honnibrook Mead Cottage, a picturesque, turn-of-the-century cottage in Littleton, delight in a wide variety of light and refreshing meads that will…
Severance, Colorado · 4.8★ (31) · hours not listed
We only offer Private Tastings BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. Our Meadery is in a building behind our home. We are a small, 67 time INTERNATIONAL award winningM…
Opened on April 27th, 2024, the Legends Mead Hall offers a warm, inviting space where history, craft, and community come together. Inspired by ancient…
MeadKrieger Meadery and Wine Cellar welcomes you to our Loveland location to enjoy our delicious meads , wines, and ciders. Enjoy our small plates as …
Talon Wines at the Meadery located in Palisade, CO is home to our tasting room and production facility. We have over 25 wines from our three labels: T…
No opinions, just the numbers. The highest rated, busiest and most searched for meaderies in the directory, with the method stated so you can judge it yourself.
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