Explore the Making & Tasting of Mead

From€25
1 hour
Cork, Ireland

Full description

Our fun, one hour tour brings visitors on a journey through the history of mead. The stories of mead and honey are thousands of years old, and are intertwined with Ireland's myths and legends. Taste the honey that we use to make our delicious mead. Learn all about the making of mead. Enjoy a guided tasting of this refreshingly different drink with our mead experts. Kinsale Mead Co. is Ireland’s first Meadery in 200 years. We love to share our passion and knowledge of all things mead and honey.

Included / Excluded

  • Free car parking next to the meadery
  • Tour includes guided tasting of our award-winning meads and cocktails in the Meadery’s oak bar tasting room

Meeting point

Start Location

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Cancellation policy

Free cancellation up to 1 days before the activity starts

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Accessible
  • Stroller Accessible
  • Service Animals Allowed

Traveler reviews

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Great family experience.

Wonderful experience right there just above Kinsale. Cara, our host, led us through the history of mead making in Ireland, how it was forgotten, and how it may Make a comeback in Ireland. All while seeing how it’s made and the opportunity to sample and take some home. Thank you, Cara.

AnonymousAug 15, 2026TRIPADVISOR

Tour and tasting

Excellent, very informative and friendly, plus a good product to taste

Trip32899225910Aug 4, 2026TRIPADVISOR

Excellent tour of a one of a kind mead distillery

This was such a fun tour. We heard the history of mead, taste tested some delicious honeys, and saw how they make mead. At the end we tasted several different meads, which were delicious! It was great way to spend some time, and the only place making mead in Ireland!

DisneygroupieJul 30, 2026TRIPADVISOR

A human-scale distillery to discover Ireland mead

A human scale distillery, the unique meadery in Ireland. You will discover the Ireland history and myths around mead, with humour and testing. From the bees to the different types of mead they make. To see something else than regular whisky distilleries or breweries! :-D

Kroll092020Jul 30, 2026TRIPADVISOR

You know a tour is great when you all are talking about it all evening long!

Fantastic! Zara did a brilliant job introducing the history of not just mead, but how it pertained to Ireland history. We learned so much in an hour! Well done. I didn’t think I liked mead but boy was I wrong. Cheers to company. Everything was thoughtfully done down to murals, historical wall art and tastings.

Trice GJul 29, 2026TRIPADVISOR