Explore the Making & Tasting of Mead

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US$30.87 per guest

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

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Experience Details

What You’ll Experience

Where to Meet

Reviews

Location

Cork

Duration

1 hour

Number of Guests

1 - 4 guests

Accessibility

Stroller Accessible

Language

English

Other

Vegetarian, Wheelchair Accessible, Pet-friendly

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Mobile or paper ticket accepted

For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

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.

Sample Menu

MAIN

Selection of Kinsale Mead Co.'s award winning meads

A guided tasting of our award winning meads will conclude the tour.

What You Get

Free car parking next to the meadery

Alcoholic beverages

Tour includes guided tasting of our award-winning meads and cocktails in the Meadery’s oak bar tasting room

Good To Know

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Service animals allowed
Wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

About Kinsale Meads | Light and Refreshing | Fermented Off dry (12% ABV) Myths & Legends | The evolution of mead through history | Stories about Myths, Legends & Kings in Ireland Bee Judgments & Honey Tasting | Ancient Irish Bee Laws | Tasting of 3 unique raw honeys | Learn about all about bees, honey & biodiversity | Bee to Bottle | Modern mead making from fermentation to bottling | The stories behind our wine & whiskey barrels that we use for maturation Tasting | Sample award-winning meads and cocktails | Kinsale Mead’s best food pairings | Family Run | Kate and Denis Dempsey love to share their passion and knowledge! Kinsale | Bustling harbour town | Gourmet capital of Ireland | Great pubs & restaurants It is also an opportunity to visit our beautiful town of Kinsale with its historic streets, harbour and great restaurants.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

County Cork, Ireland, IE, P17 XV10

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Walking - Leave Kinsale Tourist Office right, take a right and right again. Left up Featherbed Lane, first right, in 50m up the steps/ramp, through the gates, past the Post office. Driving - Turn at the Garage, follow the road over the small roundabout, past Lidl, through the gates - free parking.

End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy
Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund.
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Reviews

4.9

based on 191 reviews

(TripAdvisor)

Fascinating!

August 27, 2026

We took the one hour tour and it was fascinating to hear about the ancient history and folklore surrounding mead, then to see how Kinsale Mead is produced. Heart and soul go into it with this small...read more

(TripAdvisor)

Great family experience.

August 15, 2026

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...read more

(TripAdvisor)

Tour and tasting

August 04, 2026

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

(TripAdvisor)

Excellent tour of a one of a kind mead distillery

July 30, 2026

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 gr...read more

(TripAdvisor)

A human-scale distillery to discover Ireland mead

July 30, 2026

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...read more

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