Queen City Meadery — Attraction in Town of West Seneca

As a person who never before enjoyed the taste of mead, I am overjoyed to say that I loved all of the mead that I sampled at Queen City Meadery, located in a strip plaza in West Seneca.

Looking for something new and fun to do on a Thursday night, my husband suggested that we try a flight of mead samples at Queen City Meadery. Knowing how much my husband loves mead, I agreed to accompany him.

When we walked in the door, Ken, one of the three friends who own the place, greeted us. Ken gave us a quick education about mead along with a little history of this "elixir of the gods." Produced from the mixture of honey, water and yeast, mead is the oldest alcoholic drink known to man. We were given a menu of the different flavors that were available, and we decided to each try four different samples. As a palate cleanser, we were treated to a bowl of delicious dark chocolates. Ken was very knowledgeable and entertaining as he talked about how he and his two life-long friends and current business partners, decided to name the fourteen choices available. Some are named after wives: Amy, My Lil Mule, Screaming Wench, and Peacemaker. There is one named, "I Told You So," because it is 13% abv, and if you have more than one glass, well, you've been warned!

This is a really cute little place where you can relax and enjoy some high quality adult beverages. There are tee shirts available to purchase, as well as an assortment of bottles of mead to take home.

I highly recommend Queen City Meadery as a fun place to...

Tasting in the Covid Era!

So we arrived on Thursday, just two days after Phase 3 started here. We booked our reservation through the website, and Ken was able to confirm our reservation and tell us about how we're going to do the flight.

We arrived around 5pm and there were only three tables set up; all appropriately distanced from each other. Ken greeted us and explained to us each and every flavor! Furthermore, we had the option of using disposable plastic or sanitized glass (we opted for plastic).

I especially liked simplicity for its riesling flavor, peacemaker which has that spicy szechuan hint (excellent to pair with my spicy dishes), Admiral/Amy if you are a wine fan, I told you so which tastes pretty harmless until you have a full bottle (hence the name), and you'll go bananas over a barrel of monkeys!

As we are midway to our tasting Ken brought us some individually wrapped chocolate, those were heavenly! We ended up having a great time and Ken also gave us an extra tasting of their newest summer flavor, the raspberry quarantine, which we had to have a bottle home.

All in all, I enjoyed this local meadery. It shows how much passion the owners put into all the details and customer service. Definitely would recommend. Plus they ship to all NYC so I don't have to carry all the bottles back on a plane (goes to show how much I...

Tried this place out on a whim. Purchased two tasting flights from Groupon. We were the only people in the place on a Thursday evening, but don't let that deter you. The bartender, Ken, was amazing! He shared with us his passion behind the meadery sharing facts behind the business. Such as the business is a hobby for him and his partners and he happily went into detail about each mead available. There was 16 meads available to try and a flight consisted of 4 meads. He was extremely hospitable in allowing us to have one extra tasting of another mead with no extra cost. My boyfriend and I ended up purchasing 3 bottles. Blue potion, Admiral, and Amy. Groupon came with a 10% discount for bottle purchases per tasting. This is a fantastic business and wonderful location that should be visited if looking for a new local establishment. I will definitely...