Bee Town Mead And Cider — Restaurant in Bluffton

So we're ending our short vacation in South Carolina and we had found a place to purchase mead in Hilton Head. BeeTown Meadery was a bit of a drive to get to and I'm certain in the summertime with all the vacationers in Hilton Head it gets even harder. To boot, they're only open from 12:00 to 5:00, so you have to be cognizant of the time to be able to stop and purchase anything. But I highly recommend you make the time. It was a very pleasant stop meeting the owners chatting a bit about our experiences with obtaining mead and about their journey into creating their business. They have numerous meads with various flavorings including some brewed meads. I think in total we walked out was about 10 bottles. One of them was a wonderful brewed cranberry orange mead. As a brewed mead, it's not one to consider around for any length of time and needs to be consumed within a four or five days. I will admit it's sat in the refrigerator overnight and was consumed that next day. Very very enjoyable. I look forward to the tastings of the other bottles...

My husband and I stopped in because we've never been to a dedicated meadery. The couple who run the place are extremely friendly and good with conversation and we had an interesting chat while sampling 13 offerings of mead and one cider.

I loved the unique taste and texture of each mead and the one apple cider. As someone who is used to heavily filtered and pasteurized commercial meads and ciders, I was shocked to actually be able to taste a real honey flavor uninterrupted by excessive carbonation or sickly sour aftertaste.

There are several "standard" mead varieties available if you are looking for something traditional, and a variety of meads that incorporate flavors such as blueberry, coffee, and even fennel. The fennel was absolutely everything I was hoping it would be.

If you are looking for unique gifts or if you simply love a good drink, you must stop by here and check out...

Meadery/Cidery in Bluffton, SC with fabulous meads (honey wines)! It is actually the state of South Carolina’s first production meadery!

It’s a small place with a chill atmosphere. You can sample several of their meads (1oz pours) to see which ones you like best then order a full pour of that. I’m a huge fan of fruited meads and their’s are top notch! My absolute favorite is the sour cherry mead - phenomenal! They also have a nice wild blueberry and a strawberry. Normally it is very difficult to capture the full flavor of strawberries in a mead but somehow they are able to pull it off nicely!

It’s definitely worth the trip. If you’re lucky, the owner/founder will show up to talk about meads with you. It’s clearly his passion and you will learn a...