Strad Meadery

Typically i love Strads mead. Every renaissance fair i've been to I drink a lot of it, and usually buy several bottles. I also ordered some online and never had an issue before. But very recently I bought 6 Bottles and every single one of them tasted very strongly of vinegar... idk if the process has been changed recently or just something happened with this batch. But i doubt i will purchase more. Unfortunately it seems to be happening to others as well, a few of my good friends that also bought several bottles had the same strong vinegar taste. Don't get me wrong, when it tastes as it should it is some of the best mead i've ever had and can't get enough. I am just disappointed with my recent purchase.

I tried citrus mead at the renaissance fair last weekend and I liked it. So I bought a bottle of original and blueberry. Very disappointed. Original is more like beer. Blueberry is very vinegar. They don't taste right or good to me. Especially at $20 per bottle. I'll drink them but I won't be wasting my money on this brand again.

Best meadery ever! A great place with fantastic mead.. great selection and great prices.I will be ba k!

Strad Meadery was a great place to visit. The mead was extremely good, purchased a bottle of Cranberry. The staff was friendly and very informative. We had a great conversation, Definitely recommend.

It's one of the best meads I've ever tasted! The owner is so kind and let me sample them before I bought a bottle. I bought one of the pomegranate and cranberry, so delicious! I am looking forward to blackberry and dragonfruit when available!

But I am biased.

I traveled up to rancho from modesto to go to strad. The Pam mead from the tap was really quite good. So I bought a bottle to take home. On opening the bottle 24 hours later I found the bottle had turned. The sent of vinegar was apparent from the popping of the cap. On tasting it was a sweetend vinegar with none of the joys from the privious nights tap tasting. It was good from the tap but a $20 bottle of sweetened vinegar was just a killer. Just disappointing

Showed up today at 3 (posted opening) and waited until 3:15. Called multiple times, phone is disconnected. Can’t find this mead bottled anywhere, and if I can’t get it at storefront where am I supposed to buy it? We love this mead, but business is sadly unreliable.

Got a bottle of mead here awhile back. Industrial park storefront is seriously lacking, as far as a public space goes. Looks cheap and tacky. Only Pomegranate on tap, which didn't taste very good imo.Would not recommend. Better to order from out of state.

So sad they were not there. Drove 4 hrs to share my mead and try there's. When I arrived there were 2 guys there also with some amazing honey, they were also there to share. Another couple showed and were there to buy mead. Said last time they came there was only pomegranate for sale. So I guess Strad missed out on customers, to try some amazing mead and some great honey. Hopefully they caught the hunt.

Excellent selection of meads. Not tried it before, give it a try!

Always amazing flavors available.

Such unique flavors and taste amazing. Favorite place to pick up a bottle or three

First time having mead. I'm very surprised by how good it is. There are lots of flavors to try.The owner answered all my questions and gave hints for my home brewing. Loved it!

Great place, great product. Nice place to meet people and talk. Make sure if you are there in the summer to try the Watermelon mead.