The meadery was establish in 2017, crafting modern-style blended mead with a variety of recipes.
Mead is an alcoholic beverage fermented primarily with honey.
Contrary to traditional style mead, our honey-based beverages are lighter bodied,
delicate, and not so sweet, which results in a more refreshing, drinkable experience.
Mead has been perceived a certain way over the years; it's time to clean the slate and rethink mead.
SLATE POINT MEADERY
184 Main Street Poughkeepsie | NY
UPDATE: TASTING ROOM OPEN FOR MEAD TO-GO!
JULY 4TH HOURS 12 - 2:30PM
Walk-ins are welcome during open hours:
Thu/Fri 5:30-7:30PM | Sat 12-5PM | Sun Closed
Feel free to place an order for pickup ahead of time by email, phone, or on this website below
TAP ROOM LIST
Current Health Safety Procedures
- Mead To-Go Checkout set up at front of tasting room
- One person/group permitted to enter at a time
- Debit and Credit Cards Only; no cash transactions currently
- We will wear masks; guests must wear masks when in meadery
- No tastings available at this time, sorry!
* All mead is to-go only due to current Covid-19 Regulations (check back for updates)
PICKUP ORDERS
Here's your chance to choose from our mead list and make a payment ahead of time, then simply pick up your order during open hours. Note: the choices in the above tap list marked as Tap Room Only cannot be selected in a pickup order on this website. You may purchase any of those particularly delicious meads separately via email, phone or when you arrive at the meadery. We are not offering local delivery at the moment. Thank you!
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WHAT IS MEAD?
Mead is a honey-based alcoholic beverage, which is considered the first to be fermented in the entire history of humankind, dating to roughly 10,000 years ago. In order to be a mead, its primary fermented sugars must come from honey. We just add different ingredients to create a variety of flavor profiles.
Mead has not been as prominent in the United States until recently. Over the past decade, the number of meaderies in the country has gone from 30 to over 500 and counting! "Modern" style mead is certainly on the rise.
The term "mead" itself is said to have originated from the word meadow, where bees have always been found to cultivate and pollinate, creating the awesome natural product known as honey.
While traditional mead is considered to be heavy and sweet at higher alcohol content levels, all variations of mead produced by our meadery are designed to be light and refreshing, while containing all the complexities and subtleties that make this type of beverage so unique.
One of the coolest characteristics of mead is that it has so much versatility. Mead can be infused with all types of fruit, spices, herbs, even vegetables, and more. Mead can also be used as an ingredient in cocktails, giving bartenders something unique to create with.