About
Shire Meadery is based in the west of Wales, nestled in the Cambrian Mountains just outside of Aberystwyth. We are a craft meadery dedicated to unique and high quality meads and welcome visitors by appointment, offering mead making classes and tastings.

At Shire Meadery we aim to create unique light meads with a focus on delicate flavours and drinkability. Mead is wonderfully versatile with huge potential and we want to help this venerable drink regain the reputation it deserves.

Services we can provide include simple light meads, as well as more specialist creations with limited availability. If you want something really unique we can even create bespoke meads for weddings and other events!
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danlo (13924) reviewed
Light Mead - Tropical Fruits from Shire Meadery
3 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
200ml bottle from Shire Meadery. Reddish purple colour, pink bubbly foam head that dissipates away and aroma of fruity melon, light honey. Taste is sweet, floral, fruit salad, tropical, honey, watermelon, with some light tartness. Medium bodied, light carbonation, drying sweet and slightly tart finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Mar 2023 at 22:22
minutemat (16858) reviewed
Light Mead - Cherry Rhubarb from Shire Meadery
4 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
200ml bottle from Bottle & Barrel. Deep crimson red pour. Clean palate, strong tart cherry and rhubarb, light mead in the background. Light and fruity overall.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Oct 2022 at 18:35
minutemat (16858) reviewed
Light Mead - Tropical Fruits from Shire Meadery
4 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
25cl bottle from Bottle & Barrel. Clear pale red appearance, nice sparkle, Pleasant red berry character (wouldn't have described as tropical fruits personally) perhaps a vague mead edge on the finish but not too noticeable. Fresh, light summer evening quencher.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2022 at 18:03
minutemat (16858) reviewed
Light Mead from Shire Meadery
4 years ago
7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Box @ Bottle & Barrel after a 90 mile ride. Clear, extremely pale gold appearance. Delicate floral honey nose, gently sweet. Oily palate with beautifully presented floral honey notes. Really nicely presented, clean and drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2022 at 17:36
danlo (13924) reviewed
Light Mead from Shire Meadery
4 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
200ml bottle from Shire Meadery. Clear very pale yellow colour, afew bubbles on top and aroma of light honey, herby. Taste is sweet, honey, sugary, with some floral & herbal notes. Watery mouthfeel, light bodied, low carbonation, mellow medium-sweet finish. Quite OK
Tried from Bottle on 13 Feb 2022 at 18:13
wheresthepath (3760) reviewed
Light Mead from Shire Meadery
7 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle from Anglesey Farmers' Market, Menai Bridge. Very pale gold with a moderate fizz. Light honey with floral hints and a hint of herbs in the finish. A bit of dryness, which I'm not sure I've encountered in a mead before. Quite refreshing. Rather pleasant actually.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Apr 2019 at 21:10