Explore locally made meads & other fun sips!
Welcome to Julian Meadery. Our Tasting Room is the perfect place to explore fine mead & fermentations - all made right here in Julian, California. We source honey for our meads as locally as possible and we only use Julian-grown fruit for our "fun ferments.”
Let us guide you through a world of flavor that is crisp, clean & lightly sweet. We offer tasting flights & single tasters to enjoy here as well as growlers to sip at home.
What is Mead?
What’s a Fun Ferment?
Creations from the experimental playground of Bill (the apple guru & owner of Storum Ranch Cider & Wine) and Matt (the mead maker & visionary of Julian Meadery).
Fun Ferments are other fruit fermentations and blends made from cider apples, wine grapes, Perry pears and/or honey. Some are considered co-fermentations, i.e. blends like The Sarah and The Ysabela. These are enjoyable and usually lighter ABV sips that are sure to please.
Mead is a fermented alcoholic beverage made from honey, water & yeast. Sometimes called honey wine, it is also referred to as the nectar of the gods. The exact origins of mead are unknown but the ancient Greeks consumed a honey-water mixture in honor of the goddess Aphrodite and Vikings drank it to celebrate victory in battle.
We make our mead in small batches using locally sourced honey, from trusted suppliers in Southern California. We enjoy a crisp mead that is lightly sweet and delivers true notes of honey - not syrupy and NEVER artificially flavored.
What’s on Tap?
We’re also home to the Storum Ranch Bottle Shop
There’s something to be said for the convenience of a quick stop to grab a great bottle of wine and your favorite cider.
We offer a wide selection of Storum Ranch’s award-winning wines, bottled ciders and some of their most popular premium olive oils & balsamic vinegars.
