The Colony Meadery

Normally a beer girl but this place definitely peaked my interest… Chocolate Elvis and Moravian SugarCookie! Will be making a return visit soon!

Took my stepdad here for Father’s Day using the Groupon for tour and tasting — he still can’t stop talking about it! We liked the meads so much that we paid for two more flights after the ones that came with the voucher. So many different types of Mead — which is like a bit thicker wine. We left with a growler and intend to fill it again soon at their new location in the Moravian Bookstore!

Don’t let the location or the first impression fool you, this place is a gem! I tried my first mead when my mom received a bottle for Christmas and loved it, shortly after I found a groupon and finally made it there today! The man who did our tour was so passionate and knowledgeable about the whole process and certainly gave us a wealth of very interesting information. Every mead we tried was amazing. I can’t get over how smooth they are. I am an avid winery goer, but this experience was so much more relaxed and less rushed. I ended up buying a refillable growler. I will definitely be back to try more flights, and check out the brewery next door too!

This was a fun thing to do! Never cared much for mead before, but this place changed my mind. The flavors were really fun. Bought 4 bottles to take home. If you go, check out Hijinx brew next door. 2 hidden gems in Allentown

I went to the Colony Meadery yesterday. It was amazing. There were 20 different meads. The tour came with a 5 mead tasting and an insightful and educational tour. I highly recommend getting a group of 4 together and heading up to Allentown so your group can taste all 20! The mead is a little pricey, but to me, supporting a local start-​up is worth it.

I went to The Colony Meadery with a friend. We were excited about the tasting since it would be a totally new experience for us, neither of us have been exposed to much mead. Ive had it in Ireland, England and once in the finger lakes. We had been told we would find more than the syrupy honey mead we had in the past. I’m a huge geek and I love to really get into the details of how things are made and have had some great times learning about wine, beer, etc. The first gentleman that helped us was great-​he was knowledgable, polite and friendly. He gave us the low down on the tasting fee, how many we would be sampling and told us we could keep the glass once finished. He answered our questions and gave us some fun facts for the first few tastings. He left us to host a tour and that’s when the visit went south. A younger guy was asked to step in to help us finish our tasting. This guy was condescending, flippant and rude. Who the heck knows tons about mead? Shouldn’t you expect to be answering questions and offering info on what you’re pouring? Between his demeanor and the three drops of mead he added to our glass it really soured our experience. It’s unfortunate that someone’s unwelcoming attitude could have an effect on sales, but it made us not buy anything.

We purchased a Groupon while in town to check out this Meadery!
The owner (I can’t remember his name) was very knowledgable and friendly! You can see he is really passionate about what he does.
They let us sample as many meads as we wished and then gave us a tour.
I definitely learned A LOT!
We purchased the strawberry and kiwi mead which set us back $ 12, but it was well worth it.
Great experience and great tour!

Mead is the next big thing and The Colony Meadery will be leading the way. We had a tour of the facility and some tastings of the large variety of flavors. I bought 6 different flavors and shared them at my high school reunion. Everyone liked the and we will be back very soon. Look for the mead at the PA Wine an Spirits stores soon.

My husband and I were staying over a friend’s house last night when they told us about this place. We decided to check it out and we’re glad we did! Everyone was friendly, personable, and knowledgeable. We got to see the mead making process, and tasted everything that was available! We took a couple bottles home and we will definitely be back when we’re in the area.
The sasparilla, first child, and mango meads were out of this world!
We will be sure to share about colony meadery to our friends back home in philly!

I stumbled upon this place as part of a Groupon deal, and decided to give the tour and tasting a try. Greg was super friendly and knowledgeable, and walked us through all of the meads and the mead-​making process. The meads were flavorful and different — I’m a sweet tooth so I enjoyed the honey and fruit undertones, but there are some more dry options as well. We ended up buying a couple of bottles to bring home, and will definitely be back. Great little find if you want to try something different and local.