We bought tickets at full price for a tour but everyone else on our tour got theirs on Groupon for half price so we kind of felt we overpayed. Tour was ok but I think the girl giving the tour wasn't as knowledgeable about the industry. She was nice but maybe a crash course in mead making would be helpful. They do have some very good mead! read more

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Really cool place to check out for some different stuff. If you're in to mead then this is a place. Just as an FYI - all of their mead is Gluten Free so they don't have any Braggots (mead made with grains) so a lot of their stuff is sweeter and lighter. I would have appreciated a little bit of a heavier bodied mead but since they are GF, I can understand their lines. Huge variety of meads to try, bottles to buy and a wide variety of them on tap for flights. They have different styles of flights. Our server was really knowledgable and helped make the experience better. They have a yearly club that has some cool perks like a custom drinking horn and a free tasting of every new mead the make. read more

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We had a group of about 10 plus dogs and we had a great experience! This place is also connected to a brewery and they allow you to pop back and forth between the two. I'm not a bug beer fan so I stopped in when my group was at the brewery. it was my first time having meads and I was very impressed! In addition to an amazing flight of meads, the staff was over the top friendly and welcoming. They went above and beyond in anyway possible to serve us and pay attention to us. We will definitely be back! read more

The Colony Meadery - Meaderies Near Me - Allentown, Pennsylvania

I'm not a big Meadery type of guy so I'm probably not the best reviewer for this place. My lady and I were there for a Pitt alumni get together. The venue is pretty cool and the location is convenient with the distillery and brewery nearby. It's a pretty cool concept overall. I also like the self serve water cooler but the flow rate is a bit slow. We ended up ordering a flight of different meads. I was hoping we could mix and match with the ciders since it was the same price but they didn't allow which was a major bummer. The bartender was nice and chatty and helpful. If I'm ever there again, I'll probably get a cider next time. read more

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Great mead. They don't serve food but we had food delivered. They offered us plates. And even help to wrap up the leftovers. Kate our waitress was the best. Don't miss out on this gem!!! read more

I appreciate this place because it's not common and I support new ideas. They had a wide variety of flavors to choose from and the staff was very helpful and nice. The tea infused Meade was my favorite. read more

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Great mead. The place was clean, open , good vibe, and Kate was the best. She was so knowledgeable, friendly, and made the experience as enjoyable as it could be. Also, anyone would find the right mead or cider to fit their taste after talking to her. Definitely worth going back to the Allentown location..and I live in Jersey. read more

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Joined some friends for a tour and tasting at this hidden gem Meadery. The tour was conducted by one of the co owners who was very knowledgeable and passionate about his product. He passed on information about mead, honey and bees that I never knew about. Some of you that have tasted mead wine sold in the state stores and did not like it have to try these. They are true honey meads not mixed with wine. All the flavoring are made with natural ingredients. Everything we tasted today was delicious. Our tour included tastes of five different meads. The first, Straight No Chaser was a semi sweet traditional mead made with just orange blossom honey. I really enjoyed it but my favorite of the tasting was Woofiedog. It was made with hops. This mead had a lite hop flavor without the hops bitterness. We had a grapefruit and lime flavored mead which was good. A mojito flavored version tasted just like it's namesake. The final taste was Sasparilla , for those of you who like cream soda this is the flavor for you. They let us keep our tasting glasses and had many other flavors that they were willing to let us try in their comfortable tasting room but that will have to wait until our next visit. If you are hungry a interesting food truck is parked outside. read more

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This is the best Meadery I have ever been to. Most places serve the same super sweet golden colored Meade with just a subtle infusion of flavors. The creations here are amazing. They offer many different types of Meade and their infusions are great. This is located next to a brewery and a distillery. So you have a great location for multiple sampling. Foods trucks are always on hand for a tasty bite as well. read more

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We stumbled into The Colony Meadery after walking through the Moravian Book Shop and I'm so glad we did! This was my first experience with mead and it was amazing. The bf and I started with one tasting which included our choice of 5 meads to try. We enjoyed it so much and wanted to try more flavors, that we decided to do a second tasting. The mead selection is awesome, so many different flavors to try, and even better, you can buy them after. I thought the price point was fitting, most of the flavors were around $12, a great buy! Carol was very helpful and answered any questions we had. I love that they have a small cafe style seating area where you can comfortably have a seat and relax during your tasting. Our favorites, which we also purchased a bottle of each were: Earle, Wu Tang Cran, Pikwant Field, Up the Hibs, and Lemon Laws. Also, they offer the tasting rack and their signature "Get Buzzed" glasses for purchase. I thought the rack was so cute, I had to buy it! Don't think I really needed it but, under the influence of mead it seemed necessary at the time, so no buyers remorse haha! I also just checked out the website and see that they have descriptions and pairing suggestions for each meade, also you can order online! Awesome features being that we were just in town for the weekend. Will definitely stop by next time we're in Bethlehem and order more mead online in the future! read more

The Colony Meadery - Tasting #1 - Meaderies Near Me - Allentown, Pennsylvania

Oh my. The meads made at The Colony are simply the best I have ever had. They are not too sweet and expertly balanced. I visited the meadery during a mini-bar crawl through the area during an internship. It was my favorite. It had the best mix of vibe and quality product. I went solo and brought a book to read. The person behind the bar was friendly, but not pushy. They offer mead flights which allowed me to sample a variety of meads. I loved the "Straight No Chaser" and the "Mo-Mead-O" (a mint and lime mead). They can and bottle their meads, blessed be. I went home recently to PA and picked up three bottles to bring back to Maine. RUN, don't walk to this place. read more

Attentive staff and a large selection of Meade to choose from. We got a flight which allows you to choose 5 flavors for anywhere from $5 to $15. The flight comes in these cute wine looking glasses. My favorite was the Tea Tax and Wu Tang Cran. read more

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! read more

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My friend and I went out on a wine trip. Neither of us had ever been to a meadery, but it's something I've always wanted to try! I'm glad this was the first one I saw on google that was nearby and open because our experience was absolutely amazing! Katie on of the managers knew her stuff! She gave us amazing recommendations and I even ended up leaving with 3 bottles. I've literally told everyone I got to try mead and how amazing this place was. Im pretty sure their wasn't a single mead I didn't like and i tried atleast 10 different ones. I can't wait to bring back my friends and family because mead is definitely super unique and something I'm very interested in now. read more

What an incredible experience! This IS the bee's knees of mead. It is crips, it is clean, and it's made with natural flavors. No space for artificial here! The tour was truly inspiring. There's so much labor and love involved in creating each delightful sip you will take. Based on their website and reviews, we planned a weekend away just for this visit. Now I'm sad I didn't allow for more time. Everyone there is wonderful. I'm a vibes person and the team there truly was spectacular. It was real and honest and full of love and dedication. Anyone can run a business but this, this is how you do it right. I'm always in awe of a business that check all the marks. It's a rare find. Colony Meadery exceeded every expectation and I encourage you to take the time to visit. Taste the crisp pure fruit of their hard work. Take time to talk to the team there. Just embrace it all and know you're taking part in something special and like none other. We left with 6 bottles and 4 pack and plan to be back for more. We know a good thing when we experience it. We love you. We appreciate you. We feel you. And we will always support you! This is special. Really special. I'm glad you took a chance. read more

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. read more

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We had the pleasure of working with Greg (owner), Jenn (tasting room manager) and Max to facilitate a tasting at a benefit dinner. They were fantastic! Very down-to-watch/approachable and willing to do whatever they could to ensure our event was a success! Their meade is delicious and comes in a variety of flavors, yet all presented in a way that doesn't detract from meade's unique qualities. I highly recommend stopping by their tasting room in Bethlehem for a one-of-a-kind experience! read more

What a pleasant surprise to try and I cannot wait to go back. I tried a flight of mead and there were so many different offerings it was hard to choose. The server was very polite and helpful. As a former beekeeper from NewJersey I was delighted to find a purveyor of this honey product. They even have some spicy offerings. How cool is that ? read more

This place is the real deal. I've had quite a bit of mead in my day and this place is up there with the best I've tasted. Nice variety flavors, some sweeter, some drier. All with tons of flavor and a perfect goldilocks viscosity (not too thick, not too thin). Additional pluses are friendly staff and parking that is easy to find even on a Friday night. Will definitely return here if I'm ever back in the area and recommend you visiting whether you're a mead aficionado or a rookie. read more

One of those nuggets of joy that are easy to miss when you live in the area. I'll preface everything else by saying up until I visited The Colony I hated mead. I always found it to sickly sweet. As it was explained to me by the folks at the meadery, a large number of meaderies use clover honey which is why theyre so sweet as opposed to the orange blossom honey used by The Colony. This produces an earthier more balanced mead. Add to that the ridiculous amount of varieties they have and there is in fact a mead for everyone. After purchasing a flight to try to narrow down the various profiles, I settled on Fred and Ginger. Fred and Ginger is mead with a bite. Along with their already great mead it has Ginger added and it shows. It has a bite, and spice, without either side (Mead or Ginger) overpowering each other. So after all of this, I now like mead... from one place.. The Colony. read more

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! read more

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! read more

Most of the meads were not to our liking. The one that we did like wasn't available for a growler fill. We drove over an hour to get there and was a waste of time. I hope others have better luck. read more

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! read more

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

Stopped by the Meadery On a Saturday after learning about the business on Groupon. Small location, in a commercial area Allentown, very small to no "store front." Inside you walk in to a small "tasting/cash register counter." There are 2 patio style tables for sitting. With your tasting you can keep your glass. It's not a bad price- with our deal it was $8/pp. The owner allowed us to taste everything, (beginning with the basics and on to more unique flavors by choice.) The Meads were really good, for my first time tasting I'd say they were awesome. There are some wine like flavors, beer like flavors, fruity like flavors, we actually bought the margarita style mead (specialty mead - bought in a mason jar) Overall a great experience, I think once the business gets established and the good vibes spread about the Meadery, the business should move to a more public friendly location. 2 thumbs up!! read more

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. read more

They service their flights in fun tower. I enjoyed the ciders and the meads. I had no idea they made so many different flavors of mead. I enjoyed the selection at the meadery much more then what i have seen in stores. The service was also wonderful. read more

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. read more

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. read more

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 read more

PASS! I don't know where these other reviewers went but it doesn't seem to be the same place. Their products tasted like swill and the service was lousy, slow and borderline rude. I hope this trend dies soon. read more

This place is awesome! Our second visit was just as great as the first one!! Not only are the meads fantastic, the people working behind the bar are friendly, attentive, and show a lot of passion toward their product. We were pleased to discover that they now make herbal-infused meads, kombuchas, and also feature a Randall. The Colony is definitely worth multiple visits just to try what new and exciting ideas they come up with! read more

Great variety of meads. They go all the way from very dry to sweet with lots of different flavors. Very nice and knowledgeable staff.