About

Vinland Meads is a Texas craft meadery specializing in small-batch, hand-crafted mead made from raw honey sourced from their own hives at Hays Manor, wild fruits, and old-world fermentation techniques passed down from their Scottish ancestors. They emphasize tradition with hand-labeled bottles, wax seals, and small-batch fermenting in 110-gallon fermenters, producing both bottles and kegs. Currently expanding with a new Mead Hall via Kickstarter.

small-batch mead from raw Texas honey wild fruit melomels traditional Scottish fermentation techniques hand-labeled and wax-sealed bottles
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Photos
Meadery sign Mead production Fermenters Mead bottles Honey hives Location map Founder Clyde Hays Hays Clan
What They Make
HERITAGE Traditional Mead
Traditional honey mead, also available as 18-month-aged Heritage Reserve
HARVEST Blackberry Mead
VIXON Cinnamon Mead
Thicket Wild Plum Mead
Crimson Dusk Blackcherry Mead
Violet Dawn Blueberry Mead
Upcoming Events
Heritage Club Release – Fall 2025
Fall 2025
Featuring Harvest Blackberry, Vixon Cinnamon, 18-month-aged Heritage Reserve, and limited Thicket Wild Plum Mead
Latest News

Expanding with new Mead Hall via Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/clydehays/raise-the-mead-hall). Heritage Club release Fall 2025. Free shipping in Texas on 3+ bottles with code TEXASMEAD. Recent blog posts on Texas mead craze and bear sightings.