Starrlight Mead

DESCRIPTION

Starrlight Mead is a woman and family-owned artisan honey winery located at The Plant in Pittsboro. Owners Becky Starr (Sales/Tasting Room Manager) and Ben Starr (Meadmaker) began the operation as a passion project, and 13 years later, it has blossomed into an award-winning meadery. Their meads are made with honey from North Carolina beekeepers and range in sweetness from off-dry (lightly sweet) to sweet and include unique ingredients like fruits, spices, peppers, tea, and herbs.

They’ve won Best in Show as Home Mead-Makers and commercial medals in mead competitions, including the prestigious Finger Lakes Wine Competition. Most recently, they won three silver medals for their NC Gallbery Traditional, Cloer Pyment, and Lavender Herb in this year’s NC Wine Competition. The NC Gallberry Blossom Traditional also took home a bronze Medal from the National Honey Board Mead Crafters Competition for the Varietal Honey: Semi-Sweet Category.

Stop by for a bottle of mead (honey wine), workshops and classes, events, tastings, and behind-the-scenes tours of the production facility. Please note: dogs are welcome on the porch or in the backyard by the fire pit. Only service animals are allowed in the tasting room. 

Tastings and Tours

They offer guided mead tastings anytime they are open. A tasting is your choice of 8 available meads (not including Reserve meads) and you get to keep your wine glass for $12 per person. They also have a pre-selected flight of 6 ciders and meads to sample at a table or out on the porch for $8 per person. Tours of the production facility are available Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm and 4pm.

Events

Starrlight Mead offers three event spaces for your next wedding, meeting, corporate or holiday party, rehearsal dinner, or any other intimate gathering. Click here to learn more about The Great Hall (featuring a gorgeous stone fireplace and custom wood bar), The Blue Room, and their outdoor spaces. They host events throughout the year, including their annual Mead Fest featuring home mead-making demonstrations, tastings, Rennaissance music, arts and crafts, sword fighting knights, and much more. 

FEATURES

HOURS
Mon-Sat: 12pm-6pm
Sun: 1pm-5pm

First Sunday event monthly, Downtown Pittsboro First Sunday from 1pm-5pm.

TOURS
Sat & Sun: 2pm & 4pm

FRIENDS OF THE MEAD CLUB
15% off all mead bottle purchases, 6-bottle Starrlight Mead reusable wine bag, club membership card, complimentary glass of mead to help you celebrate your birthday, and more!

QUICK LINKS

Part of the Chatham County Craft Beverages and Country Inns Trail.