1634 Meadery

What 1634 Meadery does

1634 Meadery is a privately held, family-owned honey nano-winery founded in 2015 by Dan and Deb and located at 3 Short St, Ipswich, Massachusetts. The company produces artisanal mead (honey wine) from fresh, unprocessed raw honey and locally sourced fruits, offering over 30 varieties across traditional meads, melomels (fruit meads), metheglins (spiced meads), and cysers (apple meads), with ABV ranging from roughly 12% to 21% for limited-release fortified styles. All products are gluten-free, and select offerings use proprietary techniques such as French Oak aging (Deadeye), rum barrel aging (Hatchet Hannah), and botanical infusions (juniper, cardamom, jalapeno). The company has earned multiple National Honey Board Commercial Mead medals, including Gold in 2022 (B100) and 2024 ('Lil Jack Horner) and Silver in 2023 (Jason's Blunder).

The business operates a hybrid go-to-market model anchored by an Ipswich tasting room (indoor bar and seasonal outdoor patio, open Thursday-Sunday) complemented by direct online shipping to 35+ US states, wholesale distribution through 100+ liquor stores and specialty wine shops across Massachusetts (including Total Wine, Kappy's, and Blanchards), and a $35/year Mead Clan Membership requiring a 12-bottle annual commitment with quarterly pickups or shipments. Bottles are priced at $23-$45 per 500mL, with a 10% volume discount on orders over 12 bottles and a minimum 2-bottle requirement for online shipments. Customer acquisition relies on tasting-room experiences, regional retail presence, content marketing (cocktail recipes with local restaurants and distilleries), and word-of-mouth, rather than paid digital channels. The company is founder-operated with no disclosed institutional funding, parent entity, or external investment.

Name

1634 Meadery

Legal name

1634 Meadery

Website

https://1634meadery.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

1634 Meadery is a family-owned honey nano-winery in Ipswich, Massachusetts, producing over 30 artisanal, gluten-free mead varieties from local raw honey and fruits, sold via its tasting room, a $35/year subscription club, regional Massachusetts retail, and online shipping to 35+ US states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Craft Mead (Honey Wine) Production

SIC

Wholesale-Beer, Wine & Distilled Alcoholic Beverages (5180)

akta.pro primary industry

Mead Producers & Brands (CRADAIAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cideries & Meadery Tasting Rooms (THAFALAI)

Keywords

• Artisan mead production
• Honey wine varieties
• Craft beverage manufacturing
• Local fruit meads
• Gluten-free alcoholic beverages

Headquarters

HQ city

Ipswich

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Direct Bottle Sales: Direct sales of mead bottles through the tasting room and online shipping. Bottles priced from $23-$45 per 500mL. Minimum 2-bottle purchase required for online orders.
2. Tasting Room Sales: In-person sales of mead flights (sampling of six pre-selected meads), full glasses of mead, and bottles for off-site consumption. Also offers sparkling meads exclusively in the tasting room.
3. Retail Distribution: Wholesale distribution through 100+ liquor stores and wine shops across Massachusetts and surrounding areas including Total Wine, Kappy's, Blanchards, and specialty wine stores.
4. Mead Clan Membership: $35 annual membership offering discounted mead prices, requires 4 quarterly pickups or shipments of 3 meads each (12 bottles/year minimum), includes T-shirt or baseball hat and free guest tasting once per month.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

1634 Meadery produces and sells over 30 varieties of artisanal mead (honey wine) using fresh, unprocessed raw honey and locally sourced fruits at its Ipswich, Massachusetts nano-winery. The portfolio spans traditional meads, melomels (fruit meads), metheglins (spiced meads), and cysers (apple meads), all of which are gluten-free, with offerings distributed through a tasting room, online shipping, regional retail, and a Clan Membership subscription.

Product overview

1634 Meadery is a honey nano-winery (meadery) producing over 30 varieties of mead (honey wine). Their core products include traditional meads, melomels (fruit meads), metheglins (spiced meads), and cysers (apple meads), with styles ranging from dry to sweet. The product portfolio centers around mead production using local raw honey and regional fruits. Additional offerings include a Mead Clan Membership subscription program, winery tours and tastings, and branded merchandise. The meads are gluten-free and emphasize locally-sourced ingredients from Massachusetts and New England.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Mead Clan Membership: A membership program offering discounts on mead with quarterly pickup/shipment requirements of 12 bottles per year, includes a T-shirt or baseball hat and free tasting for a guest once per month.

Products and services

• Zimbromel
• Devil's Footprint
• 'Lil Jack Horner
• Blueberry Dream
• Citrus Breeze
• Stinger
• Serendipity
• Beewitched
• Strhuberry
• Peach's Point
• Viking Victory
• Raspberry Delight
• Orange Elation
• DEADEYE
• Friar Luke's
• Puritan Pride
• Holy Mole
• Wicked Wench
• Choate Bridge Cyser
• B100
• Hatchet Hannah
• Beekeeper
• Mother Clucker
• Minuteman
• Mooncusser
• In The Orchard
• Strawberry Fields
• Craneberry Mead
• Jason's Blunder
• TOPSAIL
• Honeymoon
• Liberty
• Mead Clan Membership
• Winery Tours and Tastings
• 1634 Meadery Mead Glass

Quantifiable outcome

• Gold Medal Winner 2024 National Honey Board Commercial Mead for 'Lil Jack Horner plum mead
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Cider Hill FarmsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal Amesbury MA farm supplying blueberries for the Blueberry Dream mead. Also uses low-bush Maine blueberries alongside local MA cultivated variety.
• Russell's OrchardsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal farm supplying blackberries for the B100 mead variety.
• Deacon Giles DistilleryminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSalem MA distillery collaborated on mead cocktail recipes including Peachy Mule, Raspberry Daiquiri, and Mead Fashioned.
• C.K. Pearl RestaurantminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEssex MA restaurant contributed mead cocktail recipes including 1634 Peach Lemonade and Cranberry 75 (French 75 adaptation).
• Ginger RestaurantminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSalem MA restaurant contributed mead cocktail recipes including Midwinter Warmer, Oaken Pride, and Tall Black Maple.
• Aloha Mobile Bartending ServicesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerContributed multiple mead cocktail recipes including Appletini, Mother Clucking Mule, Mead-a-rita, and Just Peachy.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Charm City Meadworks: Baltimore, Maryland craft meadery producing traditional and fruit meads for wholesale and DTC. Comparable on product, channel mix, and craft positioning with a similar portfolio breadth and pricing tier to 1634 Meadery.
• Superstition Meadery: Prescott, Arizona craft meadery with a large tasting room and broad distribution. Comparable on craft mead production, fruit-forward and high-ABV variants, and a multi-channel approach combining DTC, wholesale, and on-premise.
• Schramm's Mead: Ferndale, Michigan craft meadery known for small-batch, award-winning meads with fruit and botanical additions. Comparable as a craft mead producer targeting connoisseurs, with a similar tasting-room and limited-release product strategy.
• Moonlight Meadery: Londonderry, New Hampshire craft meadery producing flavored and traditional meads with national distribution. Closely comparable on product (honey wine across styles), regional New England footprint, and tasting-room-plus-DTC go-to-market motion.
• Groennfell Meadery: Colchester, Vermont craft meadery producing traditional and fruit-forward meads from local honey. Directly comparable as a New England craft meadery with a tasting room, DTC online shipping, and award-winning portfolio similar in scale and category positioning to 1634 Meadery.
• B. Nektar Meadery: Ferndale, Michigan craft meadery producing mead, cider, and mead-cider hybrids with strong national distribution. Directly comparable on craft mead category, DTC and wholesale channels, and use of fruit and spice adjuncts similar to 1634's portfolio.
• Redstone Meadery: Boulder, Colorado craft meadery producing traditional, melomel, and metheglin meads. Comparable as a craft mead producer with tasting room, retail distribution, and a portfolio of flavored meads analogous to 1634's lineup.

Broad incumbents

• Honeywood Winery: Portland, Oregon winery and mead producer with broader portfolio of fruit wines and meads and longer-tenured retail presence. Comparable as a honey-based alcoholic beverage producer but operates at greater scale and broader category scope than 1634 Meadery.

Others

• Total Wine & More: Large multi-state alcoholic beverage retailer that carries 1634 Meadery products across locations. Included as a channel partner/retailer rather than a competing producer; relevant for understanding 1634's distribution relationships and shelf placement dynamics.

Regional players

• Sap House Meadery: Center Ossipee, New Hampshire craft meadery and tasting room with local retail distribution. Comparable as a small New England craft meadery with tasting room and limited wholesale; primarily competes within a different geography than 1634.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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