Orchid Cellar Meadery and Winery
In Middletown, Maryland, Orchid Cellar Meadery and Winery serves up honey-forward mead that tastes like a walk through a blooming meadow. The tasting room sits in a log cabin with a wraparound deck, and you can stroll the on-site apiary and wildflower meadow while you sip. The mead is the star here, honey-driven with delicate floral notes and a range that can carry a little kick, like Scorpion, their spiciest mead, and the floral Fletcher, plus the smoother Alchemist and a carbonated, hop-forward variant. ABV runs in the mid-teens to high teens, around 16-18 percent. Flights and bottles are available for purchase in their on-site retail store, and staff are famously friendly and knowledgeable, guiding you through the menu with easy charm. It’s family-friendly and stroller-friendly, with accessibility features and occasional food trucks. Locals in Middletown know this meadery as a mellow, honey-forward stop, and many guests return for tastings and bottles to bring home, and you might even catch their mead at the Frederick fair each September.