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Apiary Beverage Co.

Brewery

4.7 (116 on Google)

About Apiary Beverage Co.

Apiary Beverage Co. is a brewery and cider bar in Carpinteria. It makes mead, hard kombucha and cider, and its website calls them handcrafted honey fermented botanical beverages. The site also says everything is always 100% gluten free.

The drink menu starts with honey mead brewed from 100% honey. Wildflower is fermented dry, Dark Flower uses avocado blossom honey, and Pinnacle is a high strength mead. Hard Jun kombucha comes in flavors like hibiscus rose, elderberry echinacea and jasmine hops.

The hard cider is brewed from 100% organic apples. Self Care is a floral cider with elderflower and orange blossom, and Sierra Madre Fuji is a single varietal imperial cider aged in white wine barrels. Non-alcoholic Jun kombucha is on the menu too.

The taproom has a food schedule. Che Empanadas is listed every day, and food trucks fill in through the week.

From Apiary's own website and its Google listing, read October 15, 2026.

Amenities

  • Wheelchair accessible entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible parking lot

Map

Google rating

4.7out of 5

4.7 on Google from 116 reviews, as of September 2026.

Questions people ask

What does Apiary Beverage Co. make?

Mead, hard Jun kombucha and hard cider. It also makes non-alcoholic Jun kombucha.

Is there food at the Carpinteria taproom?

Yes. The website lists Che Empanadas every day. Thai and Mexican food trucks visit on set days, and Sunday has rotating trucks.

Can I take drinks home?

Yes. The taproom menu says everything is available to-go.

Is it wheelchair accessible?

Google lists a wheelchair accessible entrance and a wheelchair accessible parking lot.

Which breweries are close by?

brewLAB and Smoke Mountain Brewery-BOTTLE SHOP are both 0 miles away. Island Brewing Company and Third Window Brewing Carpinteria are both 0.9 miles away.

Answers come from Apiary's website and its Google listing, read October 15, 2026.

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Before you visit Apiary

Check drinkapiary.com before you go. The taproom page has the current drink menu, the food menu and the food schedule. Trucks change by day, so look at the schedule first.

A Thai food truck from Easy Thai comes on Thursday and Friday. A Mexican food truck from Disfruta comes on Saturday. Saturday and Sunday open at noon, earlier than the rest of the week.

brewLAB and Smoke Mountain Brewery-BOTTLE SHOP are both 0 miles away. Island Brewing Company and Third Window Brewing Carpinteria are both 0.9 miles away, which makes a short crawl easy to plan.