About Atheling Meadworks
Atheling Meadworks is a mead maker with a downtown tasting room on Campbell Avenue in Roanoke. Its website calls the mead hand crafted and straight. The name Atheling is Old English for prince.
The tasting room serves the usual Atheling meads plus small-batch, experimental ones. The website says Shield Maiden is the only U.S. mead to medal at the 2024 Copa Reina Hidromiel in Spain. It also says Shield Maiden won gold at the 2024 National Mead Crafter's Competition.
The website adds that Rheda's Longing is the star ingredient in Virginia's 2024 Cocktail of the Year. The events calendar mixes live music with game days and storytelling nights. The tasting room also takes private bookings for small gatherings and private tastings.
From Atheling Meadworks' own website and its Google listing, read October 8, 2026.
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Questions people ask
Is there a tasting room in downtown Roanoke?
Yes. The website describes the Atheling Downtown Tasting Room, which serves the regular meads and small-batch, experimental ones.
Does Atheling host live music?
Yes. The website says its events calendar includes live musical performances. It also lists game days and storytelling nights.
Can I book a private event?
Yes. The website says the space is available for private bookings, from small gatherings to private tastings. Details and availability are on its Private Bookings page.
Is it wheelchair accessible?
Google lists a wheelchair accessible entrance and a wheelchair accessible parking lot.
Which breweries are close by?
Three Notch'd Craft Kitchen and Brewery - Roanoke and Olde Salem Brewing Company - Market Street are both 0.1 miles away. Parkway Brewing Company Roanoke is 0.2 miles away, and Big Lick Brewing Company, LLC is 0.6 miles away.
Answers come from Atheling Meadworks' website and its Google listing, read October 8, 2026.
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Before you visit Atheling
Expect a tasting room built around mead rather than beer. The website says the team wants to treat every guest like royalty.
Check athelingmead.com before you go. The events page lists upcoming music and game nights, and the homepage posts the current opening days.
Three Notch'd Craft Kitchen and Brewery and Olde Salem Brewing Company are both 0.1 miles away. Parkway Brewing Company is 0.2 miles away. That makes a second or third stop easy.