About Us

After over 6 years as home mead makers, we are thrilled to be opening Starrlight Mead. We have had a fantastic time making mead and meeting mead drinkers from all over the world, and now its our turn to share our love of mead with all of you!

Becky Starr, Owner, Sales/Tasting Room Manager
Ben Starr, Owner, Wine/Meadmaker

Our unique talent for crafting award-winning mead has earned us critical acclaim as mead makers. After achieving award-winning recognition for our mead, we have decided to open Starrlight Mead in central North Carolina.

In February 2006, we took Best in Show out of over 210 entries in the home mead-maker category at the International Mead Association’s Mead Festival. The competition was judged by seven professionals in the mead industry; including Ken Schramm, author of The Compleat Mead Maker, and meadery owners from around the world. The Best in Show prize was selected from the gold medal winners in nine categories. Our “Starrlight Mulled Apple Cyser” was awarded not only the gold medal in the cyser (mead made with apples) category, but was also selected as the best overall representation of mead making. Our meads have also earned ribbons in the NC State Fair in 2006 and 2007.

Ben shares his expertise and love of brewing by conducting demonstrations and workshops on mead making in the local community. We also organize and conduct the local Mead Day celebration each August (since 2005) and are a key part of the product tasting team for mead reviews on Gotmead.com. Becky worked with Chatham Hill Winery for 2 years learning tasting room and wine club management. We are members of the Alamance County Beekeepers Association, the NC Winegrowers Association and the International Mead Association.

Our Values

• Produce and sell high-quality honey wines
• Provide exceptional customer service
• Facilitate growth of the mead industry through education