Nani Moon Mead

Stopped by this place after doing the Kauai Photo Tours, which is located across the way from them. Our tour guide recommended that we try this place, and explained that meads are like a cross between beer and wine. This place would be hard to find if you weren’t familiar with them, as they’re not on the beaten path. They’re actually located in back of Kauai Pasta. My husband & I split the tasting flight for $ 8. We were very surprised at how good all the meads were. My favorites were the Laka Nectar and the Cacao Moon. The lady who served us was one of the owners, and she was very nice and took the time to explain everything to us. We didn’t end up buying anything, but I would definitely recommend this place for those who want to try something new and different.

Fantastic flavors in each variety and a committed and knowledgable owner! As someone who seeks out meaderies around the country, I highly recommend this one. Several bottles ordered to take home after vacation…

Mead is an unexpected but pleasurable surprise. Nina, the owner, is an amazing wealth of information. She was a wealth of information describing not just the mead but all the local ingredients which are all of them. I came in completely unsure of what it was but had a fantastic time sitting and drinking something truly interesting and being welcomed into a beautiful local business. Definitely come in and try the Deviant Beehavior. I love that Hawaiian chili pepper in there

I moseyed into Nani Moon one day after hearing about it from some friends and seeing it on some store shelves, without really knowing what to expect. I’ve been to some other tastings before for Beer, Wine, and Spirits, but had never really explored Mead (honey wine). From the moment I walked in until the moment I left I was treated like family. Such a warm and welcoming atmosphere with engaging and informed staff.
I was even lucky enough to get to sit down with the owner and founder to talk about the history of the meadery, the origins, motivation, and all the ins and outs of the mead industry.
Whether you live near Kapa’a or are just visiting, this is certainly a destination to add to your list. Strongly recommend trying out Deviant Beehavior and Winter Sun (although all of the meads were just fantastic).

Don’t waste your time! Place has 4 parking spaces in between several other businesses and 2 trash containers. Gal offering tasting has no clue what is happening. No tasting schedule, no hello or indicating of tasting program just stared at us when we entered. There was about 10 spaces at bar, 8 filled. Must have came in two cars. Place may be new but most surely will not get old. Owner may have been making Mead for over 15 years, but apparently has no idea on how to conduct business. We walked out. No service or discussion from owner? Try rum tasting instead. That company is professional, polite/​cordial to customers and provides an understanding of how to conduct business. One star rating offered so as to provide a real review of what it is about. Couldn’t give a zero star honest rating.

This is a quaint little meadery in a little strip mall. There are 5 stools at the bar and a few high tables. It’s cool, mellow, dark and mood lit (totally unlike the bright sun you’re coming in from).
We shared a tasting flight and it was well worth the experience. This mead is _​very_​local, as the honey, fruits and spices come from Kauai or the Big Island. Our favorite was the Deviant Beehavior. It was sweet and spicy. The mild heat lingers for a while.
Definitely something to check off your «to-​do» list, if you want to spend an hour relaxing out of the crazy Kapa’a traffic.

A great stop to try something new and totally «Kauai.» We are big wine people and thoroughly enjoyed the Nani Moon tasting experience.

Incredible service and some of the best mead I’ve had. Very friendly and fun service with tons of information. Unique complex craft mead with very special local influence. Haven’t had a better tasting experience at a craft brew location. Did a tasting and bought bottles to go, they even ship. Definitely a must visit if you want to try something great and different that truly embraces the local community. Can’t get anything like this anywhere else.
Thank you Stephanie!

First time mead experience!
What an amazing gem of a find on the island. Stephanie has a great character to match each and every experience. If you drink wine, or beer you HAVE to try Nani Moon Mead.
Support this amazingly beautiful lady with meads to match they compare to nothing else you will find on the island.
It would be great if the local hotels would add this amazing selection to their wine list.
Thank you Stephanie

Wow we were just going for a tshirt with Nanj’s name cuz it’s my cats name but the honey wine is amazing I want them all

This place is so awesome! My boyfriend and I had the tasting flights of mead, and paired with the mac nuts and truffles. Everything was so amazing. Even if you are not a huge beer or wine fan, mead is so unique and flavorful that it’s absolutely worth a try. Everything in the making is sourced locally. We also had such a personable experience with the staff!

Delicious and interesting mead for craft beer enthusiasts. Coffee mead, spicy mead, flavors I didn’t expect. A must try!

Just a great place, great wine, great service and really a learning experience. HIGHLY recommend :)

We stopped in here after our bike ride along the beach. It’s a quaint little place with a good selection of meads. We both had a flight and then each tried one of the seasonal flavors. It was great to stop in and learn the process the gal goes thru when making each mead. When we left we felt good about the tasting, and were impressed by how pure this mead is even compared to some back home in wa. We are bringing a couple bottles back to share with friends back home.

The Ginger Spice was really good! I enjoyed tasting each flavor they had to offer. The hostess was very friendly and informative. We bought a bottle to take home for Thanksgiving. It’s sort of a hole in the wall with a weird vibe, but worth a quick stop for a flight!

My boyfriend and I were really looking forward to trying mead, but ended up disappointed. It was a lot drier than I was expecting and just not sweet enough.

We were very disappointed with the $ 20+ bottle of Ginger Mead we brought home. It was completely flat and lacking in any of the fresh and pungent ginger flavor we tasted at the Nani Moon meadery in Kauai. This bottle was reminiscent of really bad home-​brew (been there, done that!) and completely undrinkable.
Hoping to hear from Nani Moon as to what might have happened here.
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4÷1÷2015 — Finally heard from Nani Moon 8 months after contacting them. They offered a refund. No response yet.
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4÷6÷2015 — Received a refund for the mead. No explanation as to why it was so awful. But I’ll up rating from 1 to 1.5 stars (ok I’ll reluctantly stretch to 2 stars).
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Summary — the mead in the Nani Moon meadery is average to middling — honestly it’s nowhere near the quality of mead we are used to in our home town (Groennfell Meadery, Colchester VT). Perhaps we are just spoiled.
Next time we’re on Kauai, we’ll probably visit again just to see if they’ve improved any. We’ll certainly be hoping a few small samples won’t cost us over $ 25 again though! Crazy prices!

So pleasantly surprised by my husband and I’s Nani Moon visit. We did a flight of the meads which gives you a little taste of all of them, and then I enjoyed it so much I bought a glass after our flight.
We also walked away with three different types of local honey and some delicious rosemary macadamia nuts.
I’ve tried mead at beer festivals before and always ended up dumping my glass. But Nani Moon’s mead was so good we ordered 4 bottles to be shipped back to us. Can’t say enough good things about the quality of this mead, and it certainly didn’t hurt that the owner is also very friendly!

I was perusing through one of those «Visit Kauai» magazine books that tourists can get from the airport when I stumbled upon a small corner ad for Nani Moon. It was perfect, because we were trying to find a gift for our friend’s grandma. She wanted us to bring home alcohol for her, but where can we find alcohol made on the island of Kauai? Nani Moon Mead, of course!
I love that there’s an opportunity to taste the mead, because then we could decide which one was good to bring home. It is $ 7 for the tasting, and you get to try Laka’s Nectar, Pineapple Guava Sunset, Winter Sun (I think I liked this one the most), Ginger Spice (Tasted like winter), Cacao Moon, and Deviant Beehavior. We purchased the small snack plate that we used to pair with the mead that included chipotle macadamia nuts and spicy chocolate.
The owner also described the flavors and told us about the different fruits she used. It was great to learn about every one of them. I’m not a connoisseur so I can’t describe the flavors, but I did like the Cacao Moon enough to bring it home as a gift for my recently married friends. I felt like it was just perfect for them, because it tasted like ROMANCE!

Great mead! My boyfriend and I went her on our last day at the island after his family told us about their experience. We went for the tasting flight with chocolates and treats. I would highly recommend this place for the tasting and to buy some great flavored mead or wine or whatever it is. The cacao moon tasted like chocolate but not in an overbearing way, you could taste the in the ginger spice, and this was the same for all the delicious booze. I honestly wanted to buy several bottles and ship them back, but I didn’t want to pay the high shipping costs.
I don’t know what J.B. (the reviewer) means when he went to Nani Moon as it was really nice and was far from looking like a dump. The owner is a bit zany in a good way and super fun to talk with. They have an awesome four-​legged host who will escort you to the winery and back to your car, lol. The cutest most adorable dog ever! I honestly wanted to take him back home with me. He loves getting pet, but is very calm and well trained. I forgot his name though, but he is trained as a service dog. I would have totally bought mead here on my first few days in Kapaa and drank the whole bottle during our trip had I known about this place sooner, or made enough room in my suitcase for a few bottles.
I honestly think this place is a quirky and neat idea. I would recommend doing the tasting here during the rain or after you have been out all day in the sun and want to relax.