Bootleg Hill Honey Meads

06/18/2026

There is no easy way to put this. If we do not turn things around in the next week we will be closing this summer. Rick will be leaving the business and we will be attempting to become employee owned. Please consider supporting us so we can keep the meadery around for the next generation!

My name is Billy Harris, and my dad started Bootleg Hill Honey Meads in my be… William Harris needs your support for Save the meadery for the next generation!

06/18/2026

Not only is open mic happening tonight but we also want to announce we are doubling down on local music. If you are a local musician who puts out original music on physical media we want to sell it at the meadery. Please get in touch

06/15/2026

Due to abnormal activity this weekend we will be closing at 5. The meadery will reopen tomorrow normal hours.

06/14/2026

“I get knocked down. But I get up again.
You're never gonna keep me down”

Just in.

06/14/2026

Last night there was a fire above the meadery. Everyone is safe. The sprinklers destroyed part of our P.A. but that is the only thing we lost. Not fun but glad our neighbors are safe. Thank you to the Davenport Fire Department for getting the water out of there. The Abnormal Man show tonight is still on! Because of the action we will be opening late at 2pm today.

06/08/2026

Funny to see next to in the tickets still available. As the old Iowa saying goes this show will happen come hell or high water

06/06/2026

Not dead yet! The meadery is open until midnight. Bethann Heidgerken at 8 and we’ll be back inside at the in the A.M.

06/04/2026

Things are not looking good here. Please consider coming in this week. If we do not turn it around we will have to close soon. We have been trying hard to cut our costs, rehabilitate all our debts and everything we can but sometimes it feels like too little too late. The years of paying overpriced rent at our old spot have finally have caught up to us. In the form of crushing debt. Thank you for your support over the years because without you we would not have made it this far. Can you hear me mead gods? It’s me. Billy.