Orlando might be known for castles, wizards, and a specific famous mouse, but tucked away from the theme park hustle is an entirely different kind of magic—liquid magic, to be exact. At Zymarium Meadery, Joe and Ginger Leigh are reinventing the world’s oldest fermented beverage for a brand-new generation.
Typically made from fermenting honey with water and fruit, mead stretches back generations, across continents, and time periods. But Zymarium tells a story of mead not through the past but the present and the future. Here, mead isn’t a relic, but a living, breathing experiment, bursting with endless possibilities. Much like its famous neighboring theme park, Zymarium is an emporium of imagination. All told through mead. Think lychee mead, so refreshing it practically transports you to a tropical orchard, or a blackberry cheesecake mead so silky it feels like dessert in a glass.
The name itself, Zymarium, nods to zymology and zymurgy—the study (and art) of fermentation. And that’s precisely the ethos here: combining meticulous science with fearless creativity to craft “meads of the future.” Honey isn’t just a sweetener; it’s a canvas, as expressive as grapes in wine or hops in beer, capturing the essence of place, season, and imagination…