The Best Mead Bar in South Florida Is at Skillshotz Gaming

If you’ve been curious about mead — the world’s oldest alcoholic drink — and you live in Broward or Palm Beach County, you’ve had limited options until now. Florida’s mead scene is concentrated in Tampa and Orlando. South Florida has been largely left out of the conversation.

The Twisted Vine at Skillshotz Gaming in Deerfield Beach is changing that.

South Florida’s Largest Mead Selection

The Twisted Vine carries two mead brands representing two completely different approaches to honey wine — and together they make up the largest mead selection at any bar in South Florida.

Dansk Mjød — authentic Danish Viking mead produced in Billund, Denmark since 1994. We carry nearly the complete Dansk lineup including Viking Blod, Odin’s Skull, Klapojster, Ribe Mjød, Vikingernes Mjød, GL Dansk Mjød, and more. These are traditional, heritage-driven meads at 19% ABV built for slow sipping and serious enjoyment.

Crafted Artisan Meadery — modern American craft mead from Mogadore, Ohio. Session meads like Warhammer (apple cyser with blueberry, light oak, and vanilla at 6% ABV) and Dragon Heart that are approachable, creative, and built for a full evening of enjoyment.

No other bar in South Florida offers this range of mead in one place. If you want to understand what mead actually is and what it can be, The Twisted Vine is where you do it.

Mead Flights — The Best Way to Start

Not sure where to begin? Order a mead flight.

The Twisted Vine offers 2oz and 4oz pours across our mead selection so you can explore before committing to a full glass. A 2oz flight of Viking Blod and Warhammer side by side gives you the clearest possible picture of the two mead traditions we carry — old world Danish Viking versus modern American craft. Same base drink, completely different expressions.

Tell our bar staff what you normally drink and they’ll build you a flight that makes sense for your palate.

Where Is The Twisted Vine?

The Twisted Vine is the themed bar inside Skillshotz Gaming at 616 SE 10th Street in Deerfield Beach — centrally located for mead seekers across South Florida.

From Boca Raton: approximately 20 minutes north on I-95
From Fort Lauderdale: approximately 20 minutes south on I-95
From Coral Springs: approximately 25 minutes via Sample Road
From Pompano Beach: approximately 10 minutes north on Federal Highway
From Delray Beach: approximately 25 minutes north on I-95

We’re open Tuesday through Friday from 5:30 PM and Saturday through Sunday from 2:00 PM. No game booking required — The Twisted Vine is open to walk-ins throughout normal business hours.

Do You Need to Be Playing a Game to Visit?

No. The Twisted Vine is a bar first. You don’t need to book a game room, be a member, or have any interest in D&D or trading card games to come in and enjoy a glass of mead.

That said — once you’ve experienced the atmosphere, the themed rooms, the fog and lighting, and the full immersive environment — most people want to come back and play something. That’s just what happens here.

What Makes The Twisted Vine Different

Most craft bars in South Florida focus on local craft beer, cocktails, or wine. Mead is an afterthought at best — a novelty bottle or two behind the bar for curious customers. The Twisted Vine made a deliberate choice to build a genuine mead program around two carefully selected brands with real stories behind them.

The result is something South Florida genuinely hasn’t had before — a bar where you can sit down, order a mead flight, and have an actual conversation about what you’re drinking with staff who know the product.

Add the immersive atmosphere — the themed décor, the ambient sound, the lighting — and drinking mead at The Twisted Vine feels the way it probably felt in a Viking mead-hall. Which is exactly the point.

The Mead and D&D Connection

There’s a reason mead and D&D go together as naturally as they do. The worlds that tabletop roleplaying games are built in — Norse mythology, medieval fantasy, Viking culture — are the same worlds that mead has always inhabited. When you’re three hours into a campaign and you reach for something to drink, mead just makes sense in a way that a can of craft IPA simply doesn’t.

Skillshotz Gaming was built around that instinct. The game rooms, the professional Dungeon Masters, the immersive tech stack — and The Twisted Vine bar with South Florida’s largest mead selection — all of it points in the same direction. An experience that feels like the world you’re playing in.

Learn More About Mead

New to mead and not sure where to start? We have a growing library of mead guides:

• What Is Mead? A Complete Guide — history, styles, and everything you need to order with confidence
• Dansk Mjød at The Twisted Vine — deep dive into our Danish Viking mead lineup
• Crafted Artisan Meadery at The Twisted Vine — the Ohio craft mead brand behind Warhammer and Dragon Heart

Visit The Twisted Vine

Skillshotz Gaming
616 SE 10th Street
Deerfield Beach, FL 33441
561-532-3068

Hours:
Tuesday – Thursday: 5:30 PM – 11:00 PM
Friday: 5:30 PM – Midnight
Saturday – Sunday: 2:00 PM – Midnight
Monday: Closed

Contact us to ask about our current mead selection or what’s on tap this week.