What's New With Mead

So I brewed a recipe from  @TheApartmentBrewer  ... I then shared it with him to see what he thinks! You can find his original video for this beer below. It explains all of his recipe choices way better than I could ever explain. In this video we get to taste test it together and talk a little more about beer. The tasting was a small cut out portion of a podcast episode we did all about beer brewi...

Nathan and I originally did this just as an informational bit in my video about zinc in mead; however, I felt like our conversation was so good it deserved to be a short podcast episode! Special shoutout to Nathan for being so amazing and teaching us all about zinc in mead! Support the show

Today we're chatting with Matt and Eric from Meadkrieger Mead in Loveland, Colorado! These guys are making great mead and I had a great time getting to chat with them. We talk about their meadery and specifically how they approach scaling up mead. Check out their meads & support them with the link below! Meadkrieger Website: https://www.meadkrieger.com Instagram Page: https://www.instagra...

In today's episode we are chatting with Carlos from Texas Longhouse Mead! This is part 3 of a series where we follow Carlos into his journey of opening a commercial meadery. Today's episode is shot inside his meadery after he's been open for about 8 months. We chat all about the ups and downs of owning your own business and try some tasty brews. I hope you will support Carlos via th...

Today I'm chatting with Matthew from Funktastic Meads! Funktastic Meads is located in Midlothian, Virginia! He's been making mead commercially for about 5 years and is ready to give out some great advice to home brewers and commercial mead makers. Go support them via the links below! Funktastic Meads: https://www.funktasticmeads.com Support the show

Today I'm chatting with Steve from Atheling Meadworks in Virginia! This episode was a ton of fun and you should really check out Atheling Meadworks! Use all the links below to support them Atheling Meadworks Website: https://www.athelingmead.com Chat with Steve via Email: steve@athelingmead.com Support the show

Today I'm chatting with the incredible mead maker, Kyle Ducharme! He recently won the Ultimate Mead Maker of 2024 in a competition I ran and he has continued his sweep of awards through multiple mead competitions in 2024. He's a great mead maker and a wealth of knowledge. I hope you enjoy this episode with him. Make sure you take some notes! Support the show

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Today we're chatting live with Will and Jake from Black Rabbit Meadery in Reno, Nevada! They're a super cool meadery that does low abv mead and mead cocktails. I've personally tried their stuff and it's fantastic! Support them via the links below: Black Rabbit Mead Website: https://www.blackrabbitmeads.com Support the show

Welcome back to "A Guide to Starting Your Own Meadery" with Billy Beltz! Billy is one of the co-owners of Lost Cause Meadery in San Diego. Lost Cause is a world famous, award winning meadery that has been in operation for a little over 6 years. Billy has been one of the spearheads of the operations and he has so graciously taken the time to share his knowledge on how to start a meadery....

Welcome back to "A Guide to Starting Your Own Meadery" with Billy Beltz! Billy is one of the co-owners of Lost Cause Meadery in San Diego. Lost Cause is a world famous, award winning meadery that has been in operation for a little over 6 years. Billy has been one of the spearheads of the operations and he has so graciously taken the time to share his knowledge on how to start a meadery....

Today I'm chatting with the incredible Bill Boyer! Bill is an awesome mead maker who has won numerous awards throughout his time entering mead, cider and beer competitions over the past few years. He's also gracious enough to share his wisdom with us throughout this podcast. I hope you enjoy this episode! Support the show

Today I'm back chatting with Texas Longhouse Mead (Carlos)! We're in our second of three podcasts we are planning on doing. The first podcast we recorded was all about the beginnings of his meadery he's starting. This one is all about some of the new things he's running into and all about the building and planning side of the meadery. We are planning on doing a final podcast at...

Today I'm chatting with the incredible Ken Schramm all about his meadowy, his life and his experiences brewing. I've been looking forward to sitting down and chatting with Ken for a few years now and finally had the chance. We had a great time chatting about Ken's history in brewing, the start of Schramm's mead, behind the scenes of his awesome meads and more. I hope you enjoy...

Today I'm chatting with Matthew from Mean Brews all about his experience brewing mead, beer and more! He's a fantastic brewer and has a passion for continuing to help grow the craft with his YouTube channel (link below) and the Master Homebrewer Program. I hope you enjoy this episode! Wild Yeast Isolation: https://www.milkthefunk.com/wiki/Wild_Yeast_Isolation Shagbark hickory syrup (I do...

Today I'm chatting with Michael Kaiser, who is one of the leaders of the biggest mead group in the world! I'm talking about the "Mead" Facebook group. He is an excellent mead maker and extremely helpful to the audience of over 100k people on there. He's also made mead for a long time and we get to sit down and pick his brain about mead in general. I hope you enjoy this epi...

Today I'm chatting with Alyson and James from Schramm's mead all about the family meadery that is Schramm's! We got to chat all about how they make their mead, some behind the scenes of what it's like to work there and even more! You can find more information about them with the links below.  Schramm's Website: https://store.schrammsmead.com/storefront.aspx The Compleat Me...

Today I'm chatting with Larry Reaux, who is the creator of Meadtools! Mead tools is an online source you can use to plan your next mead. You can find all of the links below to use the calculator yourself. It's a great resource and you should definitely plan on using it! Online Website: https://meadtools.com Google Spreadsheet Version: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iu-9b-_JpiedK...

Today I'm by myself to chat... about mead of course! I'm 353 brews into my career, what have learned so far?! Come find out! Check out the main channel! www. YouTube.com/ManMadeMead Discord Link: https://www.manmademead.com/discord www. ManMadeMead.com www. Patreon.com/ManMadeMead www. Facebook.com/ManMadeMeadery Support the show

Today I'm chatting with the winner of the Ultimate Mead Maker of 2023, Matthew Allen! The Ultimate Mead Maker Challenge is a very unique competition in that it goes beyond just one bottle of mead. I put 16 mead makers through 4 challenges to see who was the best mead maker. After each challenge we eliminated 4 of them until we were down to just 1 left. I documented the whole series on YouTube...

Today I get to chat with the wonderful guys over at Basic Brewing all about their channel and their experiences in brewing! These gentlemen are far more educated than me and yet they let me share some meads with them! I hope you enjoy this fun episode with James and Steve. Check out Basic Brewing! Basic Brewing YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCM1T4qgHA5qv2uF8y7wC_CQ  Basic Brewing Websi...

Today I get to sit and chat with the amazing Carlos from Texas Longhouse Mead and chat about his upcoming meadery! He has broken ground on land and is in then process of finalizing licenses and everything to get going. This episode is really fun and I hope you enjoy learning more about what it takes to make a meadery. Support Carlos' channel below! Texas Longhouse Mead: https://www.youtube.co...

Today I'm chatting with Stephen (SteveO on Discord) all about beer and how it has helped his mead making experience! I have been really trying to dive deeper into beer brewing and Stephen is my go to guy. This podcast was a blast and I hope you enjoy the episode! Support the show

Today I'm chatting with Jesse from the YouTube channel Still It! His channel is one of the go to places on YouTube to consume great content and learn a lot about distilling. He was so gracious to spend a few minutes of his time telling me all about distilling and talking about his experiences in distilling mead. I really hope you enjoy this episode and be sure to check out his channel if you...

I had a great time getting to chat with Alex from Dancing Skeleton Meadery all about what it's like to own a meadery in Oklahoma! They brew strictly traditional meads and I find that to be so unique and fun. You can try some of their mead and order off their website if you would like to support them. Huge thanks to Alex for sitting down and chatting with me! Support Dancing Skeleton Meadery h...