The Mead House

Twice American Homebrewers Association Meadmaker of The Year, Steve Fletty returns to update us on what he's been brewing lately. Last here on episode 67, Steve has been trying to perfect a dry traditional mead with some brewing techniques he hopes will prove hopeful. In segment two, we turn our broadcast spotlight to one of our own, Jeff Shouse, and his early days as a student in Slovenia. You'll get a kick out of this one! And finally, Facebook Friends, this is where we try to answer questions with no formal expertise other than what we've experienced in our own brew rooms!

Iron Bee 2020 is on! It's time to register, and you must be a Mead House Keyholder to enter. It's gonna be a shindig, so don't miss it! After party dates will be announced later.

Thanks for keeping the Mead House podcast free with your continued support, we appreciate all our listeners. Get a set of keys to the mead house, help keep the Mead House podcast free by subscribing to Patreon, when you do, Jeff will send you some great gifts! When you become a subscriber, you'll have access to some great interviews from guests here at the Mead House.

John Jacob started Old Sol Enterprises LLC in 1997 with the goals of creating and sharing sustainable farming practices with an emphasis on beekeeping and pollinators.  John’s educational background includes a BS in biology with minors in Economics and Chemistry from Southern Oregon University.   Old Sol has pioneered a bee breeding program to develop disease tolerant bees and innovative farming practices such as agrivoltaics for pollinator habitat and commercial beekeeping. Stuck at home with 5 gallon batches and unable to share? How about doing small batch projects and storing them in large Pepsi or Coke bottles? And with the right attachment, you can even carb up your small batch right in the bottle. Then as always, we end the show with Facebook/Reddit friends.

Iron Bee 2020 is on! It's time to register, and you must be a Mead House Keyholder to enter. It's gonna be a shindig, so don't miss it! After party dates will be announced later.

Thanks for keeping the Mead House podcast free with your continued support, we appreciate all our listeners. Get a set of keys to the mead house, help keep the Mead House podcast free by subscribing to Patreon, when you do, Jeff will send you some great gifts! When you become a subscriber, you'll have access to some great interviews from guests here at the Mead House.

In this episode, we talk to a pair of home brewers, Ravi & John who became brewing buddies. Ravi started his fermenting hobby on a backpack trip making prison hooch using Tang and bread yeast! He also put together an amazing creamsicle mead, and is experimenting using sourdough starter! John had  to seriously downsize from a house with a garage to brewing in an apartment. That didn't slow him down, he has a rosemary mead aging on some oak that sounds delicious, and has plans for a hopped IPA style mead as well. In segment 2, Ryan did a 'thing". He explains how he made a very refreshing non-aclcoholic drink using just 3 tablespoons of honey per gallon. Then as always, we wrap the show with a few Facebook & Reddit friends.

Iron Bee 2020 is on! It's time to register, and you must be a Mead House Keyholder to enter. It's gonna be a shindig, so don't miss it! After party dates will be announced later.

Thanks for keeping the Mead House podcast free with your continued support, we appreciate all our listeners. Get a set of keys to the mead house, help keep the Mead House podcast free by subscribing to Patreon, when you do, Jeff will send you some great gifts! When you become a subscriber, you'll have access to some great interviews from guests here at the Mead House.

 

Amoretti

White Labs Yeast

In this episode, we talk with returning guest, Bryan Heit of Sui Generis Brewing about DIY'ing your own candi syrup. At usually between $9 - $10 per pound, sugar is sometimes priced at $.75 cents per pound, With a few additional easy to get ingredients, Bryan explains how it can be done at home. In segment 2, Ryan tells us there are thousands of kegs of beer, some from craft beer distributers, most from the big guys that are going to go bad, that are sitting in warehouses and event stadiums. You can buy these kegs for literally a few dollars. Ryan explains how to get them so listen close! He also talks about the potential Co2 shortage and his very own yeast emergency brewing adventure! And as always, we wrap with Facebook Friends and others.

Read the story here about the Horse Soldier Bourbon JD was drinking on the show.

Iron Bee 2020 is on! It's time to register, and you must be a Mead House Keyholder to enter. It's gonna be a shindig, so don't miss it! After party dates will be announced later.

Thanks for keeping the Mead House podcast free with your continued support, we appreciate all our listeners. Get a set of keys to the mead house, help keep the Mead House podcast free by subscribing to Patreon, when you do, Jeff will send you some great gifts! When you become a subscriber, you'll have access to some great interviews from guests here at the Mead House.

 

Amoretti

Get out your pen and paper and prepare to take notes! Ash Fishbein from Sap House Meadery is here with us again, and if you listen carefully, he'll reveal a few secrets to some successful home brewed mead! Sap House has one of the most amazing barrel  aging programs and Ash has some info for those of us looking to barrel age, and he also lets out a secret if you read between the lines regarding coffee meads. We wrap the show with 2 segments of Facebook Friends covering a multitude of topics!

 

During the show, Ash talked about how one of his brews from his brewery, Hobb's Brewery and said the proceeds from one of their beers goes to a veteran's support group Warriors @ 45 North. Please check these guys out and give a donation if you can. Our veterans are special people, heroes, and well deserving of all we can do for them.

Iron Bee 2020 is on! It's time to register, and you must be a Mead House Keyholder to enter. It's gonna be a shindig, so don't miss it! After party dates will be announced later.

Thanks for keeping the Mead House podcast free with your continued support, we appreciate all our listeners. Get a set of keys to the mead house, help keep the Mead House podcast free by subscribing to Patreon, when you do, Jeff will send you some great gifts! When you become a subscriber, you'll have access to some great interviews from guests here at the Mead House.

 

Amoretti

This week, we spend the whole episode dealing with our Facebook Friends, including Reddit and other forums. This is where the crew answers questions with no formal expertise other than what we've experienced in our own brew house. Mead House welcomes listener questions and comments, if you have one, send it to [email protected] .

 

Iron Bee 2020 is on! It's time to register, and you must be a Mead House Keyholder to enter. It's gonna be a shindig, so don't miss it! After party dates will be announced later.

 

Thanks for keeping the Mead House podcast free with your continued support, we appreciate all our listeners. Get a set of keys to the mead house, help keep the Mead House podcast free by subscribing to Patreon, when you do, Jeff will send you some great gifts! When you become a subscriber, you'll have access to some great interviews from guests here at the Mead House.

 

Whitelabs Yeast

Amoretti

We sent Ryan to HomeBrewCon 2017 in Minneapolis this year, and he talked to a few mead makers and fans at Club Night. It's not too late to start a holiday project, Thanksgiving and Christmas is a good time to share a nice cider, or mead made with a few holiday spices like nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, etc. And can you store wort or must for any length of time? JD, Ryan and Jeff toss it around the table.

Ryan and JD had a chance to sit down with Eric Lowe from the Texas Mead Cup, Susan Ruud of Hoppy Halloween and Andrew Adams of Orpheus Meadfest for some brief discussions on their competitions. It's not too late to get in on any one of these, so get your project packaged up and submitted!