The Mead House

It’s a listener request episode! First the guys discuss various options for labeling mead for home mead makers, from elaborate to extremely simple. Then, they discuss adding hops, from why, to how, and what kinds of flavors and types of hops lend themselves best to a good mead. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you Bacchus & Barleycorn!

It’s another longer topic this week as the guys dig into getting ready to get meads to competition. They talk finishing your meads with an eye for entering, packaging your mead, options for shipping and the ins and outs of getting it entered! The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you Bacchus & Barleycorn!

The guys take a deep dive into the various faults one can encounter while making mead, and talk steps to mitigate and deal with them as they spring up. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you Bacchus & Barleycorn!

It’s a three-topic Thursday at the Mead House. In the first topic, Jeff discusses his experience beekeeping and things a home mead maker should think about before getting into the hobby themselves. Then, the guys discuss PUT SOME SEEDS IN YOUR POCKET, Jeff’s lemon mead recipe that he finished based on the Mead House 8% mead recipe. Finally, the guys discuss options for making a sour mead for the hot summer months. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you Bacchus & Barleycorn!

Chris’ son Roane has undertaken an experiment making the cheapest mead possible, comparing mead made with wine yeast and mead made with bread yeast. Chris and Jeff try an experiment to see if they can tell one from the other, with surprising results. Then, Chris drops some knowledge on growing berries in containers, a topic near and dear to his heart. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you Bacchus & Barleycorn!

With the calendar turning over to June and the temperatures climbing, we’re definitely in the summer months. Usually that means making mead gets tricky but Jeff throws out some ways to make your summer meads fast and tasty using kviek yeast strains, and uses one to make a juicy orange mead that’s sure to be a favorite summer sipper – Jeff’s Modern Orange! The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you Bacchus & Barleycorn!

Jeff and Chris talk in more depth about using whole fruit for making mead, including process and procedures, cautions and best practices, along with why it might be preferable to several of the easier ways to add fruit flavor they’ve covered in previous episodes. Then, the two of them discuss approaches to refining favorite recipes and building up ‘house mead’ recipes. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you Bacchus & Barleycorn!

It’s another two topic episode! In the first part, Jeff gives Chris a deeper dive into the ins and outs of carbonation, discussing the pros and cons of bottle conditioning versus kegging. In part two, the guys take a look through a handful of easily accessible mead recipes online and point out some red flags that might be a good sign for new mead makers to be cautious of using those recipes, discuss the red flags and the logic behind why those are in the recipe in the first place, as well as what to do instead. The Mead House […]

Jeff lays out the basic recipe for a 12% starter mead recipe along with some discussion on what makes this different than the previous 8% recipe and what extra techniques we need to use to get the end results we’re looking for. Mead House 12% Mead Recipe Start with approx 1/4 cup warm (80-90 degrees Fahrenheit) water. Add 2g 71B yeast and 2.5g GoFerm and set aside to proof. Add honey and water to a volume of 1 gallon and a starting gravity of 1.090. Add yeast and GoFerm mixture after the yeast has proofed. Degas the mead by gentle […]

Jeff and Chris spend a bit talking about an easy way to get started in making new kinds of meads – utilizing kits. Whether it’s fruit wine, regular wine, cider, or beer, it’s a great way to get started making melomels, pyments, cysers or braggots with a pretty high probability of yielding good returns! The guys spend a while talking different strategies for utilizing kits and share some of their own experiences using them. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you Bacchus & Barleycorn!