The MeadMakr Podcast: News, Interviews, and Guides to Make Your Mead Better

In this bonus episode, we follow the first of a three leg journey Tysen takes during the 2015 Meadmust Holiday season. If you don’t recall Meadmust, check out Episode 25 where we bring back many of the Mead Masters we interviewed in 2015. We’ll be following up on Tysen’s travels over the course of a few … Continue reading "MM029: Merry Meadmust Road Trip Part 1: #FoundMead"

In episode 28 of the Meadcast we introduce the MeadMakr’s Toolbox. These are five calculators we think will greatly help in your meadmaking journey. Starting with the BatchBuildr, we’ll walk through the BatchBlendr, ABV Calculator, SG to Brix Converter, and bringing it home we stumble through the Advanced Nutrient Calculator. To further enjoy the episode, Tysen … Continue reading "MM028: The MeadMakr’s Toolbox – Hear an Acronym, Drink Mead"

Bray Denard joins us in Episode 27 to discuss the development of the near mythical Bray’s One Month Mead (BOMM) recipe. The BOMM started as a simple beer yeast experiment, assuming that historically beer yeasts have been chosen for fast fermentations whereas wine yeasts were selected for long term viability. Whether you trust the initial … Continue reading "MM027: Somebody Set Up Us the BOMM"

Frank Golbeck from Golden Coast Mead joins us in Episode 26 to discuss sour meads. If you aren’t familiar with sours, read through the complete show notes and the and check out the Additional Reading links before diving into the episode. Frank walks us through GCM’s sour mead discovery, including the happenstance development of their first … Continue reading "MM026: Golden Coast Mead’s One Weird Tasting Trick"

Merry Meadmas (or is that Meadmust?)! In Episode 25, we celebrate the holidays with audio from the multitude of mead masters we’ve had the fortunate opportunity to interview this year. You’ll hear from Ken Schramm, Brad Dahlhofer, Paul Zimmerman, Michael Fairbrother, Sergio Moutela, and Jeff Herbert. Topics include agave meads to make margaritas; the historical mead figures … Continue reading "MM025: A Merry Meadmas with the Mead Masters"

In Episode 24, David Doucette from Hive Mind Mead joins us to tackle bochets. What are they? how do you make them? And what the heck is solera aging!?! Listen in to find out. And if you want to join in on the fun check out the links section below for where to follow Dave’s … Continue reading "MM024: Bochets with Hive Mind Mead"

Ricky from Groennfell Meadery joins us in Episode 23. Ricky hosts his own youtube show, Ask the Meadmaker. Listen in as we talk about Groennfell’s meads and answer a few questions Ricky has for us. http://traffic.libsyn.com/meadmakr/MeadMakr023.mp3 Right click here to download the mp3 directly. Drinks in this Episode Allen and Tysen: Mannaz and Valkyrie’s Choice (Groennfell … Continue reading "MM023: Ask THE Meadmaker"

We’ve received many questions about staggered nutrients, and in Episode 22 we try to answer them bringing on Sergio Moutela of Melovino Meadery. Sergio also created Mead Made Right, a website devoted to teaching meadmakers about Sergio’s Tailored Organic Staggered Nutrient Additions. http://traffic.libsyn.com/meadmakr/MeadMakr022.mp3 Right click here to download the mp3 directly. Drinks in this Episode … Continue reading "MM022: TOSNA with Sergio Moutela"

Paul Reiss from Meadist joins us in Episode 21 to discuss brands, bottles, and label designs. Bottling is the last step to finish your meads. While it may not seem relevant to a site devoted to making mead, it is relevant when it comes to sharing the mead you’ve made with friends. Whether you are … Continue reading "MM021: Branding, Bottles, and Labels"

In Episode 20, Tysen and Allen answer the first 20 questions they received from the Podcast listeners. We touch on making peach session melomels, common meadmaking problems, the mead industry, starting a meadery, and even how Allen and Tysen first met. We also feature a MeadMakr Spotlight with Blacksnake Meadery from Dugspur, VA. Steve and … Continue reading "MM020: Let’s Play… 20 Questions!"