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 the episode. Be sure to check out Schramm's Mead via the links below:

Schramm's Mead: https://store.schrammsmead.com/storefront.aspx

Check out the main channel! www.YouTube.com/ManMadeMead

Want to know what I use? Check it out on my Amazon store of my website!
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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 don't use sugar, only the wood): https://foragerchef.com/hickory-syrup/
Shagbark hickory from etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1039999600/shagbark-hickory-bark-bark-for-grilling

Sui Generis Brewing (Excellent guidance on capturing wild yeast):
Pt1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqcc9ZeLBXM
Pt 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDvGvBVw3gg
Pt 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abQNl6WIdc8

Meanbrews: https://www.youtube.com/c/meanbrews

Master Homebrewer program:   https://www.masterhomebrewerprogram.com/

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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 episode! Join the "Mead" Facebook group if you're interested!

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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 Meadmaker: https://store.schrammsmead.com/the-compleat-meadmaker-p78.aspx

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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-_JpiedK6rwSt_--7cOT5ah6RYqjH6P-0NZvok/copy
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FYhI7hNySRQZ8wzIskujd9eu10HvZyVuaQQg522aeW8/copy

Google Spreadsheet 2: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iu-9b-_JpiedK6rwSt_--7cOT5ah6RYqjH6P-0NZvok/copy
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FYhI7hNySRQZ8wzIskujd9eu10HvZyVuaQQg522aeW8/copy

How to Use the Mead Calc (Playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK2MubdaaOrUaQnjvfsJnqJv3agRmd4oS

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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
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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 and you can find those links below.

Rounds 1 & 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDF64qB0yGQ
Round 3 & 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k92tCj5wFuU&t=983s

Join the Discord: https://www.manmademead.com/discord

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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 Website: https://www.basicbrewing.com

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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.com/channel/UCnGsv4bfDKg_LjBJpe74E6Q

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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!

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