The Mead House

Ryan crashes the Minnesota Mead Up last weekend and caught up with a couple mead House celebrities! Sour meads find a rare competition in Tampa Bay, Florida, sponsored by Special Hoperations , if you have a sour mead ready to be judged, you have until June 8th to submit your entry! We cover a few Facebook Friends, and wrap with Jeff's review of a couple beverages brewed by Ryan. Hey, thanks for listening! Make sure and rate us 5 stars on your favorite podcast player, iTunes, & Stitcher Radio!

This week, award-winning meadmaker, Matt Weide returns to The Mead House. Scoring a silver for a Carolina Reaper mead, he describes the process as well as a project he’s working on to determine if people can actually tell if a mead has been backsweetened or has been stopped to leave

In this episode, Ryan and Jeff critique JD’s H1 & H2 braggot offerings, (recipe for H1 is below), Facebook Friends, the crew tackles a few questions posted by our friends in a few facebook mead groups. In the interest in promoting mead, the introduction of mead to people who have

Mazer Cup gold medalist, Josh Mahoney, returns to The mead House and sticks around for the whole show! He talks about his Double 50 award winner, a little on bee keeping, Jeff discovers an accidental infection that leads to a tasty sour mead. So you’re a mead maker and now

JD, what's HTO?! Listen for it! Kyle Peterson from WineHaven joins us to talk mead while we enjoy a few glasses of his award-winning Stinger mead! The son of a long time bee keeper talks about his effort to produce Stinger, making mead in general, and a bit of advice for JD's Mead Port project. Do you have a batch of mead you're just not wild about? Wait before you toss it, Ryan leads a discussion on blending, a way to salvage a mead thast just isn't up to par. Facebook Friends, William from Main has a braggot project he's working on and Alex Haag discover's a new use for Anova's Sous Vide machine!

Slam the door open & hit the lights! Welcome to The Mead House! This episode we cover a number of Facebook Friends, including using Oxy-Clean, a Blueberry Melomel, bread yeast and much more! JD has a couple projects he’s working on, particularly a Blackberry/Cherry mead Port. His concern is leaving

Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor, author of The Art of Mead Tasting and Food Pairing, joins the show this episode. If you're into the culinary culture, love to cook and make mead at home, this is a "must-have" book to go with your best cookbooks.

Celebrating 2 years here at The Mead House, episode 79 includes a report from co-host Jeff Shouse on his trip to 2018 Mazer Cup International. Jeff talks a bit about his experience as a judge, and gives some insight on the entry and scoring process. JD runs through a bourbon barrel cyser recipe with a twist, adding oak chips during fermentation, and using honey malt to add some mouthfeel and more honey character.  See his recipe below! Thank for listening, we appreciate all our listeners, and please, rate us 5 stars on your favorite podcast player!

JD and Ryan at the table this episode, Jeff is getting ready for his trip to the Mazer Cup in Colorado. In this episode, Facebook Friends looks at several issues including a recipe by Shawn Larson using Shagbark! Ryan leads a discussion about using alternative bottle carbing sugars, and aging. Modern mead making implies make it fast so you can drink it now, but are we overlooking what JD calls, "time does a bottle good?" Thanks for listening, and be sure and rate us 5 stars on your favorite listening player, iTunes and Stitcher radio!

Test batches, how do you handle yours? JD says all his batches are test batches! What do you do with 80 gallons of expired organic apple juice that has started to ferment, and Jeff talks about allergies and clearing agents using shellfish. Thanks for listening, we appreciate all our listeners and be sure to rate us 5 stars on your favorite listening venue, iTunes, and Stitcher Radio!

It's just JD and Jeff this episode and Jeff has a new experiment going on!

Award wining, longtime mead maker and brewer, Pat McNealy, joins The Mead House crew for this episode. We review a few facebook posts, and JD talks about making labels. Thanks for listening, we appreciate all of out listeners! Make sure and give us 5  stars on your favorite listening venue, iTunes, Stitcher Radio, or your favorite podcast player!

Is there such a thing as OMD (Obsessive Mead Disease)? Moises Martinez joins us tonight to talk about his! Also in this episode, Mazer Cup talk and the Hopper List update.  Thanks for listening, be sure and rate us 5 stars on iTunes, Stitcher radio or your favorite podcast player!

The Bee Whisperer, Michael Jordan joins us on the show, Jeff opens up a discussion on pursuing an historical mead...sort of, and is looking for suggestions on hops from Ryan and JD. New Years has come and gone, but did you have any New Brew-solutions for 2018? We did, and we'll tell ya about 'em! Thanks for listening, and please rate us 5 stars on iTunes, Stitcher or your favorite podcast player! 

Steve Wilkes from Steve's Brew Shop and James Spencer from BasicBrewing Radio join us this episode, also, some discussion on bochets and hops. Thanks for listening, make sure and give us 5 stars on iTunes or your favorite listening venue!