The Mead House show

The Mead House

Summary: The Mead House podcast, 3 guys sitting around the table talking mead, and on occasion wander out into the yard and talk home brewing. Fun, entertaining and instructional, The Mead House will provide you with 90 minutes of home brewing entertainment you don't want to miss!

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 Episode 131 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:30:59

Former co-host Aaron Martin joins the crew at the house. Since Aaron left the show to move to South Carolina, he’s been busy with a HUGE garden, says his wife is the gardener with the green thumb, he just takes the place of the tractor, the plow and the tiller.

 Episode 130 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:34:29

Iron Bee first place winner Bert Mayer joins us in this episode. He has been making mead since he turned 21, and when all his friends bought set ups to make beer, his small apartment pushed him in a different direction. A mild hobby at first, he spent more of his time in the underground world of facial hair competitions.

 Episode 129 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:31:16

He’s a Minnesota-native, has six International Mazer Cup wins, a Minnesota State Fair Best of Show and two first round placements in this year's National Homebrew Competition. And, he's only been making mead for a year and a half. Adam Bystrom joins us at the bar tonight. From the survey files:  "I really can't cook. I love hearing about different flavors or ideas of flavors or blending flavors. Coffee and chocolate, how to make mead with it. I need to try the cocoa nibs I got from the Iron Bee before I ask my friend for some pure cocoa." A couple of flavors not unfamiliar to the crew, we'll spend some time on each. Ryan startles the crew with the thought of a White Stout style braggot.

 Episode 128 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:28:54

When asked what kinds of meads he likes to make, he answered this way, "What would I like to drink?" Award winning mead maker, Nathan Steigman drops in, he also put together the winning MVP Challenge mead at the 2019 Iron Bee. We'll get Nathan's perspective on mead making, and and ask him the source of his inspiration.

 Episode 127 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:38:34

Iron Bee Silver Medalist, Brett Guthrie, stops by the house to talk about his winning entry and thoughts on mead making. He likes doing session meads, and uses his environment of sandy beaches and  sunny days as his inspiration. And from the Mead House survey, we discuss kegging your homebrew. Finally, we wrap the show with a few Facebook Friends, and answer a couple questions.

 Episode 126 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:33:28

Matt Weide stops by the house, we get his thoughts on the Fenugreek secret ingredient and the MVP challenge. Taking it around the table, we find out what's on the short list for new projects, JD contemplating another port mead and a Ryanbraggot with citra hops, Jeff has a ton of strawberries, he's considering using Omega's Voss Kveik yeast, and Ryan talks about a grapefruit braggot he has in mind.

 Episode 125 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:33:07

Home meadmaker and medalist, Josh Mahoney joins us on the show for some final thoughts and a wrap-up of the first Mead House Iron Bee competition that took place last weekend in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Iron Bee challenge was a secret ingredient, fenugreek, which has properties similar to maple. Some amazing results were achieved, even some that didn't place in the top 3.

 Episode 124 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:20:04

Need yeast? Just take a mason jar out to your beehive and collect a few bees and put them in your beer wort of mead must! Bryan Heit, creator of Sui Generis Brewing blog joins us this episode to talk about wild yeast among other things! Jeff is in a conundrum, his keg collection might be getting out of control according to his wife, and finally, we tackle a few Reddit friends to wrap the show. Hey, hope to see you at the Iron Bee!

 Episode 123 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:32:03

Mazer Cup medalist Pavel Anisimov visits the Mead House to share some thoughts on his mead making, a last minute schedule change for segment 2 leads JD and Jeff into a discussion on using used bourbon barrels and barrels in general and we wrap the show with a couple Facebook Friends.

 Episode 122 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:38:54

Gina dalla Gasperino from Meridian Cacao Company joins us at the bar to discuss cocoa and the cacao bean. Please visit their website and check out the Education link.

 Episode 121 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:33:09

Bryan Pierce from Yakima Chief Hops joins us for an interesting and inspiring discussion on integrating hops into meads. Summertime is right around the corner, what's going to be on tap at your house when you fire up the BBQ? We discuss a few summertime flavors and ideas to get you started, and finally we wrap with a couple questions from our Facebook Friends.

 Episode 120 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:25:07

Iron Bee supporter, Josh Eckton owner of a new start-up, White Bear Meadery in White Bear Lake Minnesota joins us this episode, and then with summertime just around the corner, Ryan and Jeff talk Rose...no, not the wine, but inspirations taken from it.  How to get that gorgeous rose color into your mead.

 Episode 119 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:27:40

It’s been said that Irish whiskey was the first spirit ever distilled. They’re talking about something that might have occurred around 1 AD. However, it really doesn’t matter if you’ve tried 2 Gingers Irish Whiskey today. Founder and Iron Bee supporter Kieran Folliard stops by the house, and what ensues is

 Episode 118 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:28:41

Before you chop down that spruce tree out back so you can use it in your next brew, you might want to listen to our guest this episode, Randy Schnose from Spruce On Tap. Randy gives us the what for's and why not's of using spruce tips in our brews, JD has a hair-brained idea for one of his port mead projects, yes...it includes bourbon, we go around the table and find out what's cookin', and a few Facebook friends get some answers.

 Episode 117 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:48:03

"A guy shows up in Grass Valley, has a friend he's only known for 6 months, knows nothing about home brewing, and winds up going in with his friend to buy a home brew shop...then comes up with an idea for a product every home brewer needs." Only in America! Anthony Schoensee from BrewSSSential talks about his adventure leading to the development of a stainless steel auto siphon.

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