GotMead Live Radio Show
249 episodes - English - Latest episode: 25 days ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWeekly podcast discussing mead, mead making, meaderies and mead info from around the world
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9-20-16 Jeremy Kyncl – Hierophant Meadery – Back to Basics – Metheglins
September 20, 2016 22:38 - 2 hours - 141 MB9-20-16 - Today we're talking with Jeremy Kyncl, owner of Hierophant Meadery in Mead, WA. Jeremy and his wife Michelle have a background in herbs and are focused on local-sourcing their mead ingredients and creating a uniquely local product. They love the 'back-to-nature' aspects of mead making, and all the nuances that plants can add to the mix at various stages of growth. We expect to see some unique meads from them! On Back to Basics, Jeremy will be staying on to talk with AJ, Manny, Ham...
9-13-16 John Harris of Harris Meadery – Back to Basics – Citrus Melomels
September 13, 2016 22:09 - 2 hours - 115 MB9-13-16 - Tonight we're talking with John Harris, owner of Harris Meadery in Orange Park Florida, near Jacksonville. John runs the meadery with his wife Melissa and their daughters Amelia and Amanda. Harris Meadery is just getting going, and have two flagship meads they are offering - a Key Lime Pie honey wine and and a soon-to-be-release Cherry Raspberry Currant honey wine. Florida is slowly getting more and more meaderies, Harris looks to be a great addition! We're looking forward to hear...
9-6-16 Sergio Moutela – What He’s Learned – Back to Basics – Braggots
September 06, 2016 23:48 - 2 hours - 139 MB9-6-16 Tonight Sergio Moutela from Melovino Mead is back with us, through the luck of me having a scheduling snafu. Sergio is coming up on 2 years in business, and all along, he's been publishing blog posts about what he's learned in his journey so far. We're going to talk with him about that journey, and see what we can learn! He'll be sticking around to talk with us about braggots in Back to Basics, with myself, AJ, Manny and Hamish. Come join us to talk mead! Join us 9PM ET tonight! (8PM ...
8-30-16 Cellarmen’s Mead and Back to Basics – Dry Traditionals
August 30, 2016 22:20 - 2 hours - 117 MB8-30-16 Tonight we're visiting with one of the meaderies I had the opportunity to visit when I was in Michigan last month. Cellarmen's, in Hazel Park, MI is the brainchild of four metal-loving, hard charging guys who started with a passion for creating award-winning meads that will get people talking. And they charged off to create some pretty damn amazing meads. Those of you that know me are aware that I often don't care for dry traditionals. But these guys have nailed it. In spades. I was ...
8-23-16 Buzzed Bee Meadery – Back to Basics – Berry Melomels
August 23, 2016 22:39 - 2 hours - 132 MB8-23-16 Buzzed Bee Meadery in Iowa Buzzed Bee Meadery got started as a decision between bees and chickens. Thank goodness the bees won! Years ago, Wayne Spohnheimer and his wife Michelle got interested in bees and honey. And Wayne got interested in mead. Fast forward several years, and Buzzed Bee Meadery is opening in September of this year, near Melbourne, Iowa, just 30 minutes from Des Moines. They are coming out of the gate with seven meads, including their best seller, Sweet Bee Lemon M...
8-16-16 Queen Bee Brews and Back to Basics: Traditionals
August 16, 2016 23:58 - 5 hours - 276 MB8-16-16 Today we're talking with Deborah Lee, owner of Queen Bee Brews in Denver, CO, which is opening THIS WEEKEND on August 20!! Started by Deborah Lee, a homebrewer since 2003, she got tired of the 40 odd carboys in residence and needed to re-gain some elbow room. She had been encouraged by many folks for several years to make the leap to pro and she finally listened. Deborah worked part-time at her local homebrew shop for 5 years and started keeping bees in 2009. She has presented mead ...
8-9-16 Meridian Hive Meadery – BtB – Bochet
August 10, 2016 00:59 - 2 hours - 135 MB8-9-16 Meridian Hive Meadery in Austin has been making mead since 2012, and winning awards all the way. The guys do a lot of session meads and kick but while doing it! Eric and Mike make amazing mead! Eric also runs the Texas Mead Fest and competition which is coming up in September as well. Meridian Hive is big on balance in their meads, and does mostly session meads, the majority of them on draft, but some are bottled. They are currently hard at work turning on all of Texas to their intere...
7-19-16 The Art of Mead Tasting and Food Pairing – Back to Basics – Yeast with AJ, Manny and Oskaar
July 19, 2016 21:47 - 2 hours - 132 MB7-19-16 Mead - the fastest growing segment of the craft alcoholic beverage industry, yet most people know so little about it. Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor, mead lover, AMMA board member and legislative committee member, and owner, with her husband of Kookoolan Farms in Oregon, aims to change that. She has written and is in the process of editing and self-publishing her book, 'The Art of Mead Tasting and Food Pairing'. The book is a grand tour of the worlds' meads, coupled with innovative and t...
7-5-16 Celestial Mead & Denali Brewing – Back to Basics – Backsweetening
July 05, 2016 17:36 - 1 hour - 109 MB7-5-16 Today we're talking with Mike Kiker, owner of Celestial Meads and Sassan Mossanen, general manger of Denali Brewing in Talkeetna, Alaska. This is a new thing, because Mike is selling Celestial Meads to Denali Brewing, and staying on as a mead-maester, to help them integrate the meads into their business, be an ambassador, and teach them how to make award-winning mead. There have been a lot of collaboration brews between meaderies and breweries, but so far as we know, this is the first ...
6-28-16 GML is 1 Year Old – Ken Schramm returns and Back to Basics – Fruit Part 2
June 28, 2016 01:52 - 2 hours - 141 MB6-28-16 GotMead Live is 1 Year Old! June 30 marks our one year anniversary, and we're tickled to have Ken Schramm back with us. Ken was kind enough to be the first guest on GML last year, and he's coming back to tell us what's going on with Schramm's Mead now, and also to help us talk about using fruit in your mead. You may not know, but Ken has a small and carefully curated orchard and berry farm on his property in Michigan. And he creates small batch reserve meads from these fruits, such a...
6-21-16 Ed Nowek from Planet Bee and Back to Basics – Stabilization and Backsweetening
June 21, 2016 19:23 - 2 hours - 125 MB6-21-16 We're still hanging out in the Great White North this week, and talking with Ed Nowek from Planet Bee! Planet Bee is a honey farm and meadery in British Columbia. They've picked up their share of medals from the Mazer Cup competition. AJ and I, and *special guest* Wayne Boncyk, from the GotMead Forums and the Mazer Cup will be talking about stabilization and backsweetening your meads. Got questions? Want to join the conversation, give us a call!! 803-443-MEAD (6323), or Skype us at m...
6-14-16 Back to Basics – Fruit!!
June 14, 2016 22:45 - 1 hour - 109 MB6-17-2016 - Today we're doing something different. I'm dealing with some things, and didn't have time to get a guest for this week, so we're all about just making mead. Today, our continuing series 'Making Mead: Back to Basics' is talking fruit. Fruit in your mead. What fruit, why fruit, and how fruit. AJ, Manny, Ryan and I will be spending the entire show (not sure how long it will be) talking about melomel and the fruit that loves it. If you want them to tackle your mead making stuff, yo...
6-7-2016 Munro Honey and Mead and Back to Basics – Honey Varieties
June 02, 2016 19:55 - 2 hours - 136 MB6-7-2016 We are off to the Great White North! This episode we will be talking with John Bryans, owner of Munro Honey and Mead in Ontario, Canada (finally A.J. gets the mead!!).
5-31-16 Haymaker Meadery and Making Mead-Back to Basics
May 31, 2016 18:41 - 2 hours - 132 MBThis week, we have Adam Crockett, owner of Haymaker Meadery in Montgomeryville, PA. Haymaker creates 'modern mead with a folk flair'. They are out there working to change the face of mead, and bring a 'new view' to the mead world. We're really interested to see what they're going to do!
5-24-16 – Bruce Leslie, President TX Mead Association and Owner-Griffin Meadery
May 24, 2016 22:44 - 2 hours - 116 MB5-24-16 - Yep, did it again. This time, I was out of town almost the entire break, a good bit of it in the mountains with crap connectivity, so I *do* have a weak excuse. (or at least a weak connectivity excuse) But never fear, we've lined up a great series for you, and will give you good show! This week, we have Bruce Leslie, president of the Texas Mead Association, which also hosts the Texas Meadfest (whaat? there's a meadfest in Texas? Whoohoooo!! Let's *go*!) The Texas Mead Association...
5-3-16- Leaky Roof Meadery and Making Mead-Back to Basics
May 03, 2016 18:08 - 2 hours - 124 MB5-3-16 Yep, late again. I'm planning to fix that in the next series. This is the last GML until May 24, we are taking a 2 week break to set up the next series. Today we're talking with Todd, Jhett and Andrew with Leaky Roof Meadery in Buffalo, MO. Leaky Roof got started out of a failed meadery project that the guys were involved with, and the name comes from an association with a nearby railroad and the fact that many of the properties they looked at actually had leaky roofs, lol. They make...
4-26-16 Hidden Legend Winery and Making Mead-Back to Basics
April 26, 2016 21:45 - 2 hours - 115 MBTonight we're chatting with Ken Schultz, owner of Hidden Legend Winery in Victor, MT. And on Making Mead-Back to Basics, we're talking BOMM and making good mead fast.
4-19-16 Jon Talkington – Brimming Horn Meadery & Making Good Mead-Back to Basics with AJ, Manny and Ryan
April 19, 2016 21:33 - 2 hours - 128 MBTonight we talk with Jon Talkington of Brimming Horn Meadery, and dig into hydrometers and ABV/alcohol content, ingredient quality and care and feeding of yeast.
4-12-16 Robin Kosoris – Viking Alchemist Meadery and Making Good Mead – Back to Basics
April 12, 2016 19:58 - 2 hours - 126 MBViking Alchemist Meadery actually happened as sort of a surprise, when Robin’s son said ‘lets start a meadery’, and his wife did the research and found that the craft beverage industry was going nuts. On 'Making Good Mead - Back to Basics', we're talking creating good habits.
4-5-16 White Winter Winery and Making Good Mead-Back to Basics
April 05, 2016 21:44 - 2 hours - 124 MB4-5-2016 Tonight is an interesting night. Many years ago, back in the Sands of Time (like, the 90's), when the meadery landscape was but sparsely populated, I stumbled across this mead. A blueberry mead, like liquid summer sky in a bottle, and it was Good. Hell, it was amazing. You could say it helped launch GotMead, because it made me realize that mead could be awesome. It was White Winter Winery Blueberry Melomel. That blueberry mead helped me survive my first Thanksgiving with my mother-i...
3-29-16 Bray Denard – Bray’s One Month Mead
March 28, 2016 22:38 - 2 hours - 142 MB3-29-2016 - Tonight we're tickled to have Bray, the creator of Bray's One Month Mead (BOMM) on GotMead Live. I asked Bray to give me some 'backstory' on his creation, and his answer was classic: "Mead is crazy good, but takes too long. I'm going to have to science the shit out of this to speed it up!"
3-22-16 – The AMMA and Mazer Cup International
March 22, 2016 20:38 - 2 hours - 113 MBMarch 22, 2016 - In this episode we are doing something a little different. We've double trouble again, with both the AMMA and the Mazer Cup in attendance! The Mazer Cup International was held this past weekend (and AJ and I couldn't attend, whah!!), and before the largest mead-only competition in the world starts, the American Mead Makers Association holds it's annual meeting.
March 15-Blair Housley-Etowah Meadery and Frank Golbeck on Sour Mead
March 14, 2016 22:44 - 2 hours - 125 MBIn this episode, we’re having ‘double the pleasure’, we have both Blair Housely, owner of Etowah Meadery, a ‘meadery in progress’, and we’re bringing back Frank Golbeck from Golden Coast Meadery, this time to go in-depth on what they’re doing with sour meads.
GotMead Live – Hangin’ with the Meadmakrs
February 09, 2016 20:23 - 2 hours - 115 MBFeb 9 - Well, it's a party on Gotmead Live tonight! Because, Mardi Gras (and Tysen needs his Untappd check-in for Mardi Gras). We'll be talking mead, meadmaking, and anything else that we find interesting.
GotMead Live – Nathan & Colin Ryan – FallenTimber Meadery
January 27, 2016 22:31 - 2 hours - 99.6 MBIn this episode we hang out with Nathan and Colin Ryan, brothers in mead at Fallentimber Meadery in Alberta, Canada. Sons of a beekeeper dad, these guys got their honey chops early in life, but headed out to have lives after they grew up.
GotMead Live – Mike Tripka – The Domras Cup
January 20, 2016 10:52 - 2 hours - 100 MBJanuary 26, 2016 - This week our guest is Mike Tripka, president of the Domras Cup, held in Savannah, Georgia every year by the Savannah Brewers League. The Domras Cup began in 1999 as a small, club-only competition between several serious local mead-makers.
GotMead Live – Frank Golbeck – Golden Coast Mead
January 15, 2016 17:47 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBThis week we visit with the guys from Golden Coast Mead. Golden Coast started in 2012 in San Diego, CA and has been kicking butt ever since. The meadery is founded on not just a love for mead, but as a sustainable business, promoting the fact that mead is made using the renewable resource of honey.
GotMead Live – Julia Herz – Brewers Association
January 06, 2016 20:43 - 1 hour - 79.9 MBThis week we will be talking with Julia Herz, long time meadmaker, and Craft Beer Program Director at the Brewers Association and Publisher of CraftBeer.com.
GotMead Live – Amina Harris – Director, Honey and Pollination Center, Robert Mondavi Institute
January 05, 2016 00:54 - 2 hours - 97.1 MBFor our first show in 2016, we're tickled to have on the show Amina Harris, Director of the Honey and Pollination Center at the Mondavi Institute (the fermentation holy grail) at UC Davis in California.
GotMead Live – Guy McConnell – Laughing Leprechaun Meadery
November 24, 2015 21:44 - 2 hours - 91.9 MBTonight on GotMeadLive - Guy McConnell, owner of Laughing Leprechaun Meadery, started home brewing beer in 1990 and making mead in 1992 while living in Alabama. He worked in high tech for 30 years, moving to Orlando, Florida and Huntersville, North Carolina before landing in Loveland Colorado where he has resided the past 17 years.
GotMead Live – Chris Webber – Outlanders Keep
November 17, 2015 23:25 - 2 hours - 86.5 MBAfter a tour in Iraq, this National Guardsman started making wine and mead out of his garage, enrolled in classes at Northwest Wine Academy in Seattle, founded the American Mead Association, and is starting his own meadery. Tonight, we’ll meet Chris Webber from Outlanders Keep in Washington state.
GotMead Live – Jennifer & Troy Kost – Legendary Mead
November 10, 2015 21:58 - 2 hours - 92.8 MBJennifer and Troy Kost, owners of the soon-to-be-open Legendary Mead. They started what is the normal progression for homebrewers...started making beer later in college (who doesn't?).
GotMead Live – Zeb Johnston – Lions Head Meadery
November 03, 2015 19:37 - 2 hours - 103 MBZeb Johnston of the soon-to-be-open Lions Head Mead. Zeb is a beekeeper who started selling local honey at Yorktown Market Days, a Farmers Market in Yorktown Virginia.
GotMead Live – Casey Stuck -Eagle’s Landing Meadery
October 27, 2015 22:56 - 2 hours - 102 MBTonight on GotMeadLive - Casey Stuck, and partner and fellow winemaker Eric Taylor will be on our 'in process and just started' meadery series. Their winery/meadery is located in Rosati, MO and is called Eagles' Landing.
GotMead Live – 810 Meadworks
October 20, 2015 20:05 - 2 hours - 91.9 MBOn GotMead Live tonight, we have Bryan DeGraw, owner of 810 Meadworks in Medina, NY, a new meadery that opened in November 2014. Bryan is one of many new meaderies that have opened in the last year here in the US. Come join us, and get your questions about their meadery, and their journey to start up.
GotMead Live – Maine Meadworks
October 13, 2015 17:57 - 2 hours - 89.8 MBTonight we talk with Ben Alexander of Maine Meadworks in Portland, Maine. In collaboration with South African scholar Dr. Garth Cambray, Maine Mead Works developed a state-of-the-art continuous fermentation system, which allows them to get an excellent mead to market very quickly.
Mike Faul, Rabbits Foot Meadery
October 07, 2015 00:01 - 2 hours - 106 MBTonight's guest is Mike Faul, owner of Rabbits Foot Meadery in Sunnyvale, CA. Mike has been making mead for a long time, and Rabbits Foot has been out there for nearly 20 years, making award winning mead.
Talking Mead
September 20, 2015 18:51 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBNo guests tonight, just a bunch of meadmakers having a great time talking about mead and meadmaking. Vicky is out of town for vacation, so JD and AJ will be gathering a bunch of meadmakers and partying. The call lines are open, so come join the party!
Episode 11 – Rambling with the Meadmkers
September 15, 2015 00:12 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBAllan and Tysen are on the show again tonight, and with Vicky away, there's a party going on! JD and AJ are exploring mead and mead making in an acapella episode, just rapping and sharing good mead.
Episode 10 – Ben & Becky Starr – Starrlight Meadery
September 09, 2015 02:13 - 2 hours - 87.6 MBTonight's guests are Ben and Becky Starr, owners of Starrlight Meadery in Pittsboro, NC. Ben and Becky turned a win for Best in Show at the International Mead Festival in 2006 with their Cyser into their full-time job, and just this past weekend celebrated their 5th year serving tasty beverages to mead lovers from all over. And that cyser that won Best in Show? One of their flagship meads. We'll be talking all things mead.
Episode 9 – Allen & Tysen – the Meadmkers
September 01, 2015 02:10 - 2 hours - 86.3 MBThis episode we will break from our usual approach, because GotMead Live is having a party!! Allen and Tysen, the Meadmkrs, will will with us, and we'll be drinking mead and talking mead, and who knows what will happen, or who will call in?
Episode 8 – Susan Ruud – Prairie Rose Meadery
August 25, 2015 02:08 - 2 hours - 89.7 MBTonight on Gotmead Live we are chatting with Susan Ruud, owner of Prairie Rose Meadery in Fargo, ND. Susan has been in the homebrewing and meadmaking scene for a long time, and was involved with the AHA and GABF for years.
Episode 7 – Moonlight Meadery – Michael Fairbrother
August 18, 2015 02:06 - 2 hours - 92 MBTonight on Gotmead Live we are hanging out with Michael Fairbrother, owner of Moonlight Meadery in Londonderry, NH. Michael broke out in the meadery world as a commercial meadery just a few years ago, and his growth has been nothing short of amazing.
Episode 6 – David Myers – Redstone Meadery
August 11, 2015 01:57 - 2 hours - 92 MBTonight on GotMead Live we have David Myers, owner of Redstone Meadery in Boulder, CO. David is known as the 'Chairman of the Mead' and has been seen all over the United States, pouring his mead for appreciative mead lovers.
GotMead Live – Episode 5 – Joe Mattioli – Creator of Joe’s Ancient Orange Mead
August 04, 2015 02:02 - 2 hours - 87.5 MBTonight on Gotmead Live we are talking with Joe Mattioli, the creator of the most-shared mead recipe on the web, Joe's Ancient Orange Mead. Joe will be telling us more about how he came up with the recipe, and why it works so well if you follow it to the letter.
GotMead Live Episode 4 – Pamela Spence – Mad About Mead
July 28, 2015 01:58 - 2 hours - 93.5 MBWe'll be talking with Pamela Spence, author of "Mad About Mead" and founder of the very first organization of meadmakers, the American Meadmakers Association back in 1986. She's hanging out in Ohio now, having a blast as a grandma, and she's going to come on and tell us about how things were back in the first days of the breakout of mead into the public arena. [break]Join us and call in to ask him your questions!
GotMead Live – Episode 3 – Sergio Moutela – Melovino Meadery
July 14, 2015 01:53 - 2 hours - 95.9 MBWe'll be talking with Sergio Moutela, owner of Melovino Meadery, in Vauxhall, NJ. Melovino is the first meadery in New Jersey, and Sergio has gone from opening to rapid growth in no time flat. He's got some great meads, and some really good ideas on running a meadery (and we might pry some recipe ideas out of him!).
GotMead Live – Episode 2 – B. Nektar – Brad & Kerri Dalhofer
July 07, 2015 01:49 - 1 hour - 110 MBWe'll be talking with Brad and Kerri Dalhofer, owners of B.Nektar Meadery in Ferndale, MI. Brad got his start on GotMead, and now he and Kerri have one of the largest independently owned meaderies in the U.S. We'll be exploring when they discovered mead, and how they started their business, and where they get their ideas for some the unique meads they've created over the years. Join us and call in to ask them your questions!
GotMead Live – Episode 1 – Schramm’s Mead – Ken Schramm
June 30, 2015 01:47 - 5 MBVicky, J.D. and A.J. shoot the breeze with Ken Schramm, author of "The Compleat Meadmaker" and owner of Schramm's Mead in Ferndale, MI.[break]In 'Ask Oskaar', Pete answers questions about starting your mead batch, including detailed discussion of starters, feeding your mead, restarting stuck batches, as well as finishing a fermentation with various methods like cold crashing, chemical and other nifty info.