Need yeast? Just take a mason jar out to your beehive and collect a few bees and put them in your beer wort or 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!
We are several weeks away from Iron Bee Award Ceremony & MeadUp, one of he great mead gatherings of the year! More than 100 meads (commercial and home) will be available for sampling and some of best mead makers in the country will be around to swap stories and bottles. All attendees bringing something to share will get amazing swag-bags with product samples and there will be drawings throughout the night for gifts from our sponsors. All are welcome to attend. RSVP now!
If you are interested in helping with the competition, please register on the competition site. All those helping will get a great Thank You gift from our sponsors. Competition site: www.themeadhouse.com/comp
And don’t forget, take the Mead House Survey, we’d like to hear from you!
Join The Mead House Keyholder Club on Patreon to help support the show for as little as $2/month. We have some great thank you gifts for supporting us including a limited supply of oak infusion spirals from The Barrel Mill and yeast from White Labs. Join The Mead House Keyholder Club and get your own set of keys to The Mead House!
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.
We are less than month away from Iron Bee Award Ceremony & MeadUp, one of he great mead gatherings of the year! More than 100 meads (commercial and home) will be available for sampling and some of best mead makers in the country will be around to swap stories and bottles. All attendees bringing something to share will get amazing swag-bags with product samples and there will be drawings throughout the night for gifts from our sponsors. All are welcome to attend. RSVP now!
If you are interested in helping with the competition, please register on the competition site. All those helping will get a great Thank You gift from our sponsors. Competition site: www.themeadhouse.com/comp
And don’t forget, take the Mead House Survey, we’d like to hear from you!
Join The Mead House Keyholder Club on Patreon to help support the show for as little as $2/month. We have some great thank you gifts for supporting us including a limited supply of oak infusion spirals from The Barrel Mill and yeast from White Labs. Join The Mead House Keyholder Club and get your own set of keys to The Mead House!
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. Also in this episode, last week we talked about a few summer flavors for some inspiration, this week we narrowed it down to a few projects we’re going to work on. And finally, Facebook Friends, how come I can’t see the numbers on the hydrometer, and a couple others we mention.
We are less than month away from Iron Bee Award Ceremony & MeadUp, one of he great mead gatherings of the year! More than 100 meads (commercial and home) will be available for sampling and some of best mead makers in the country will be around to swap stories and bottles. All attendees bringing something to share will get amazing swag-bags with product samples and there will be drawings throughout the night for gifts from our sponsors. All are welcome to attend. RSVP now!
If you are interested in helping with the competition, please register on the competition site. All those helping will get a great Thank You gift from our sponsors. Competition site: www.themeadhouse.com/comp
And don’t forget, take the Mead House Survey, we’d like to hear from you!
Join The Mead House Keyholder Club on Patreon to help support the show for as little as $2/month. We have some great thank you gifts for supporting us including a limited supply of oak infusion spirals from The Barrel Mill and yeast from White Labs. Join The Mead House Keyholder Club and get your own set of keys to The Mead House!
Bryan Pierce, Director of North American Sales at Yakima Chief Hops.
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.
Join us at the Iron Bee award ceremony and after-party for a night of fun, entertainment and mead tastings. Let us know you’re coming so we can prepare for your participation! Please go here, Join The Party and send us an RSVP. We’re still looking for judges, if you’re interested, check in at the competition website.
And don’t forget, take the Mead House Survey, we’d like to hear from you!
Join The Mead House Keyholder Club on Patreon to help support the show for as little as $2/month. We have some great thank you gifts for supporting us including a limited supply of oak infusion spirals from The Barrel Mill and yeast from White Labs. Join The Mead House Keyholder Club and get your own set of keys to The Mead House!
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. Finally, we wrap the show with a few Facebook Friends, one featuring a Banana Cream mead!
Join us at the Iron Bee award ceremony and after-party for a night of fun, entertainment and mead tastings. Let us know you’re coming so we can prepare for your participation! Please go here, Join The Party and send us an RSVP. We’re still looking for judges, if you’re interested, check in at the competition website.
And don’t forget, take the Mead House Survey, we’d like to hear from you!
Join The Mead House Keyholder Club on Patreon to help support the show for as little as $2/month. We have some great thank you gifts for supporting us including a limited supply of oak infusion spirals from The Barrel Mill and yeast from White Labs. Join The Mead House Keyholder Club and get your own set of keys to The Mead House!
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 an interesting discussion on how he has been able to produce a fine Irish spirit. Look for similarities. AHA and Mazer Cup medalist Matt Weide stops in for a chat about bittering, something completely overlooked by many in home meadmaking. And finally, a few of our Facebook friends gets some answers to a few questions.
Join us at the Iron Bee award ceremony and after-party for a night of fun, entertainment and mead tastings. Let us know you’re coming so we can prepare for your participation! Please go here, Join The Party and send us an RSVP.
And don’t forget, take the Mead House Survey, we’d like to hear from you!
Join The Mead House Keyholder Club on Patreon to help support the show for as little as $2/month. We have some great thank you gifts for supporting us including a limited supply of oak infusion spirals from The Barrel Mill and yeast from White Labs. Join The Mead House Keyholder Club and get your own set of keys to The Mead House!
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.
Join us at the Iron Bee award ceremony and after-party for a night of fun, entertainment and mead tastings. Let us know you’re coming so we can prepare for your participation! Please go here, Join The Party and send us an RSVP.
And don’t forget, take the Mead House Survey, we’d like to hear from you!
Join The Mead House Keyholder Club on Patreon to help support the show for as little as $2/month. We have some great thank you gifts for supporting us including a limited supply of oak infusion spirals from The Barrel Mill and yeast from White Labs. Join The Mead House Keyholder Club and get your own set of keys to The Mead House!
“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. YouTube’s latest mead maker Garret shares his channel, Man Made Mead with the guys, and Facebook Friends gets some advice from the crew.
Join the Braggot Challenge. Register a braggot into the O.M.G Ohio Mead comp and help get enough braggots for a dedicated category…or two.
Join The Mead House Keyholder Club on Patreon to help support the show for as little as $2/month. We have some great thank you gifts for supporting us including a limited supply of oak infusion spirals from The Barrel Mill and yeast from White Labs. Join The Mead House Keyholder Club and get your own set of keys to The Mead House!
Products mentioned on the episode:
BrewSSSiphon Mead House listeners can enjoy this special offer from BrewSSSential for free shipping using code IRONBEE Basic Brewing Radio
Can you imagine replacing 20-30 pounds of fruit in a melomel with one drop of extract? We welcome Debra Coletti from Amoretti to the show in this episode. JD talks about his first success with a braggot using Ryan’s methodology, Ryan has had a busy couple brew days, one with yogurt cheese whey, and Jeff talks about his chocolate projects, and finally, a few Facebook friends get questions answered by the crew.
Join The Mead House Keyholder Club on Patreon to help support the show for as little as $2/month. We have some great thank you gifts for supporting us; including a limited supply of oak infusion spirals from The Barrel Mill and yeast from White Labs. Each month there is a Keyholder Club drawing for a special gift. Join The Mead House Keyholder Club and get your own set of keys to The Mead House!
In this episode, home meadmaker Jacob Thill stops by the house to talk about his experimental Polish meads. Jacob is also a mechanical engineer, and he describes some of the equipment he designed in his homebrew setup. Ryan leads a discussion in dealing with outdated and obsolete information found all over the internet, and of course, we use our own experiences to answer a few questions from our Facebook Friends.
Products mentioned in this episode;
Blichmann Engineering, owners of Anvil brewing equipment make some of the best equipment in the home brewing business, and are proud sponsors of the Iron Bee competition. Check out the 7 gallon brew kettle JD was describing here, it’s a necessary piece of equipment if you brew beer.
Join The Mead House Keyholder Club on Patreon to help support the show for as little as $2/month. We have some great thank you gifts for supporting us; including a limited supply of oak infusion spirals from The Barrel Mill and yeast from White Labs. Each month there is a Keyholder Club drawing for a special gift. Join The Mead House Keyholder Club and get your own set of keys to The Mead House!
Need yeast? Just take a mason jar out to your beehive and collect a few bees and put them in your beer wort or 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!
We are several weeks away from Iron Bee Award Ceremony & MeadUp, one of he great mead gatherings of the year! More than 100 meads (commercial and home) will be available for sampling and some of best mead makers in the country will be around to swap stories and bottles. All attendees bringing something to share will get amazing swag-bags with product samples and there will be drawings throughout the night for gifts from our sponsors. All are welcome to attend. RSVP now!
And don’t forget, take the Mead House Survey, we’d like to hear from you!
Join The Mead House Keyholder Club on Patreon to help support the show for as little as $2/month. We have some great thank you gifts for supporting us including a limited supply of oak infusion spirals from The Barrel Mill and yeast from White Labs. Join The Mead House Keyholder Club and get your own set of keys to The Mead House!
Join us at the Iron Bee award ceremony and after-party for a night of fun, entertainment and mead tastings. Let us know you’re coming so we can prepare for your participation! Please go here, 
Iron Bee supporter, Josh Eckton owner of a new start-up, 
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 
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 
“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 
Can you imagine replacing 20-30 pounds of fruit in a melomel with one drop of extract? We welcome Debra Coletti from 
In this episode, home meadmaker Jacob Thill stops by the house to talk about his experimental Polish meads. Jacob is also a mechanical engineer, and he describes some of the equipment he designed in his homebrew setup. Ryan leads a discussion in dealing with outdated and obsolete information found all over the internet, and of course, we use our own experiences to answer a few questions from our Facebook Friends.
Blichmann Engineering, owners of Anvil brewing equipment make some of the best equipment in the home brewing business, and are proud sponsors of the Iron Bee competition. Check out the 7 gallon brew kettle JD was describing