Back in the saddle again for a full 6 week schedule, JD outlines his amazing trip covering some 7,800 miles with a visit to Sap House Meadery and a chance to meet with Ash Fischbein and Evan Henderson. Some of the images he talked about on the episode can be found here. Jeff recently completed his move and wound up with a freezer full of “cleanout mead” material, Ryan helps him sort it all out, and we wrap with a rather lengthy Social Club entry that, well, you just got to listen to!
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Ryan and Jeff take the helm for a full episode of the Social Club! This is where we try to answer questions from brewers and meadmakers with no formal expertise other than our own experience in our brewroom. JD is still wandering the country, we hear he’ll hit 25 states before he decides to come home!
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Well, it’s been a minute or two, so we’re playing catch-up. JD and his wife took off for a 30 day cross-country trip that started on June 1st. One of his stops was at Sap House Meadery in Ossipee, New Hampshire. There he spoke with Ash, Evan and Matt, the team that makes it happen with an outstanding staff of people. The interview in this episode is condensed, to hear the full interview, please go to our Patreon page and log in. You must be a member to listen to the almost hour long interview. Jeff and Ryan were left at the studio to put together segment 2 and 3, wrapping with the Social Club.
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Charles Lipnicki is a Canadian Mead maker, farmer, and bee keeper. He and his wife Laura own and operate the “Island Honey Wine Company” in Canada’s smallest province Prince Edward Island. In past lives Charles has been a pastry chef, entrepreneur and salesman. His long time hobbies included being an avid home brewer wine and mead maker. Charles and Laura always longed for a simpler lifestyle and had a desire to create a life for themselves on a small farm. After learning about a “new to North America “ fruit called the Haskap berry they knew the farm would have to include this incredible gem as an anchor crop. After many trials and errors the farm started to mold itself into a sustainable business that relies heavily on animals, bees, fruit and flowers to create one of a kind award winning meads. They opened the Island Honey Wine Company business in 2017 where they offer seasonal mead tasting in their farm store and visitors have the opportunity to experience mead right where the ingredients are grown in the worlds first “Mead-mobile”. Segment 2ia all about fun summer/fall directions with session meads. We thought it would be fun to talk about different directions we’re thinking about taking our summer and fall session meads. And finally we wrap with the Social Club!
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While JD is on the road somewhere between here and there, Ryan and Jeff are left alone in the studio to produce episode 200! Jessicka of Mountain Rose Herbs returns to The Mead House. MRH will again be sponsoring the secret ingredient category of the Iron Bee (announcement on dates soon!). She’ll talk about what she’s seen at MRH during the pandemic and offer some thought on the secret ingredient…without giving too much away. In segment 2, The New Brew Room Wishlist – What do you think about when it comes to your brew room? And wrapping the show as always with the Social Club!
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Welcome listeners! We always have fun with our Social Club segment, so this episode is dedicated to all our valued listeners. We’ll spend the entire episode answering questions from meadmakers and brewers with no formal expertise other than what the three of us have experienced in our own mead house.
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Michael Jordan is the owner of A BEE Friendly Company, Inc. His growing interest in self-preservation and the love of the earth has made him more than a beekeeper. One of the few called “Bee Activist”, his teaching on beekeeping has been heard all over the world. He has worked with Worlds of Wonder Discovery Channel, Bee’s Without Boarders, The Pearl Foundation, Boys & Girls Scouts, various 4-H groups, The Rotary Club, and many youth programs …teaching the lost art of beekeeping. This episode, he talks about a braggot project that intertwines ancient history, folklore and some really good beverages! Then, we wrap up out 6 week session on pandemic brewing wit our thought on what we heard, how it affected the three of us. We close the show with the Social Club, answering questions with no formal expertise other than what we have experienced on our own brewhouse! We’ll be on hiatus for 2 weeks, see you on May 25th! Thanks for listening!
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Previously joined us with his co-brewer John last May to talk about a mango braggot they’d put together. Toward the end of the episode he mentioned a sourdough starter we’ll have to ask about and says he’s recently filled up 170 bottles of mead, so it sounds like he’s been busy in the last year. Here to tell us what he’s been up to during his pandemic period is returning home meadmaker Ravi Hausner.
In segment 2, we talk cleanses and sanitizers, a topic that was brought up in last week’s Social Club segment. Here’s the link Ryan was referring to…Episode 136. Also, Ryan’s Random Thoughts, possibly a new segment where Ryan just rambles on about random thoughts…on mead making of course. This time, its summertime brew prep, “B” grade projects just not worth drinking, but might make a good reduction for a sauce, and ever make a mead that was so damn good, you hid the bottles so you wouldn’t drink it all at once?
Then finally we wrap the show with the Social Club with items such as getting rid of the bucket smell from the last ferment, figuring out the OG after adding fruit, and a few more. Thanks for listening!
As promised, here’s a couple labels that Ravi’s girlfriend hand draws for his bottles. Artwork courtesy of Andi Morris.
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Our guest this episode is one of the most incredible home mead makers I think this show has ever met. This will be his 3rd appearance at the House, and back on episode 129, his first appearance, we billed him as “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.” Since his second appearance on episode 149, he has amassed countless awards and we’re proud to have him as a guest again in this episode, welcome home meadmaker Adam Bystrom!
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Continuing our “Homebrewing in the Pandemic” series. Master home meadmaker, Nathan Steigman returns to The Mead House. Nathan pursues his craft with dedication and a willingness to fail only to go back through the notes and do it again differently. A Statesman in the art of crafting some of the best tasting homemade mead. Also, Have you got your MacGyver on? Jeff touches on some DIY projects that would have mad MacGyver proud with Ryan and JD sharing as well. Finally, we wrap the episode with a few Social Club questions.
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Back in the saddle again for a full 6 week schedule, JD outlines his amazing trip covering some 7,800 miles with a visit to Sap House Meadery and a chance to meet with Ash Fischbein and Evan Henderson. Some of the images he talked about on the episode can be found here. Jeff recently completed his move and wound up with a freezer full of “cleanout mead” material, Ryan helps him sort it all out, and we wrap with a rather lengthy Social Club entry that, well, you just got to listen to!
Ryan and Jeff take the helm for a full episode of the Social Club! This is where we try to answer questions from brewers and meadmakers with no formal expertise other than our own experience in our brewroom. JD is still wandering the country, we hear he’ll hit 25 states before he decides to come home!
Well, it’s been a minute or two, so we’re playing catch-up. JD and his wife took off for a 30 day cross-country trip that started on June 1st. One of his stops was at 
Charles Lipnicki is a Canadian Mead maker, farmer, and bee keeper. He and his wife Laura own and operate the “
While JD is on the road somewhere between here and there, Ryan and Jeff are left alone in the studio to produce episode 200! Jessicka of 
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Michael Jordan is the owner of A BEE Friendly Company, Inc. His growing interest in self-preservation and the love of the earth has made him more than a beekeeper. One of the few called “Bee Activist”, his teaching on beekeeping has been heard all over the world. He has worked with Worlds of Wonder Discovery Channel, Bee’s Without Boarders, The Pearl Foundation, Boys & Girls Scouts, various 4-H groups, The Rotary Club, and many youth programs …teaching the lost art of beekeeping. This episode, he talks about a braggot project that intertwines ancient history, folklore and some really good beverages! Then, we wrap up out 6 week session on pandemic brewing wit our thought on what we heard, how it affected the three of us. We close the show with the Social Club, answering questions with no formal expertise other than what we have experienced on our own brewhouse! We’ll be on hiatus for 2 weeks, see you on May 25th! Thanks for listening!
Previously joined us with his co-brewer John last May to talk about a mango braggot they’d put together. Toward the end of the episode he mentioned a sourdough starter we’ll have to ask about and says he’s recently filled up 170 bottles of mead, so it sounds like he’s been busy in the last year. Here to tell us what he’s been up to during his pandemic period is returning home meadmaker Ravi Hausner.
Our guest this episode is one of the most incredible home mead makers I think this show has ever met. This will be his 3rd appearance at the House, and back on episode 129, his first appearance, we billed him as “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.” Since his second appearance on episode 149, he has amassed countless awards and we’re proud to have him as a guest again in this episode, welcome home meadmaker Adam Bystrom!
Continuing our “Homebrewing in the Pandemic” series. Master home meadmaker, Nathan Steigman returns to The Mead House. Nathan pursues his craft with dedication and a willingness to fail only to go back through the notes and do it again differently. A Statesman in the art of crafting some of the best tasting homemade mead. Also, Have you got your MacGyver on? Jeff touches on some DIY projects that would have mad MacGyver proud with Ryan and JD sharing as well. Finally, we wrap the episode with a few Social Club questions.