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!
Ryan: “How much fruit would you put in a 5 gallon batch?” Curt Stock: “Oh, 30 to 40 pounds…”
Wait, what?!
Ryan and Jeff host mead guru Curt Stock and dive head first into one of Curt’s favorite things, big Mel’s. Jeff sends out a sample box, he and Ryan talk about a couple of them, and then wrap the show with a few of our Facebook Friends.
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!
If you’re looking to volunteer at the Iron Bee, please register at the competition site and let us know. We are at capacity as far as entrants, however, if there are any drops or cancellations, please send an email. to waitinglist@themeadhouse.com to be placed on a first-come, first-served waiting list.
Kiley Gwynn returns to the Mead House and the group talks about herbs & spices, the MVP contest at Iron Bee, and JD asks her for a top 5 list of herbs and spices to use in a mead, you might be surprised by a couple of them. Canadian listener, Scotty McIrnerey, joins the show in segment 2 and talks with JD about making fig meads. Ryan and JD have a couple RyanBraggots brewing with similar ingredients, Ryan has an unusual twist to his though.
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!
If you’re looking to volunteer at the Iron Bee, please register at the competition site and let us know. We are at capacity as far as entrants, however, if there are any drops or cancellations, please send an email. to waitinglist@themeadhouse.com to be placed on a first-come, first-served waiting list.
We’re back! In this episode, Gary Glass, Director of American Homebrewer’s Association is our guest this week, he talks about the advantages of joining AHA, the largest beer competition, HomeBrewCon and more! Ryan gives an update on Iron Bee, if you’re looking to volunteer, please register at the competition site and let us know. Meaderies are closing and we discuss ways consumers and mead makers can spread the word about mead such as asking to see the mead list at your favorite fine dining restaurant, and Facebook Friends, this is where we tackle some random questions people have posted in various mead groups.
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!
If you’re looking to volunteer at the Iron Bee, please register at the competition site and let us know. We are at capacity as far as entrants, however, if there are any drops or cancellations, please send an email. to waitinglist@themeadhouse.com to be placed on a first-come, first-served waiting list.
In this episode, Mead House is thankful for the many guests who have appeared on our podcast, and we’ve taken a little inspiration from a few of our discussions. We hope you do too! Also, Ryan has a significant update to the Iron Bee, we’ve picked up many sponsors and have some amazing prizes and gifts, and we tackle a few questions from our Facebook Friends!
Be sure and reserve a spot for the Iron Bee! When you register, create a dummy/placeholder entry. Space is extremely limited and this will reserve your spot and prompt us to send you the secret ingredient. You must be a Keyholder club member to enter the Iron Bee. Sign up and get some great gifts! Also, check out our Sponsor’s page for the Iron Bee!
Also, check this out, Chrissie Manion-Zaerpoor’s book, The Art of Mead Tasting and Food Pairing is 50% off only $24.95 plus shipping at meadandfood.com. This is the most amazing book, filled with recipes, meads from around the world, and a great coffee table conversation piece! Get your copy today and save 50%!
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!
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 
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 
Ryan: “How much fruit would you put in a 5 gallon batch?”
Kiley Gwynn returns to the Mead House and the group talks about herbs & spices, the MVP contest at Iron Bee, and JD asks her for a top 5 list of herbs and spices to use in a mead, you might be surprised by a couple of them. Canadian listener, Scotty McIrnerey, joins the show in segment 2 and talks with JD about making fig meads. Ryan and JD have a couple RyanBraggots brewing with similar ingredients, Ryan has an unusual twist to his though.
We’re back! In this episode, Gary Glass, Director of 
