In this episode, we talk to a pair of home brewers, Ravi & John who became brewing buddies. Ravi started his fermenting hobby on a backpack trip making prison hooch using Tang and bread yeast! He also put together an amazing creamsicle mead, and is experimenting using sourdough starter! John had to seriously downsize from a house with a garage to brewing in an apartment. That didn’t slow him down, he has a rosemary mead aging on some oak that sounds delicious, and has plans for a hopped IPA style mead as well. In segment 2, Ryan did a ‘thing”. He explains how he made a very refreshing non-aclcoholic drink using just 3 tablespoons of honey per gallon. Then as always, we wrap the show with a few Facebook & Reddit friends.
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In this episode, we talk with returning guest, Bryan Heit of Sui Generis Brewing about DIY’ing your own candi syrup. At usually between $9 – $10 per pound, sugar is sometimes priced at $.75 cents per pound, With a few additional easy to get ingredients, Bryan explains how it can be done at home. In segment 2, Ryan tells us there are thousands of kegs of beer, some from craft beer distributers, most from the big guys that are going to go bad, that are sitting in warehouses and event stadiums. You can buy these kegs for literally a few dollars. Ryan explains how to get them so listen close! He also talks about the potential Co2 shortage and his very own yeast emergency brewing adventure! And as always, we wrap with Facebook Friends and others.
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Get out your pen and paper and prepare to take notes! Ash Fishbein from Sap House Meadery is here with us again, and if you listen carefully, he’ll reveal a few secrets to some successful home brewed mead! Sap House has one of the most amazing barrel aging programs and Ash has some info for those of us looking to barrel age, and he also lets out a secret if you read between the lines regarding coffee meads. We wrap the show with 2 segments of Facebook Friends covering a multitude of topics!
During the show, Ash talked about how one of his brews from his brewery, Hobb’s Brewery and said the proceeds from one of their beers goes to a veteran’s support group Warriors @ 45 North. Please check these guys out and give a donation if you can. Our veterans are special people, heroes, and well deserving of all we can do for them.
Iron Bee 2020 is on! It’s time to register, and you must be a Mead House Keyholder to enter. It’s gonna be a shindig, so don’t miss it! After party dates will be announced later.
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This week, we spend the whole episode dealing with our Facebook Friends, including Reddit and other forums. This is where the crew answers questions with no formal expertise other than what we’ve experienced in our own brew house. Mead House welcomes listener questions and comments, if you have one, send it to info@themeadhouse.com .
Iron Bee 2020 is on! It’s time to register, and you must be a Mead House Keyholder to enter. It’s gonna be a shindig, so don’t miss it! After party dates will be announced later.
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In this episode we welcome back a world class meadmaker, medalist Nathan Steigman. Last time he visited the House was back on episode 128. Nathan is not afraid to push the boundaries of mead making often working with unusual flavors such as the dragon fruit. We catch up on his latest projects current offerings. Segment 2 brings a discussion about summertime brews, JD has a couple projects in the hopper, and we wrap with Facebook Friends.
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We found this week’s guest on Facebook after he posted a question about if his mead that was made with steeping grains would classify as a braggot. After doing a Facebook Friends segment on his post, we knew we needed to talk to this guy. John McMillan joins us this week to talk about his amazingly good stout style braggot and more. Got a green thumb? We discuss how a home garden might produce some noteworthy herbs and ingredients for your meads. And as usual, we wrap with a few Facebook Friends.
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If you’re like me, tired of climbing the walls 3 or 4 times (wife is complaining of the footprints all over the ceiling) because of the Covid-19 Coronavirus thing, they hey…you came to the right place! This episode we welcome back Josh Mahoney, an amazing mead making medalist and talk to him about his Scorpion mead. Yep, Scorpion mead! Just look at the picture on the left! We asked out listeners what they were making during the lock-up, lockdown, lock-in, and we have a list we’ll talk about in segment 2, then as always, we wrap the show with Facebook Friends, where we try to answer questions with no formal expertise other than what we’ve experienced in our own brew room.
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Tonight we discuss malts and grains. The braggot, made up of honey and malt is a little used category in the BJCP catalog of beverage descriptions. “A harmonious blend of mead and beer, with the distinctive characteristics of both. A wide range of results are possible, depending on the base style of beer, variety of honey and overall sweetness and strength. Beer flavors tend to somewhat mask typical honey flavors found in other meads.” “Displays a balanced character identifiable as both a beer and a mead, although the relative intensity of flavors is greatly affected by the sweetness, strength, base style of beer, and variety of honey used.”
Also, we touch on some St. Patrick Day inspirations, and we wrap with a couple Facebook Friends.
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Working closely with all the sales staff in North America for Yakima Chief Hops, he organizes and plans Yakima Chief’s Hop Selection program during harvest. He is a passionate homebrewer as well in his free time, making mead and beer for six years. He truly enjoys making any beer with excessive amounts of hops in it, Saison and of course, any kind of Mead! Returning guest Bryan Pierce joins us in this episode. Ryan and Jeff have an update for the Iron Bee, and we also discuss briefly, balance, ways to achieve it. We wrap the show with a couple Facebook Friends, including an email from listener Ohad in Israel !
Iron Bee 2020 is on! It’s time to register, and you must be a Mead House Keyholder to enter. It’s gonna be a shindig, so don’t miss it! After party dates will be announced later.
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Jessicka Nebesni works on the Mountain Rose Herbs Marketing Team. Having practiced Macrobiotic food preparations in California, beekeeping in Oregon and making herbal crafts for local farmers markets in New Jersey, she has a wide variety of experiences and knowledge to share. This episode we discuss powdered vs. whole herbs and spices as adjuncts to mead, including a number of teas.
Jeff and Ryan give an update to the Iron Bee 2020, and then a discussion about using different types of fruit flavors such as concentrates, whole and juices in a melomel.
We wrap the show in our traditional fashion, Facebook Freiends!
Iron Bee 2020 is on! It’s time to register, and you must be a Mead House Keyholder to enter. It’s gonna be a shindig, so don’t miss it! After party dates will be announced later.
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