In this episode, author Jereme Zimmerman joins us for a chat about his two books, Make Mead Like a Viking, and Brew Beer Like a Yeti. Wild yeast, archaeology, and brewing alcoholic beverages from ancient times. Ryan highlights a few sponsors who have come aboard for the Iron Bee, Jeff leads a discussion on where to look for inspiration for the secret ingredient, plus, Ryan & Jeff review one of JD’s meads, the Blackberry/Cherry Port mead! Facebook friends fills in the last segment, and be sure and get your dummy entry made on the Iron Bee competition page.
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Products mentioned in this episode:
Mountain Rose Herbs
Make Mead Like A Viking
Brew Beer Like a Yeti
Perpetual starters and holiday inspirations starts off this episode. JD leads a discussion about keeping and feeding a starter for future batches, then moves to holiday spices, adjuncts and ideas for inspirational brews. Jeff finds himself in a conundrum with a root beer stout idea. We acknowledge several Facebook fans, and tackle some questions posted in various Facebook mead groups.
Micro mead making is the topic of our interview with 
“Flavors you get from oak are dependent on temperatures you toast”…Len Napolitano from The Barrel Mill is our guest this episode. Oak spirals are slowly taking the place of oak barrels, and can often be used in older barrels to help the process along, Len tells us why that is and some techniques for oaking your mead. Also in this episode, what considerations are you giving to your recipe creation? The guys discuss things such as yeast, tannins, fruits and more. A few Facebook Friends questions rounds out the episode.
Ryan goes on the road with the Mead House mic and visits with Nate Tietge, owner of 
In this episode, John Aitchison visits the Mead House. John has been the past president, vice-president and Grand Hydrometer of the nation’s oldest homebrew club, 
In this episode, Mary Izett, co-owner of 
In this episode, Jill Clark from Dutch Gold Honey returns to talk honey & share the story about Dutch Gold Honey and the infamous Honeybear. JD has a couple projects about ready to launch and requests some interaction with our listeners on one of them, Jeff is looking to make use of some Dutch Gold Honey samples in an experiment, and Ryan shares a bit about the Beer & bacon weekend he had.