Episode 342 – Jeff’s Summer Experiments

After the surprising results of last week’s off-the-cuff tasting experiment, Jeff is left with a number of thoughts and questions as to what he’s been assuming about his processes as a mead maker. Jeff poses the issue to Chris and the guys start to throw out some ideas and some action plans to challenge their … Continue reading "Episode 343 – More Questions than Answers"

Jeff throws some challenges and challenging flavors Chris’ way as they walk through four different brews Jeff made during the summer season, from a couple dry hopped meads, an herbal mead and a fruit and spice, some reactions were more favorable than others! The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount … Continue reading "Episode 342 – Jeff’s Summer Experiments"

Black October seems to have struck the Mead House too! One week delayed, Jeff and Chris spend a little time talking serving temps including a small impromptu experiment with unexpected results which prompts much discussion on a topic both had somewhat taken for granted. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our … Continue reading "Episode 341 – Serving Temps"

A couple months back, Chris challenged Jeff to make a key lime pie flavored mead. This episode, Jeff delivers a mid-fining sample for Chris to taste. Chris gives a brief challenge on the bomb pop mead, an interesting potential new direction for that mead, and then Jeff throws another wrinkle in calling these  challenges finished. … Continue reading "Episode 340 – Key Lime Pie Mead & the Highs and Lows of Fermentation Temps"

The guys take another tour through Jeff’s box of herbs and spices and brew up some teas evaluating options for gruit, metheglyn, and fruit and spice mead additions. Plus, Chris includes an anecdote from a friend on using pecans in a mead and speculation on nuts in mead proceeds further. The Mead House Podcast is … Continue reading "Episode 339 – Tea 3 Back to our Roots"

Jeff leads Chris down the trail of a concept he’s seen thrown around quite a bit recently, waterless meads, or perhaps more accurately described as no water added meads. But that’s a bit of a mouthful. Jeff takes Chris through a few different approaches, some of which he considers cheating, and a few different things … Continue reading "Episode 338 – Waterless Meads"

Plenty of podcasts, websites and videos exist with recipes and advice for making a good first batch of mead. This week, the guys take some time to give some advice for beginning mead makers that are moving from the first batch towards a second, third, and developing their own interests and styles as mead makers … Continue reading "Episode 337 – The Next Batch"

Jeff starts off the episode discussing a few personal milestones and then moves into talking about an exciting new product for stabilizing he’d like to see available to homebrewers called Nagardo. Then the guys get into reviewing various starter equipment kits for mead making, comparing cost and the equipment found within, what you get and … Continue reading "Episode 336 – Starter Mead Equipment Kits"

Jeff and Chris return to the topic of mead cocktails with some made specifically for the summer season. Jeff throws out a cocktail he’s created from playing with citrus in the kitchen while Chris takes a mead forward approach to five classic cocktails, and the results would speak for themselves, but you’re going to have … Continue reading "Episode 335 – Summer Mead Cocktails"

The guys throw some ideas around for incorporating smokey flavors into a mead, different processes, ingredients and other approaches to get the smoke flavor into a mead, along with a bit of discussion as to what flavors would taste good with it. Then, Chris throws down a new challenge for our listeners! The Mead House … Continue reading "Episode 334 – Smokey Mead"