Interview with Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor, author of “The Art of Mead Tasting & Food Pairing”

We talk with Elaina Michael and Hanna Miller of Refonte Ventures about their work connecting regenerative entrepreneurs with grant opportunities. We worked directly with them at the Regenerative Apiculture Working Group to apply for a $3.4M USDA grant to study the imapct of practicing a draft set of Regenerative, Organic Apiculture Practices.

A Gift for you! Mead Inspired Music, Poetry, Prayer and Vision Setting for you, our fans, friends and family during this magical time of year. (You could call it a forray into concept podcasting. It's relatively short, only 12:50 something, but if you like it, there might be more. Share if you feel called. Comment, ask questions. We're here for you!) Original Songs by Jessica Donyes. Check her out.

Join our conversation with Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor, author of “The Art of Mead Tasting and Food Pairing”. Chrissie shares how she started in the mead industry and the changes she’s witnessed and contributed to. We go over some key points of the book including some brief mead history, mead tasting and of course, how to pair it with a variety of foods. “Mead is for Everyone” -Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor Order your Regenerative Mead Sampler at www.goldencoastmead.com/shop and follow us on all socials @GoldenCoastMead

Our old Co-Worker and Host, Brando, returns to let us know what's going on at his new employer, Lost Cause Meadery, and we talk about evolutions in the mead industry locally, and a new spiced mead, That Time of Year.

Our First episode with Kendra, Golden Coast Mead's Marketing Director. Everything you've ever wanted to know about mead events, sampling mead with newbies at events, and how to host a mead gathering of your own. The re-release of our historic Norse Poetry Mead, KVASIR! (Listen to episode titled "Kvasir Mead" for the deep dive). She's rich and complex and waiting for you to bring her to your next party. We present ideas for food pairings with mead for your friends and family. (Match and Amplify or Compliment and Contrast) Lastly, there are so many upcoming events that Golden Coast Mead will be attending in the coming months and we'd love to see you there! Please visit our website www.GoldenCoastMead.com or follow us on social media to stay in the know on upcoming events and flavor releases.

Frank and Brando sit down to discuss the different types of honey you can use while making mead and the art of aging mead properly. First, we discuss the different honey varietals you can use in mead and the flavors that can be associated with them. We then shift the conversation toward aging mead and what some of the best practices are if you looking to age out your mead.

Frank and Brando sit down to talk about mead's potential to help us humans celebrate and connect with each other in our daily lives. We touch base on how cultures have used mead in the past to connect with each other and how it can still be used today to do the same thing.

Frank and Brando sit down to discuss some updates about the Mead Institute and what it has been working on over the past year. We mainly talk about the first mead competition that the institute put together but also connect about the changing of mead day and some UC Davis courses that are happening with mead.

In this episode, Frank and Brando discuss the apiary Golden Coat Mead is establishing in San Diego. We talk about the journey the company has been on from sourcing local and organic honey to making the decision to establish our own apiary to accomplish the bigger-picture vision we have for the earth, bees, honey, and mead!

Brando, Frank, and Brandon Uhl sit down to discuss the new mead Golden Coast is starting to re-create. We start off with the history behind the Kvasir mead and how they used to make it. We then go into how Golden Coast will interpret the recipe and where we will start in our experiments. We finish our conversation with our goals with the mead and what we hope to accomplish in brewing it!