5-21-19 Michael Poole – Texas MeadWorks – Saving A Mead – From Undrinkable Diesel to Triple 100’s at Mazer

5-21-19 It's time for Texas! Texas Mead Works, that is. Mike Poole, owner and meadmaker of Texas Meadworks, in Seguin, TX, joins us tonight. Mike began making beer, mead, and wine while living in Washington State in the early 1990s.  He currently has approximately 26 years experience fermenting.  With his wife, he opened Texas Mead Works and Blue Lotus Winery in 2010 in Seguin, Texas.   Last year in September, they opened a second tasting room in the  Texas Hill Country.  Under the Texas Mead Works brand, they have 9 varieties of still meads selling in liquor stores all over Texas.  They also have a number of seasonals also still. .  They have recently launched a new line of meads under the brand “Saint Michaels Mead” that are all carbonated.  These are currently only available in kegs.  These kegged meads are also available all over Texas.   Mike is coming to talk with us about his mead journey, starting with nasty diesel fuel tasting mead, and culminating in a triple 100 score at the Mazer Cup (wow!).   [break]Click the chat link to join us  in the live conversation during the show. This player will show the most recent show, and when we're live, will play the live feed. If you are calling in, please turn off the player sound, so we don't get feedback.[break] [break]Click here to see a playable list of all our episodes! If you want to ask your mead making questions, you can call us at 803-443-MEAD (6323) or send us a question via email, or via Twitter @GotmeadNow and we'll tackle it online! 9PM EDT/6PM PDT Join us on live chat during the show Bring your questions and your mead, and let's talk mead! You can call us at 803-443-MEAD (6323), or Skype us at meadwench (please friend me first and say you're a listener, I get tons of Skype spam), or tweet to @gotmeadnow. Show links and notes Evoak - Oak Solutions Let There Be Melomels by Rob Ratliff The Big Book of Mead Recipes by Rob Ratliff Upcoming Events May 20-22 - Wye Valley Meadery - London Wine Fair May 24 - Apis Meadery - JDA Band and the Rogue BBQ food truck May 24 - B. Nektar - Trailer Park Boys Trivia May 25 - Honeygirl Meadery - Mead and (Bee)sign - paint beehives at Buddha Bee Apiary May 24-25 - Wild Blossom Meadery and Winery - Singles Mingle Event May 25-26 - Linganore Winery - Caribbean Wine and Music Festival May 29 - Valhalla Meadery - Open Mic Night May 30 - Bos Meadery - Finding North - live music June 1 - Starrlight Meadery - Spirits of Summer Festival June 1 - Honeymoon Meads - Music - Giant's Causeway June 1 - Western Reserve Meadery - Main St. Kent's Art and Wine Festival June 1 - Warped Pours II - Pour Harder - Metro South Homebrew League Homebrew Festival June 6 - Honey Pot Meadery - Orange County Palate, A Beer and Food Event June 8 - Starrlight Mead - Mead and Paint with Picasso Paint June 7-9 Brimming Horn Meadery - 2nd Annual 'Party Like its 793 Viking Festival June 8 - Woodstone Creek Artisan Winery and Distillery - Saturday Sips, Wine, Mead, Spirits (wine, mead, port and distilled spirits) June 24-27 - UC Davis - Meadmaking 301 Class - speakers include Ash Fishbein, Billy Beltz, Ken Schramm, Mike Faul and Susan Ruud June 27 - Brother's Drake Mead - The Bee's Meads at the Conservatory July 27 - Orcas Island Cider and Mead Festival Aug 31 - New Day Craft Mead - Meadful Things and Outciders Festival Got an event you’d like us to mention on GotMead Live? Send us an email at [email protected] and tell us about it!