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9-20-16 - Today we're talking with Jeremy Kyncl, owner of Hierophant Meadery in Mead, WA. Jeremy and his wife Michelle have a background in herbs and are focused on local-sourcing their mead ingredients and creating a uniquely local product. They love the 'back-to-nature' aspects of mead making, and all the nuances that plants can add to the mix at various stages of growth. We expect to see some unique meads from them! On Back to Basics, Jeremy will be staying on to talk with AJ, Manny, Hamish and I about metheglins. Adding spices and plants to meads is a tradition that goes back as far as mead has been recorded, and the options are limitless. We'll be talking about what works, techniques and some interesting flavor combinations. Join us 9PM ET tonight! (8PM CT/7PM MT/6PM PT) Want to join the conversation, give us a call!! 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. If you want us to tackle your mead making questions, you can send us a question and we'll tackle it online! 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. 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. Click here to see a playable list of all our episodes! What we were drinking: AJ - Dave’s Bochet… and then the rest of CDB’s #3 White Sour Vicky - water tonight Manny - water too because he got hit by the Kracken Hamish - breakfast and coffee Jeremy - Show links and notes: Historical metheglins - A Sip Through Time by Cindy Renfrow Doing your research on herbs - Google Scholar Upcoming Events Mace Meadworks at macemeadworks.com has live music every Saturday night at 250 East Main Street Dayton, Washington 99328[break] Brothers Drake Meadery - ongoing concert events Texas Mead Fest - September 24 Orpheus Mead Fest - Colorado - Oct 1 - entry cut off 9-16 Got an event you’d like us to mention on GotMead Live? Send us an email at [email protected] and tell us about it!

9-13-16 - Tonight we're talking with John Harris, owner of Harris Meadery in Orange Park Florida, near Jacksonville. John runs the meadery with his wife Melissa and their daughters Amelia and Amanda. Harris Meadery is just getting going, and have two flagship meads they are offering - a Key Lime Pie honey wine and and a soon-to-be-release Cherry Raspberry Currant honey wine. Florida is slowly getting more and more meaderies, Harris looks to be a great addition! We're looking forward to hearing what they have in store for their customers. (Personally, I want to get my hands on a bottle of the Key Lime Pie!!) He'll be sticking around to talk with us about citrus melomels in Back to Basics, with myself, AJ, Manny and Hamish. Come join us to talk mead! Join us 9PM ET tonight! (8PM CT/7PM MT/6PM PT) Want to join the conversation, give us a call!! 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. If you want us to tackle your mead making questions, you can send us a question and we'll tackle it online! 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. 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. Click here to see a playable list of all our episodes! What we were drinking: AJ - Vicky - water tonight Manny - Sergio - Show links and notes: Skeeter Pee Upcoming Events Mace Meadworks at macemeadworks.com has live music every Saturday night at 250 East Main Street Dayton, Washington 99328[break] Brothers Drake Meadery - ongoing concert events Texas Mead Fest - September 24 Orpheus Mead Fest - Colorado - Oct 1 - entry cut off 9-16 Got an event you’d like us to mention on GotMead Live? Send us an email at [email protected] and tell us about it!

9-6-16 Tonight Sergio Moutela from Melovino Mead is back with us, through the luck of me having a scheduling snafu. Sergio is coming up on 2 years in business, and all along, he's been publishing blog posts about what he's learned in his journey so far. We're going to talk with him about that journey, and see what we can learn! He'll be sticking around to talk with us about braggots in Back to Basics, with myself, AJ, Manny and Hamish. Come join us to talk mead! Join us 9PM ET tonight! (8PM CT/7PM MT/6PM PT) Want to join the conversation, give us a call!! 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. If you want us to tackle your mead making questions, you can send us a question and we'll tackle it online! 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. 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. Click here to see a playable list of all our episodes! What we were drinking: AJ - Vicky - water tonight Manny - Sergio - Show links and notes: Ken Schramm - Optimizing Honey Fermentation (PDF) TOSNA nutrient management for mead TOSNA 2.0 - the updated protocol Scott Labs filtration systems Upcoming Events Mace Meadworks at macemeadworks.com has live music every Saturday night at 250 East Main Street Dayton, Washington 99328[break] Brothers Drake Meadery - ongoing concert events St. Ambrose Cellars - The Crush Party - Sept 10 @4PM California Master Beekeeping Course - Sept 11 and 18 Texas Mead Fest - September 24 Got an event you’d like us to mention on GotMead Live? Send us an email at [email protected] and tell us about it!

8-30-16 Tonight we're visiting with one of the meaderies I had the opportunity to visit when I was in Michigan last month. Cellarmen's, in Hazel Park, MI is the brainchild of four metal-loving, hard charging guys who started with a passion for creating award-winning meads that will get people talking. And they charged off to create some pretty damn amazing meads. Those of you that know me are aware that I often don't care for dry traditionals. But these guys have nailed it. In spades. I was blown away with the quality of their mead, a significant accomplishment for a meadery just open a year this October. Join us to talk with Dominic, Ian and Andrew about what they're up to, how they make amazing meads, and what they've got planned going forward. They will also be staying on with us as we talk about dry traditionals in Back to Basics, with myself, AJ, Manny and Hamish. Come join us to talk mead! Join us 9PM ET tonight! (8PM CT/7PM MT/6PM PT) Want to join the conversation, give us a call!! 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. If you want us to tackle your mead making questions, you can send us a question and we'll tackle it online! 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. 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. Click here to see a playable list of all our episodes! What we were drinking: AJ - Vicky - Cellarmans Mead-Moscow Miel - tastes like a Moscow Mule, only it's mead!! Manny - Deborah - Show links and notes: Upcoming Events Mace Meadworks at macemeadworks.com has live music every Saturday night at 250 East Main Street Dayton, Washington 99328[break] Brothers Drake Meadery - ongoing concert events California Master Beekeeping Course - Sept 11 and 18 Got an event you’d like us to mention on GotMead Live? Send us an email at [email protected] and tell us about it! Save

8-23-16 Buzzed Bee Meadery in Iowa Buzzed Bee Meadery got started as a decision between bees and chickens. Thank goodness the bees won! Years ago, Wayne Spohnheimer and his wife Michelle got interested in bees and honey. And Wayne got interested in mead. Fast forward several years, and Buzzed Bee Meadery is opening in September of this year, near Melbourne, Iowa, just 30 minutes from Des Moines. They are coming out of the gate with seven meads, including their best seller, Sweet Bee Lemon Melomel. They will also be staying on with us as we talk about berry melomels in Back to Basics, with myself, AJ, Manny and Hamish. Come join us to talk mead! Join us 9PM ET tonight! (8PM CT/7PM MT/6PM PT) Want to join the conversation, give us a call!! 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. If you want us to tackle your mead making questions, you can send us a question and we'll tackle it online! Note: We lost the broadcast last week at about 10:36 due to nasty storms in the area, but were also recording offline. We are in the process of cutting and pasting various bits together and hope to have the updated recording up in the next day or so. We hoped for last week, but jobs, timing and internet issues here at the GM Studios got in the way. 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. 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. What we were drinking: AJ - Vicky - Cellarmans Mead-Moscow Miel - tastes like a Moscow Mule, only it's mead!! Manny - Deborah - Show links and notes: Upcoming Events Mace Meadworks at macemeadworks.com has live music every Saturday night at 250 East Main Street Dayton, Washington 99328[break] Brothers Drake Meadery - ongoing concert events California Master Beekeeping Course - Sept 11 and 18 Got an event you’d like us to mention on GotMead Live? Send us an email at [email protected] and tell us about it!

8-16-16 Today we're talking with Deborah Lee, owner of Queen Bee Brews in Denver, CO, which is opening THIS WEEKEND on August 20!! Started by Deborah Lee, a homebrewer since 2003, she got tired of the 40 odd carboys in residence and needed to re-gain some elbow room. She had been encouraged by many folks for several years to make the leap to pro and she finally listened. Deborah worked part-time at her local homebrew shop for 5 years and started keeping bees in 2009. She has presented mead making classes to local beekeepers, homebrew store employees, and their customers. On Back to Basics, AJ, Manny and I will be talking about traditional meads with Deborah from Queen Bee Brews. What to use, when, and in what meads. Join us 9PM ET tonight! (8PM CT/7PM MT/6PM PT) Want to join the conversation, give us a call!! 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. If you want us to tackle your mead making questions, you can send us a question and we'll tackle it online! Note: We lost the broadcast last week at about 10:36 due to nasty storms in the area, but were also recording offline. We are in the process of cutting and pasting various bits together and hope to have the updated recording up in the next day or so. We hoped for last week, but jobs, timing and internet issues here at the GM Studios got in the way. 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. 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. What we were drinking: AJ - Vicky - Cellarmans Mead-Moscow Miel - tastes like a Moscow Mule, only it's mead!! Manny - Deborah - Show links and notes: Upcoming Events Mace Meadworks at macemeadworks.com has live music every Saturday night at 250 East Main Street Dayton, Washington 99328[break] Brothers Drake Meadery - ongoing concert events California Master Beekeeping Course - Sept 11 and 18 Got an event you’d like us to mention on GotMead Live? Send us an email at [email protected] and tell us about it!

8-9-16 Meridian Hive Meadery in Austin has been making mead since 2012, and winning awards all the way. The guys do a lot of session meads and kick but while doing it! Eric and Mike make amazing mead! Eric also runs the Texas Mead Fest and competition which is coming up in September as well. Meridian Hive is big on balance in their meads, and does mostly session meads, the majority of them on draft, but some are bottled. They are currently hard at work turning on all of Texas to their interesting meads, and having a great time doing it! On Back to Basics, AJ,and I will be talking about bochets, balance and session meads with Eric and Mike from Meridian Hive. What to use, when, and in what meads. Join us 9PM ET tonight! (8PM CT/7PM MT/6PM PT) Want to join the conversation, give us a call!! 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. If you want us to tackle your mead making questions, you can send us a question and we'll tackle it online! Note: We lost the broadcast last week at about 10:36 due to nasty storms in the area, but were also recording offline. We are in the process of cutting and pasting various bits together and hope to have the updated recording up in the next day or so. We hoped for last week, but jobs, timing and internet issues here at the GM Studios got in the way. 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. 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. What we were drinking: AJ - festival cyser Vicky - Acoustic Mead - Strawberry Rose Mike - experimental braggot Eric - blend of Discovery draft mead and ginger beer Show links and notes: Upcoming Events Mace Meadworks at macemeadworks.com has live music every Saturday night at 250 East Main Street Dayton, Washington 99328[break] Brothers Drake Meadery - ongoing concert events California Master Beekeeping Course - Sept 11 and 18 Got an event you’d like us to mention on GotMead Live? Send us an email at [email protected] and tell us about it!

7-19-16 Mead - the fastest growing segment of the craft alcoholic beverage industry, yet most people know so little about it. Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor, mead lover, AMMA board member and legislative committee member, and owner, with her husband of Kookoolan Farms in Oregon, aims to change that. She has written and is in the process of editing and self-publishing her book, 'The Art of Mead Tasting and Food Pairing'. The book is a grand tour of the worlds' meads, coupled with innovative and tasty recipes to show the versatility and pairability of mead. We are going to chat her up, and find out more about this book, and when we can expect to see it available for purchase. On Back to Basics, AJ, Manny and I are talking yeast. What to use, when, and in what meads. And we're tickled to have Pete Bakulic (Oskaar) on with us this evening to help us dig deep, so bring your questions on yeast! Join us 9PM ET tonight! (8PM CT/7PM MT/6PM PT) Want to join the conversation, give us a call!! 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. If you want us to tackle your mead making questions, you can send us a question and we'll tackle it online! Note: We lost the broadcast last week at about 10:36 due to nasty storms in the area, but were also recording offline. We are in the process of cutting and pasting various bits together and hope to have the updated recording up in the next day or so. We hoped for last week, but jobs, timing and internet issues here at the GM Studios got in the way. 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. 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. What we were drinking: AJ - Vicky - Misbeehavin' Mead Strawberry Mead Manny - Chrissie - Pete - Show links and notes: Brew Your Own Beer Yeast chart Winemaker Magazine Wine Yeast chart S. cerevisiae Codon Usage Tables Function of yeast species and strains in wine flavor - Int J Food Microbiol Non-conventional Yeast Species for Lowering Ethanol Content of Wines Lallemand yeast articles Winemaking yeasts and bacterial strains - Australia Co-Flocculation of Yeast Species, a New Mechanism to Govern Population Dynamics in Microbial Ecosystems Wyeast yeast style guide Upcoming Events Starrlight Meadery July 29th - International Tiger Day! In honor of that day, for the month of July we will be helping out our friends over at Carolina Tiger Rescue! For each tasting or glass of sangria that we sell during the month, we'll donate $2 to the Tiger Rescue July 22 - Mead and a Sunset Cruise - Friday, July 22 - Join us, and Captain Don from Triangle Boat Tours, for one of our favorite outings - mead tasting and a 2 hour sunset cruise on Jordan Lake. Bos Meadery - multiple artistic events - check in on their calendar for movie nights, art displays and more! June 29 - Rashamon - A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, Rashomon is widely considered onevcof the greatest films ever made. Mace Meadworks at macemeadworks.com has live music every Saturday night at 250 East Main Street Dayton, Washington 99328[break] B.Nektar Events: July 19th – #WeAreOrlando Fundraiser at the B. Nektar Taproom (50% of sales to be donated to the Pulse Victims Fund) July 22nd-23rd – Michigan Summer Beer Fest in Ypsilanti July 22nd – *Tasting event* Mega Bev in Kalamazoo July 23rd – *Tasting event* Under The Vines in Grand Rapids July 29th – Corks For Conservation at Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek July 30-21 - Mutant Killer Zombie Manhattan Project Thinngie Release Party July 19 - Charm City Meadworks - Tap takeover at Das Bier Haus July 23 - Orcas Island Cider and Mead Festival - Eastsound, WA National Mead Day - Aug 6[break] Brothers Drake Meadery - ongoing concert events California Master Beekeeping Course - Sept 11 and 18 Got an event you’d like us to mention on GotMead Live? Send us an email at [email protected] and tell us about it!

7-12-16 – Today we’re talking with David and Maciej, owners of Arktos Meadery in Grand Rapids, MI. They have 7 meads right now, including a pumpkin mead (that one caught my eye!!On Back to Basics, we’re talking about ‘When Your Mead Goes Wrong’. If you’ve ever had a mead go weird, turn into vinegar, burn dry when it was supposed to be sweet, turn up tasting like gasoline or anything else, then we’ll be talking about it.

7-5-16 Today we're talking with Mike Kiker, owner of Celestial Meads and Sassan Mossanen, general manger of Denali Brewing in Talkeetna, Alaska. This is a new thing, because Mike is selling Celestial Meads to Denali Brewing, and staying on as a mead-maester, to help them integrate the meads into their business, be an ambassador, and teach them how to make award-winning mead. There have been a lot of collaboration brews between meaderies and breweries, but so far as we know, this is the first time a meadery has been sold to a brewery. You won't want to miss this episode! On Back to Basics, we're talking about backsweetening. Join us at 9PM ET tonight! Want to join the conversation, give us a call!! 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. If you want us to tackle your mead making questions, you can send us a question and we'll tackle it online! Join us, 9PM Eastern Tuesday night!! 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. 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. What we were drinking: AJ - Vicky - Manny - Mike - Sassan - Show links and notes: Upcoming Events: Starrlight Meadery July 29th - International Tiger Day! In honor of that day, for the month of July we will be helping out our friends over at Carolina Tiger Rescue! For each tasting or glass of sangria that we sell during the month, we'll donate $2 to the Tiger Rescue July 22 - Mead and a Sunset Cruise - Friday, July 22 - Join us, and Captain Don from Triangle Boat Tours, for one of our favorite outings - mead tasting and a 2 hour sunset cruise on Jordan Lake. Bos Meadery - multiple artistic events - check in on their calendar for movie nights, art displays and more! June 29 - Rashamon - A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, Rashomon is widely considered onevcof the greatest films ever made. July 9 - Daniel Mortensen - Daniel Mortensen has been playing guitar and harp for over 30 years to illustrious audiences such as His Dog and The Sofa. July 14 - Cam and Ellie Kennedy - presentations of original songs and selected covers, and their sound is filled with great voices, acoustic guitars, and multiple layers. July 15 - Matt Deblass - An evening of acoustic folk music performed with Celtic harp, voice, mandolin and other instruments.[break] Mace Meadworks at macemeadworks.com has live music every Saturday night at 250 East Main Street Dayton, Washington 99328[break] B.Nektar Events: July 9th – Detroit Beer Book – Author signing at the B. Nekar Taproom July 15th-17th – Pig & Whiskey Event in Ferndale July 15th – *Tasting event* D. Schulers in Wyoming, MI July 16th – Motor City Furry Con event – An evening at B. Nektar July 19th – #WeAreOrlando Fundraiser at the B. Nektar Taproom (50% of sales to be donated to the Pulse Victims Fund) July 22nd-23rd – Michigan Summer Beer Fest in Ypsilanti July 22nd – *Tasting event* Mega Bev in Kalamazoo July 23rd – *Tasting event* Under The Vines in Grand Rapids July 29th – Corks For Conservation at Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek National Mead Day - Aug 6[break] Brothers Drake Meadery - ongoing concert events California Master Beekeeping Course - Sept 11 and 18 Got an event you’d like us to mention on GotMead Live? Send us an email at [email protected] and tell us about it! Save Save

6-28-16 GotMead Live is 1 Year Old! June 30 marks our one year anniversary, and we're tickled to have Ken Schramm back with us. Ken was kind enough to be the first guest on GML last year, and he's coming back to tell us what's going on with Schramm's Mead now, and also to help us talk about using fruit in your mead. You may not know, but Ken has a small and carefully curated orchard and berry farm on his property in Michigan. And he creates small batch reserve meads from these fruits, such as the legendary Heart of Darkness, a mead made from hand-harvested fruit and always sold out before it even gets into bottles. So Ken is a bit of a fruit maven. And we're going to pick his brains on his fruit knowledge. This is going to be good, so tune in and listen! AJ, Manny and I will be talking about using fruit in your meads with Ken. Got questions? Want to join the conversation, give us a call!! 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. If you want us to tackle your mead making questions, you can send us a question and we'll tackle it online! Join us, 9PM Eastern Tuesday night!! 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. 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. What we were drinking: AJ - Vicky - Manny - Ken - Show links and notes: Enology and stabilizing chemical calculators .5 Micron filters from MoreBeer Upcoming Events: Starrlight Meadery July 29th - International Tiger Day! In honor of that day, for the month of July we will be helping out our friends over at Carolina Tiger Rescue! For each tasting or glass of sangria that we sell during the month, we'll donate $2 to the Tiger Rescue July 2-3 - Red, White and Blueberry Celebration - Join us for some special red, white and blueberry sangria all weekend long. Plus, SLUSHIES! July 22 - Mead and a Sunset Cruise - Friday, July 22 - Join us, and Captain Don from Triangle Boat Tours, for one of our favorite outings - mead tasting and a 2 hour sunset cruise on Jordan Lake. Bos Meadery - multiple artistic events - check in on their calendar for movie nights, art displays and more! June 29 - Rashamon - A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, Rashomon is widely considered onevcof the greatest films ever made. July 2 - Mark Lint’s Dry Folk - Madisonian Mark Linsenmayer, veteran front-man of local bands Madison Lint (2001-2004) and New People (2006-2013) and host of two nationally reknowned podcasts, The Partially Examined Life and Nakedly Examined Music, July 9 - Daniel Mortensen - Daniel Mortensen has been playing guitar and harp for over 30 years to illustrious audiences such as His Dog and The Sofa. July 14 - Cam and Ellie Kennedy - presentations of original songs and selected covers, and their sound is filled with great voices, acoustic guitars, and multiple layers. July 15 - Matt Deblass - An evening of acoustic folk music performed with Celtic harp, voice, mandolin and other instruments.[break] Mace Meadworks at macemeadworks.com has live music every Saturday night at 250 East Main Street Dayton, Washington 99328[break] Honey Moon Mead - multiple events and open mic every Wednesday night June 29 - Open Mic with Scot Casey June 30 - Paige Woods Band B.Nektar Events: July 1st – *Tasting event* Riverside Liquors in Grand Rapids July 9th – Detroit Beer Book – Author signing at the B. Nekar Taproom July 15th-17th – Pig & Whiskey Event in Ferndale July 15th – *Tasting event* D. Schulers in Wyoming, MI July 16th – Motor City Furry Con event – An evening at B. Nektar July 19th – #WeAreOrlando Fundraiser at the B. Nektar Taproom (50% of sales to be donated to the Pulse Victims Fund) July 22nd-23rd – Michigan Summer Beer Fest in Ypsilanti July 22nd – *Tasting event* Mega Bev in Kalamazoo July 23rd – *Tasting event* Under The Vines in Grand Rapids July 29th – Corks For Conservation at Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek National Mead Day - Aug 6[break] Brothers Drake Meadery - ongoing concert events California Master Beekeeping Course - Sept 11 and 18 Got an event you’d like us to mention on GotMead Live? Send us an email at [email protected] and tell us about it! Save Save

6-21-16 We're still hanging out in the Great White North this week, and talking with Ed Nowek from Planet Bee! Planet Bee is a honey farm and meadery in British Columbia. They've picked up their share of medals from the Mazer Cup competition. AJ and I, and *special guest* Wayne Boncyk, from the GotMead Forums and the Mazer Cup will be talking about stabilization and backsweetening your meads. Got questions? Want to join the conversation, give us a call!! 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. If you want them to tackle your mead making stuff, you can send us a question and we'll tackle it online! Join us, 9PM Eastern Tuesday night!! 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. 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. What we were drinking: AJ - Vicky - Wayne - Ed - Show links and notes: Enology and stabilizing chemical calculators .5 Micron filters from MoreBeer Upcoming Events: Starrlight Meadery - Mead Tastings - multiple dates, go check it out!!![break] Bos Meadery - multiple artistic events - check in on their calendar for movie nights, art displays and more![break] It's National Pollination Week! Here in Raleigh, join the festivities here, where they'll be bringing together beekeepers, ecologists, policy makers, and activists to talk about the birds and the bees! B.Nektar - Death Unicorn release party - June 25[break] National Mead Day - Aug 6[break] Brothers Drake Meadery - ongoing concert events California Master Beekeeping Course - Sept 11 and 18 Got an event you’d like us to mention on GotMead Live? Send us an email at [email protected] and tell us about it! Save

6-17-2016 - Today we're doing something different. I'm dealing with some things, and didn't have time to get a guest for this week, so we're all about just making mead. Today, our continuing series 'Making Mead: Back to Basics' is talking fruit. Fruit in your mead. What fruit, why fruit, and how fruit. AJ, Manny, Ryan and I will be spending the entire show (not sure how long it will be) talking about melomel and the fruit that loves it. If you want them to tackle your mead making stuff, you can send us a question and we'll tackle it online! Join us, 9PM Eastern Tuesday night!! 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. 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. What we were drinking: AJ - Vicky - Ryan - Manny - Show links and notes: Upcoming Events: Starrlight Meadery - Mead Tastings - multiple dates, go check it out!!![break] 810 Meadworks - Empire Brewfest- June 10-11[break] Bos Meadery - multiple artistic events - check in on their calendar for movie nights, art displays and more![break] American Institute of Chemical Engineers - Practical Fermentation Science - The Art of Making Mead - June 14[break] Groenfell Meadery - 'Guy Reads' Book Club - June 15[break] B.Nektar - Death Unicorn release party - June 25[break] National Mead Day - Aug 6[break] Brothers Drake Meadery - ongoing concert events Got an event you’d like us to mention on GotMead Live? Send us an email at [email protected] and tell us about it! Save Save

6-7-2016 We are off to the Great White North! This episode we will be talking with John Bryans, owner of Munro Honey and Mead in Ontario, Canada (finally A.J. gets the mead!!).

This week, we have Adam Crockett, owner of Haymaker Meadery in Montgomeryville, PA. Haymaker creates 'modern mead with a folk flair'. They are out there working to change the face of mead, and bring a 'new view' to the mead world. We're really interested to see what they're going to do!

5-24-16 - Yep, did it again. This time, I was out of town almost the entire break, a good bit of it in the mountains with crap connectivity, so I *do* have a weak excuse. (or at least a weak connectivity excuse) But never fear, we've lined up a great series for you, and will give you good show! This week, we have Bruce Leslie, president of the Texas Mead Association, which also hosts the Texas Meadfest (whaat? there's a meadfest in Texas? Whoohoooo!! Let's *go*!) The Texas Mead Association has been around since 2008, and is there to promote mead in Texas (makes sense). They also host the Texas Meadfest and Competition, now in it's 5th year. And Bruce is also owner of Griffin Meadery, in Willis, TX. On Making Mead-Back to Basics, AJ, Manny and Ryan will be talking about Previous Fermentation Experience coming into meadmaking - A.J. comes from winemaking, Manny is a beer brewer, and Ryan came right into mead, as did Vicky. We're going to talk about how those experiences colored our meadmaking and approaches. Call in and join us!! If you want them to tackle your mead making stuff, you can send us a question and we'll tackle it online! Join us, 9PM Eastern tonight!! 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. 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. What we were drinking: AJ - Vicky - Jon - Manny - Ryan - Show links and notes: Texas Mead Association and Meadfest Texas Mead Cup - entries open June 1-Sept 1, taking both home and commercial entries. Griffin Meadery - Willis, Texas Upcoming Events: Starrlight Meadery - Mead Tastings - multiple dates, go check it out!!! [break] Movie Night: Red Desert - Bos Meadery May 25, 2016 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Tickets: Free $1 off goblets of mead, and free popcorn! The Mead Hall opens at 5p, and the movie starts at 7p. Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1960s panoramas of contemporary alienation were decade-defining artistic events, and Red Desert, his first color film, is perhaps his most epochal. [break] 810 Meadworks - The Moonhunters at the Beergarten[break] 810 Meadworks - Empire Brewfest- June 10-11[break] AHA National Homebrewers Convention - June 9-11[break] National Mead Day - Aug 6[break] Brothers Drake Meadery - ongoing concert events

5-3-16 Yep, late again. I'm planning to fix that in the next series. This is the last GML until May 24, we are taking a 2 week break to set up the next series. Today we're talking with Todd, Jhett and Andrew with Leaky Roof Meadery in Buffalo, MO. Leaky Roof got started out of a failed meadery project that the guys were involved with, and the name comes from an association with a nearby railroad and the fact that many of the properties they looked at actually had leaky roofs, lol. They make a variety of meads, and have an interesting background that we're going to pull out of them tonight on the show. On Making Mead-Back to Basics, AJ, Manny and Ryan will be digging into the questions we've had coming in. If you want them to tackle your mead making stuff, you can send us a question and we'll tackle it online! 9PM Eastern tonight!! 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. 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. What we were drinking: AJ - Vicky - Hidden Legend Apple Cyser Jon - Manny - Ryan - Show links and notes: Golden Coast Meadery is starting a mead club! Go to http://www.goldencoastmead.com/mead-club to learn more B.Nektar Meadery has their Royal Jelly Bottle Club up and running. Find out more at http://www.bnektar.com/royal-jelly-bottle-club-details/ Upcoming Events: The Union Township Historical Society will host a mead (honey wine) tasting fundraiser for the Caldwell Parsonage on Sunday, May 15, at 3 p.m. at the Melovino Craft Meadery, 2933 Vauxhall Road, Union. Admission is $15 in advance or $20 at the door and includes samples of various flavored meads, cheese and crackers and dessert.The Meadery is located behind the Millburn Mall--take the driveway on either side of the mall to the back parking lot. The space accommodates just 50 people, so make your reservations early. Mail check (payable to Union Township Historical Society) to Marie Canarelli, 885 Townley Avenue, Union, NJ 07083. Indicate your name and the number of people in your party, For more information, please call 908-687-7468.[break] Starrlight Meadery - Mead Tastings - multiple dates, go check it out!!! Bee Symposium - May 7 - UC Davis - Conference Center Our second annual Bee Symposium: Keeping Bees Healthy will be hosted at the UC Davis Conference Center on Saturday, May 7, 2016. Keynote speakers will include Yves Le Conte, Director, French National Bee Lab, Avignon, France and Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Assistant Professor of Entomology at the University of Maryland and project director for the Bee Informed Partnership. Additional speakers include Rachel Vannette and Brian Johnson, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis and Quinn McFrederick, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside, and Claire Kremen, UC Berkeley and MacArthur Foundation Fellow. More speakers to be announced as they are confirmed. Continental breakfast, lunch and post-event reception included. http://honey.ucdavis.edu/events/2016-bee-symposium Honey Sensory Experience - May 20-21 - UC Davis - Robert Mondavi Institute http://honey.ucdavis.edu/events/honey-sensory-experience Two days featuring a survey of nature’s perfect sweet! Taste Honeys from across the Globe! The essential course for the professional buyer, importer, category manager, producer, packer or anyone who wants to gain expertise in the arena of honey analysis. Over two days, expert teachers will guide participants through a unique tasting and educational odyssey.[break]

Tonight we're chatting with Ken Schultz, owner of Hidden Legend Winery in Victor, MT. And on Making Mead-Back to Basics, we're talking BOMM and making good mead fast.

Tonight we talk with Jon Talkington of Brimming Horn Meadery, and dig into hydrometers and ABV/alcohol content, ingredient quality and care and feeding of yeast.

Viking Alchemist Meadery actually happened as sort of a surprise, when Robin’s son said ‘lets start a meadery’, and his wife did the research and found that the craft beverage industry was going nuts. On 'Making Good Mead - Back to Basics', we're talking creating good habits.

4-5-2016 Tonight is an interesting night. Many years ago, back in the Sands of Time (like, the 90's), when the meadery landscape was but sparsely populated, I stumbled across this mead. A blueberry mead, like liquid summer sky in a bottle, and it was Good. Hell, it was amazing. You could say it helped launch GotMead, because it made me realize that mead could be awesome. It was White Winter Winery Blueberry Melomel. That blueberry mead helped me survive my first Thanksgiving with my mother-in-law (a wonderful woman, but who is an amazing cook, so no pressure). The turkey was amazing, and I was more than a little happy (that is another story). Jon and Kim Hamilton have been making mead since the 90's, and it's good stuff. And now they're expanding into cider and spirits. And they're doing an amazing job, and having a great time doing it. NEW this episode and going forward, AJ brings to you 'Making Good Mead: Back to Basics'. We're going to roll back to your meadmaking roots, and talk mead from the ground up, for great, repeatable mead making habits that will produce great mead. Bring your questions and your mead, and let's talk mead! 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. What we were drinking: AJ - Raspberry wine Vicky - St. Ambrose Meadery “Razzmatazz” Jon - White Winter Honey and Black Mead Spirits, to be released this summer July 2 party Show links:

3-29-2016 - Tonight we're tickled to have Bray, the creator of Bray's One Month Mead (BOMM) on GotMead Live. I asked Bray to give me some 'backstory' on his creation, and his answer was classic: "Mead is crazy good, but takes too long. I'm going to have to science the shit out of this to speed it up!"

March 22, 2016 - In this episode we are doing something a little different. We've double trouble again, with both the AMMA and the Mazer Cup in attendance! The Mazer Cup International was held this past weekend (and AJ and I couldn't attend, whah!!), and before the largest mead-only competition in the world starts, the American Mead Makers Association holds it's annual meeting.

In this episode, we’re having ‘double the pleasure’, we have both Blair Housely, owner of Etowah Meadery, a ‘meadery in progress’, and we’re bringing back Frank Golbeck from Golden Coast Meadery, this time to go in-depth on what they’re doing with sour meads.

Feb 9 - Well, it's a party on Gotmead Live tonight! Because, Mardi Gras (and Tysen needs his Untappd check-in for Mardi Gras). We'll be talking mead, meadmaking, and anything else that we find interesting.

In this episode we hang out with Nathan and Colin Ryan, brothers in mead at Fallentimber Meadery in Alberta, Canada. Sons of a beekeeper dad, these guys got their honey chops early in life, but headed out to have lives after they grew up.

January 26, 2016 - This week our guest is Mike Tripka, president of the Domras Cup, held in Savannah, Georgia every year by the Savannah Brewers League. The Domras Cup began in 1999 as a small, club-only competition between several serious local mead-makers.

This week we visit with the guys from Golden Coast Mead. Golden Coast started in 2012 in San Diego, CA and has been kicking butt ever since. The meadery is founded on not just a love for mead, but as a sustainable business, promoting the fact that mead is made using the renewable resource of honey.

This week we will be talking with Julia Herz, long time meadmaker, and Craft Beer Program Director at the Brewers Association and Publisher of CraftBeer.com.

For our first show in 2016, we're tickled to have on the show Amina Harris, Director of the Honey and Pollination Center at the Mondavi Institute (the fermentation holy grail) at UC Davis in California.

Tonight on GotMeadLive - Guy McConnell, owner of Laughing Leprechaun Meadery, started home brewing beer in 1990 and making mead in 1992 while living in Alabama. He worked in high tech for 30 years, moving to Orlando, Florida and Huntersville, North Carolina before landing in Loveland Colorado where he has resided the past 17 years.

After a tour in Iraq, this National Guardsman started making wine and mead out of his garage, enrolled in classes at Northwest Wine Academy in Seattle, founded the American Mead Association, and is starting his own meadery. Tonight, we’ll meet Chris Webber from Outlanders Keep in Washington state.

Jennifer and Troy Kost, owners of the soon-to-be-open Legendary Mead. They started what is the normal progression for homebrewers...started making beer later in college (who doesn't?).

Zeb Johnston of the soon-to-be-open Lions Head Mead. Zeb is a beekeeper who started selling local honey at Yorktown Market Days, a Farmers Market in Yorktown Virginia.

Tonight on GotMeadLive - Casey Stuck, and partner and fellow winemaker Eric Taylor will be on our 'in process and just started' meadery series. Their winery/meadery is located in Rosati, MO and is called Eagles' Landing.

On GotMead Live tonight, we have Bryan DeGraw, owner of 810 Meadworks in Medina, NY, a new meadery that opened in November 2014. Bryan is one of many new meaderies that have opened in the last year here in the US. Come join us, and get your questions about their meadery, and their journey to start up.

Tonight we talk with Ben Alexander of Maine Meadworks in Portland, Maine. In collaboration with South African scholar Dr. Garth Cambray, Maine Mead Works developed a state-of-the-art continuous fermentation system, which allows them to get an excellent mead to market very quickly.

Tonight's guest is Mike Faul, owner of Rabbits Foot Meadery in Sunnyvale, CA. Mike has been making mead for a long time, and Rabbits Foot has been out there for nearly 20 years, making award winning mead.

No guests tonight, just a bunch of meadmakers having a great time talking about mead and meadmaking. Vicky is out of town for vacation, so JD and AJ will be gathering a bunch of meadmakers and partying. The call lines are open, so come join the party!

Allan and Tysen are on the show again tonight, and with Vicky away, there's a party going on! JD and AJ are exploring mead and mead making in an acapella episode, just rapping and sharing good mead.

Tonight's guests are Ben and Becky Starr, owners of Starrlight Meadery in Pittsboro, NC. Ben and Becky turned a win for Best in Show at the International Mead Festival in 2006 with their Cyser into their full-time job, and just this past weekend celebrated their 5th year serving tasty beverages to mead lovers from all over. And that cyser that won Best in Show? One of their flagship meads. We'll be talking all things mead.

This episode we will break from our usual approach, because GotMead Live is having a party!! Allen and Tysen, the Meadmkrs, will will with us, and we'll be drinking mead and talking mead, and who knows what will happen, or who will call in?

Tonight on Gotmead Live we are chatting with Susan Ruud, owner of Prairie Rose Meadery in Fargo, ND. Susan has been in the homebrewing and meadmaking scene for a long time, and was involved with the AHA and GABF for years.

Tonight on Gotmead Live we are hanging out with Michael Fairbrother, owner of Moonlight Meadery in Londonderry, NH. Michael broke out in the meadery world as a commercial meadery just a few years ago, and his growth has been nothing short of amazing.

Tonight on GotMead Live we have David Myers, owner of Redstone Meadery in Boulder, CO. David is known as the 'Chairman of the Mead' and has been seen all over the United States, pouring his mead for appreciative mead lovers.

Tonight on Gotmead Live we are talking with Joe Mattioli, the creator of the most-shared mead recipe on the web, Joe's Ancient Orange Mead. Joe will be telling us more about how he came up with the recipe, and why it works so well if you follow it to the letter.

We'll be talking with Pamela Spence, author of "Mad About Mead" and founder of the very first organization of meadmakers, the American Meadmakers Association back in 1986. She's hanging out in Ohio now, having a blast as a grandma, and she's going to come on and tell us about how things were back in the first days of the breakout of mead into the public arena. [break]Join us and call in to ask him your questions!

We'll be talking with Sergio Moutela, owner of Melovino Meadery, in Vauxhall, NJ. Melovino is the first meadery in New Jersey, and Sergio has gone from opening to rapid growth in no time flat. He's got some great meads, and some really good ideas on running a meadery (and we might pry some recipe ideas out of him!).