The Mead House

Chrissie Zearpoor stops by the Mead House and by request, pairs meads with foods offered by JD, Jeff and Ryan. Chrissie also talks about the strategy of pairing meads, and why it is so difficult to pair beer and wine, yet so easy to pair meads.

In this episode, 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.

This episode celebrates our 100th show in this special 2 hour episode with a little fun and a look back over several years worth of shows. Thank you to all our former co-hosts and a special thank you to all our past guests who have come through the doors

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

Micro mead making is the topic of our interview with John Duncan, and experienced mead maker doing meads in quart sized mason jars. Michigan Mead Cup is right around the corner, Gail Milburn tells us all about it, and JD sits down with Tom Repas

Flavors you get from oak are dependent on temperatures you toast...Len Napalitano 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, Le

Ryan goes on the road with the Mead House mic and visits with Nate Tietge, owner of Dead Bee Meadery.  In the mean time, JD and Jeff have plans for a bourbon barrel, and Ryan decides he wants to look at a solera project with a fresh oak barrel. A few sho

In this episode, John Aitchison visits the Mead House. John has been the past president, vice-president and Grand Hydrometer of the nations oldest homebrew club, Maltose Falcons in Woodland Hills, California. A master mead maker, hes brewed everything fr

In this episode, we discuss the one thing that may make the difference between a flat, flabby ho-hum watery mead, and a well balanced mouth-watering mead...tannin. Probably the most overlooked aspect of mead making, tannin provides the mouthfeel that set

In this episode, Mary Izett, co-owner of Fifth Hammer Brewing Co. in New York and author of Speed Brewing is our guest. Brewing to completion in a matter of days in order to drink in a matter of weeks is our topic. Whats in the hopper - the crew discusse