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Nathan and I originally did this just as an informational bit in my video about zinc in mead; however, I felt like our conversation was so good it deserved to be a short podcast episode! Special shoutout to Nathan for being so amazing and teaching us all about zinc in mead! Support the show

Today we're chatting with Matt and Eric from Meadkrieger Mead in Loveland, Colorado! These guys are making great mead and I had a great time getting to chat with them. We talk about their meadery and specifically how they approach scaling up mead. Check out their meads & support them with the link below! Meadkrieger Website: https://www.meadkrieger.com Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/meadkrieger/?hl=en Support the show

In today's episode we are chatting with Carlos from Texas Longhouse Mead! This is part 3 of a series where we follow Carlos into his journey of opening a commercial meadery. Today's episode is shot inside his meadery after he's been open for about 8 months. We chat all about the ups and downs of owning your own business and try some tasty brews. I hope you will support Carlos via the links below! Texas Longhouse Mead Website: https://texaslonghousemead.com Buy some mead: https://texaslonghousemead.com/our-meads/ Texas Longhouse Mead YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@texaslonghousemead1327 Check out the main channel! www.YouTube.com/ManMadeMead Want to know what I use? Check it out on my Amazon store of my website! www.ManMadeMead.com www.ManMadeMead.com www.Patreon.com/ManMadeMead www.Facebook.com/ManMadeMeadery Support the show

Today I'm chatting with Matthew from Funktastic Meads! Funktastic Meads is located in Midlothian, Virginia! He's been making mead commercially for about 5 years and is ready to give out some great advice to home brewers and commercial mead makers. Go support them via the links below! Funktastic Meads: https://www.funktasticmeads.com Support the show

Today I'm chatting with Steve from Atheling Meadworks in Virginia! This episode was a ton of fun and you should really check out Atheling Meadworks! Use all the links below to support them Atheling Meadworks Website: https://www.athelingmead.com Chat with Steve via Email: [email protected] Support the show

Today I'm chatting with the incredible mead maker, Kyle Ducharme! He recently won the Ultimate Mead Maker of 2024 in a competition I ran and he has continued his sweep of awards through multiple mead competitions in 2024. He's a great mead maker and a wealth of knowledge. I hope you enjoy this episode with him. Make sure you take some notes! Support the show

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Today we're chatting live with Will and Jake from Black Rabbit Meadery in Reno, Nevada! They're a super cool meadery that does low abv mead and mead cocktails. I've personally tried their stuff and it's fantastic! Support them via the links below: Black Rabbit Mead Website: https://www.blackrabbitmeads.com Support the show

Welcome back to "A Guide to Starting Your Own Meadery" with Billy Beltz! Billy is one of the co-owners of Lost Cause Meadery in San Diego. Lost Cause is a world famous, award winning meadery that has been in operation for a little over 6 years. Billy has been one of the spearheads of the operations and he has so graciously taken the time to share his knowledge on how to start a meadery. In this multi-part series you will learn how to go from simple ideas to operating your own meadery. Check out the links below to support Billy and Lost Cause meadery and thanks for watching! Lost Meadery Website: https://www.lostcausemead.com Support the show

Welcome back to "A Guide to Starting Your Own Meadery" with Billy Beltz! Billy is one of the co-owners of Lost Cause Meadery in San Diego. Lost Cause is a world famous, award winning meadery that has been in operation for a little over 6 years. Billy has been one of the spearheads of the operations and he has so graciously taken the time to share his knowledge on how to start a meadery. In this multi-part series you will learn how to go from simple ideas to operating your own meadery. Check out the links below to support Billy and Lost Cause meadery and thanks for watching! Lost Meadery Website: https://www.lostcausemead.com Support the show

Today I'm chatting with the incredible Bill Boyer! Bill is an awesome mead maker who has won numerous awards throughout his time entering mead, cider and beer competitions over the past few years. He's also gracious enough to share his wisdom with us throughout this podcast. I hope you enjoy this episode! Support the show

Today I'm back chatting with Texas Longhouse Mead (Carlos)! We're in our second of three podcasts we are planning on doing. The first podcast we recorded was all about the beginnings of his meadery he's starting. This one is all about some of the new things he's running into and all about the building and planning side of the meadery. We are planning on doing a final podcast at location once he's up in running!  Support the show

Today I'm chatting with the incredible Ken Schramm all about his meadowy, his life and his experiences brewing. I've been looking forward to sitting down and chatting with Ken for a few years now and finally had the chance. We had a great time chatting about Ken's history in brewing, the start of Schramm's mead, behind the scenes of his awesome meads and more. I hope you enjoy the episode. Be sure to check out Schramm's Mead via the links below: Schramm's Mead: https://store.schrammsmead.com/storefront.aspx Check out the main channel! www.YouTube.com/ManMadeMead Want to know what I use? Check it out on my Amazon store of my website! www.ManMadeMead.com www.ManMadeMead.com www.Patreon.com/ManMadeMead www.Facebook.com/ManMadeMeadery Support the show

Today I'm chatting with Matthew from Mean Brews all about his experience brewing mead, beer and more! He's a fantastic brewer and has a passion for continuing to help grow the craft with his YouTube channel (link below) and the Master Homebrewer Program. I hope you enjoy this episode! Wild Yeast Isolation: https://www.milkthefunk.com/wiki/Wild_Yeast_Isolation Shagbark hickory syrup (I don't use sugar, only the wood): https://foragerchef.com/hickory-syrup/ Shagbark hickory from etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1039999600/shagbark-hickory-bark-bark-for-grilling Sui Generis Brewing (Excellent guidance on capturing wild yeast): Pt1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqcc9ZeLBXM Pt 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDvGvBVw3gg Pt 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abQNl6WIdc8 Meanbrews: https://www.youtube.com/c/meanbrews Master Homebrewer program:   https://www.masterhomebrewerprogram.com/ Support the show

Today I'm chatting with Michael Kaiser, who is one of the leaders of the biggest mead group in the world! I'm talking about the "Mead" Facebook group. He is an excellent mead maker and extremely helpful to the audience of over 100k people on there. He's also made mead for a long time and we get to sit down and pick his brain about mead in general. I hope you enjoy this episode! Join the "Mead" Facebook group if you're interested! Check out the main channel! www.YouTube.com/ManMadeMead Want to know what I use? Check it out on my Amazon store of my website! www.ManMadeMead.com www.ManMadeMead.com www.Patreon.com/ManMadeMead www.Facebook.com/ManMadeMeadery Support the show