In Episode 20, Tysen and Allen answer the first 20 questions they received from the Podcast listeners. We touch on making peach session melomels, common meadmaking problems, the mead industry, starting a meadery, and even how Allen and Tysen first met.
We also feature a MeadMakr Spotlight with Blacksnake Meadery from Dugspur, VA. Steve and Jo welcomed Tysen and his family a few weeks back. Hear what they have to say about the meadery.
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Drinks in this Episode
Tysen: Traditional Mead (516 Brewery [a friend’s home meadery label])- Allen: Squashed (Blacksnake Meadery)
Links in this Episode
- Find out more about Blacksnake through the following links:
- The etymology of the word mead
- The GotMead Mead Calculator
- The BJCP Mead Test
Cover image courtesy of Gratisography.
Tricksy mead makers, tracking down my name like that. Must have included it in an early (oddly deleted) comment. *hssss*
Thanks for all the answers. I’ll have to track down a strawberry farm this spring. Lots of work to be done.
Speaking for myself, I claim no responsibility for Internet research or perhaps names from emails. Your anonymity is safe on the Interwebz, only governments and hacker groups across the globe know who you are.