The Mead House

Jeff throws some challenges and challenging flavors Chris’ way as they walk through four different brews Jeff made during the summer season, from a couple dry hopped meads, an herbal mead and a fruit and spice, some reactions were more favorable than others! The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you Bacchus & Barleycorn!

Black October seems to have struck the Mead House too! One week delayed, Jeff and Chris spend a little time talking serving temps including a small impromptu experiment with unexpected results which prompts much discussion on a topic both had somewhat taken for granted. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you Bacchus & Barleycorn!

A couple months back, Chris challenged Jeff to make a key lime pie flavored mead. This episode, Jeff delivers a mid-fining sample for Chris to taste. Chris gives a brief challenge on the bomb pop mead, an interesting potential new direction for that mead, and then Jeff throws another wrinkle in calling these  challenges finished. Then, Chris inquires about fermenting outside the high and low margins of recommended temperatures on yeast. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you Bacchus & Barleycorn!

The guys take another tour through Jeff’s box of herbs and spices and brew up some teas evaluating options for gruit, metheglyn, and fruit and spice mead additions. Plus, Chris includes an anecdote from a friend on using pecans in a mead and speculation on nuts in mead proceeds further. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you Bacchus & Barleycorn!

Jeff leads Chris down the trail of a concept he’s seen thrown around quite a bit recently, waterless meads, or perhaps more accurately described as no water added meads. But that’s a bit of a mouthful. Jeff takes Chris through a few different approaches, some of which he considers cheating, and a few different things to think about toward the end of the batch to get the most out of these fruit heavy beverages. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you Bacchus & Barleycorn!