Episodes

  • Episode 75: A Guide to Starting a Meadery: Part 3 - 5
    Apr 15 2024

    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


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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Episode 74: A Guide to Starting a Meadery: Part 1 & 2
    Apr 3 2024

    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


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    1 hr
  • Episode 73: Learning from the Best! (Feat. Bill Boyer)
    Mar 11 2024

    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!

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Episode 72: Part 2 with Texas Longhouse Mead (More Meadery Updates)
    Feb 26 2024

    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!

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Episode 71: Ken Schramm & Schramm's Mead!
    Feb 19 2024

    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

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Episode 70: Mean Brews & The MHP
    Feb 12 2024

    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/

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Episode 69: 115k Meadmakers on Facebook! (Feat. Michael Kaiser)
    Feb 5 2024

    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

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    56 mins
  • Episode 68: All About Schramm's Mead!
    Jan 29 2024

    Today I'm chatting with Alyson and James from Schramm's mead all about the family meadery that is Schramm's! We got to chat all about how they make their mead, some behind the scenes of what it's like to work there and even more! You can find more information about them with the links below.

    Schramm's Website: https://store.schrammsmead.com/storefront.aspx
    The Compleat Meadmaker: https://store.schrammsmead.com/the-compleat-meadmaker-p78.aspx

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    1 hr and 15 mins