This episode we grab our horned cups, fill them with nectar from the udders of a goat and speak with a mead maker who disturbs us with Norse Mythology. Next, we make a square and pit two commercial meaderies in our first ever MEAD DOME. Finally, we taste and judge copious amounts of mead from Forseti Meadery during our first-ever aftershow (Odin would be proud!). That and our usual craic on this episode of Life in 16 oz.
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Show Notes
Skip to Beer News - 3:40
Skip to Rant Time - 8:51
Skip to Mead Story - 15:25
Skip to Bob Wilkie, Mead Maker, Forseti Meadery - 17:08
Skip to "Mead Dome" - Intro 1:09:40
Skip to Bob Wilkie, Mead Maker, Forseti Meadery 1:11:43
Skip to "Mead Dome" - Finale 1:20:02
Skip to The Aftershow - 1:40:01
MENTIONS
Visit Placerville / Jack Russell Farm Brewery / Main Street Tap House / Solid Ground Brewing / Fort Rock Brewing / de Vere's Irish Pub / Brian Winckel Interview (Ep 26) / HBO's Beforeigners / The Finest Bubble / Batch Mead / Moonshine University / Encyclopedia Britannica / Craft Beer & Brewing / AleHorn / Norse Mythology for Smart People / Lyme Bay Winery / Charm City Meadworks / Heidrun Meadery / Vintner's Harvest
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IN CASE YOU DIDN'T TAKE NOTES
BEER NEWS
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BEER DOME - The Mead Episode
2021 Elderberry
Mead - Draft style, 6.9% ABV, No IBUs
Charm City Meadworks, Baltimore, MD
2021 Cyser
Mead - Draft style, 6.9% ABV, No IBUs
Charm City Meadworks, Baltimore, MD
2021 Basil Lemongrass
Mead - Draft style, 6.9% ABV, No IBUs
Charm City Meadworks, Baltimore, MD
Hawaiian Lehua Blossom
Mead - Champagne style, 12.5% ABV, No IBUs
Heidrun Meadery, Point Reyes Station, CA
PHOTOS AND CAPTIONS
For this month's Beer Dome, or rather "Mead Dome," we sample both East Coast and West Coast Meads. From left to right: Baltimore, Maryland-based Charm City Meadworks' Elderberry and Cyser meads, Point Reyes Station, California-based Heidrun Meadery's Hawaiian Lehua Blossom mead, and Charm City's Basil Lemongrass mead. (Lifein16oz photo/Paul Wade)
Bob Wilkie, sports his Viking beard and poses with his Jedi-cloaked fermenters. The towels help keep his mead within a certain temperature range as the yeast does its thing. Also pictured are his mini-batches moved to secondary that are now aging. (Courtesy photo/Bob Wilkie)
Brew day. Bob Wilkie has cleaned and sanitized all the items that will come in contact with his mead during the process. Pictured with his equipment are jars of the honey and fruit purees he will use. (Courtesy photo/Bob Wilkie)
Bob Wilkie's "Jedi fermenters" attempt to keep his fermentation temperature within a certain range. He props up the black pad behind them to block light. The ball below the fermenters is where he turns the red valve to remove sediment and yeast, and to turn his primary into a secondary vessel. (Courtesy photo/Bob Wilkie)
A large plastic carboy of mead fermenting with added fruit - raisins - and not yet in the stages of clarifying. (Courtesy photo/Bob Wilkie)
Bob Wilkie's kitchen converted into a meadery. He transfers his batches into smaller containers to age and provi...