The Mead House
Two good friends invite you to join their conversation as they explore the topic of making great mead at home.
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August 13, 2026 • 17 mins
The guys throw some ideas around for incorporating smokey flavors into a mead, different processes, ingredients and other approaches to get the smoke flavor into a mead, along with a bit of discussion as to what flavors would taste good with it. Then, Chris throws down a new challenge for our listeners! The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping ...
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July 30, 2026 • 34 mins
Much to his chagrin, Jeff recounts a situation where he was tricked into sharing an AI generated video with an AI generated script on fake honey to his cohost Chris, which spurs on a conversation about fake honey, tests for fake honey which are themselves kinda fake, along with a side discussion on supposedly hallucinogenic Mad Honey which is real but the effects of which seem… overstated. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored...
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July 23, 2026 • 41 mins
With so much talk about session meads they have planned for the summer, the guys go through some best practices to keep in mind for getting those light delightful little low-ABV meads from fermented to tasting great in a bottle. They also take a few minutes to talk about the challenges and approaches to using citrus fruit in a mead without headaches and delays. Finally, as if their summers weren’t busy enough the guys throw o...
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July 16, 2026 • 42 mins
The guys take a bit to talk about the ins and outs of aging mead. They talk bulk versus bottle aging, Jeff shares a tip for sampling bottle aged meads that allows for less product loss, Chris shares one of his horror story meads that still taught him a strong lesson, and as you’ve naturally come to expect, there will be tangents. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code ...
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July 9, 2026 • 43 mins
In this episode, the guys challenge each other to create a summer time mead. They present each other with a concept and have to define their flavors, sources of the flavors, intended ABV for their projects giving plenty of insight into the start of the recipe building process. Stay tuned for the end result in another month or two! The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10...
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July 2, 2026 • 42 mins
Is it the last fading remnants of spring in the air, or is that just a pollen cloud heralding another allergy attack? This week the guys sit down to chat about meads made with flowers – what kinds to use, how to get the flavors out, as well as some speculation as to which would make the best meads. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping...
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June 26, 2026 • 44 mins
The guys try a braggot Jeff made using some limited availability ingredients and then get to chatting about what they want to accomplish with their summer. From fruity stuff to session meads and meads made with kviek, before too long time gets away from both of them as the ideas start flying. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply ...
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June 18, 2026 • 45 mins
After last week’s boozy episode trying easily available commercial meads, the guys decide to flip the script. They sample commercially available meads from smaller producers in various parts of the country for the sake of comparison to more widely available commercial brands. Mead makers include Sky River Meadery, Ozark Viking Meadery, Prairie Rose Meadery and Texas Longhouse Meadery. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by&nb...
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June 12, 2026 • 62 mins
If you walk into a large local liquor store anywhere in the country, you MIGHT find mead there. If you do find it, you’re likely to find one of a few brands that have wide distribution. The guys realize that they haven’t tasted any of them in a VERY long time. To remedy that, they review five different widely available varieties of mead and sneak in a local variety at the end. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by ...
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June 4, 2026 • 53 mins
The guys take a look at recipes from the Elder Scrolls Cookbook for quick meads, evaluating those recipes, then do some digging on older and less mainstream parts of the internet to find weird mead. What they find are unusual ingredients, archaic practices, and plenty to keep them amusing themselves. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and...
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May 28, 2026 • 39 mins
The guys get a little silly this week – leaning into the presentation side of mead making to think up cool, interesting or silly ways to present your meads inspired by the massive quantity of fantasy books, movies, television shows, tabletop and video games. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you Bacchus &...
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May 21, 2026 • 32 mins
After their last foray into experimenting with herbs to make tea investigating a gruit, the guys return for the second part of the experiment using a variety of roots, as well as a nut and some bark. Will any of them yield a good addition to a gruit braggot in the planning stages? Or will their tastes take them in an entirely new investigative direction? The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our ...
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May 7, 2026 • 43 mins
Jeff and Chris return to the topic of making a gruit-braggot, a braggot without hops that Chris can enjoy due to his allergy to hops. In an effort to research some of the herbs which could be appropriate for such a brew, they make teas with five different herbs which could contribute to said brew, then start talking about the grains that could go along with said herbs, completely forgetting half of the experiment in the process! Th...
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May 1, 2026 • 60 mins
For all the new listeners to the podcast, Jeff and Chris take some time to cover all their best practices for mead making, how and why their practices differ from other recipes you might find out on the web and how those practices lead to what all of us want, better mead. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you Bacc...
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April 23, 2026 • 41 mins
In their seemingly endless quest for new and novel ways to make mead, the guys dip their toes into the flavor palate of Ethiopia. Tej, a mead made with gesho root, is an obvious stop on the tour, but they also explore an herbal tea made with koseret, as well as an indigenous style of beer called tella made with roasted grains. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10&nbs...
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April 16, 2026 • 45 mins
With the weather heating up, the guys spend a fair bit of time throwing ideas for summer meads around, helping each other develop their plans and coming up with some tasty ideas. Plus, Jeff lets Chris try a couple more honeys and the guys taste an interesting mead from Drinking Horn meadery. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply n...
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April 9, 2026 • 36 mins
Catching up after an action packed travel schedule, Jeff and Chris spend a little time chatting over some of the popular trends they’ve seen in mead making, from the ubiquitous meadowfoam honey to some trends in the past and speculating as to what new trends are coming forward. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Th...
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March 26, 2026 • 41 mins
The guys take some time to do a recap of this year’s Valkyrie’s Horn mead competition while driving home from Minneapolis as the experience is still fresh in their minds. Tune in for the impressions, annecdotes, memorable parts of the experience and far too many new ideas the fellas have come up with over the course of the weekend! The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount co...
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March 19, 2026 • 48 mins
Jeff challenges Chris to design a pyment using some wine concentrate which may be past its sell-by date, using ingredients he has around the house. The guys think about additional fruit, spices, different options for yeast and honey, and the end result shows a lot of promise. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you ...
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March 12, 2026 • 63 mins
The guys spend a fair bit of time thinking through how to put together a good pyment, a mead/wine hybrid, and all the considerations that need to go into that. Then they take a few minutes talking about some of their favorite YouTube content creators by listener request. Valkyrie’s Horn Mead Competition: https://home.valkyrieshorn.com/ The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code...
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