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Episode 340 – Key Lime Pie Mead & the Highs and Lows of Fermentation Temps Oct 08, 2026

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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. …

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Episode 339 – Tea 3 Back to our Roots Sep 17, 2026

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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 …

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Episode 338 – Waterless Meads Sep 10, 2026

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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 …

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Episode 337 – The Next Batch Sep 04, 2026

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Plenty of podcasts, websites and videos exist with recipes and advice for making a good first batch of mead. This week, the guys take some time to give some advice for beginning mead makers that are moving from the first batch towards a second, third, and developing their own interests and styles as mead makers …

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Episode 336 – Starter Mead Equipment Kits Aug 28, 2026

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Jeff starts off the episode discussing a few personal milestones and then moves into talking about an exciting new product for stabilizing he’d like to see available to homebrewers called Nagardo. Then the guys get into reviewing various starter equipment kits for mead making, comparing cost and the equipment found within, what you get and …

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Episode 335 – Summer Mead Cocktails Aug 20, 2026

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Jeff and Chris return to the topic of mead cocktails with some made specifically for the summer season. Jeff throws out a cocktail he’s created from playing with citrus in the kitchen while Chris takes a mead forward approach to five classic cocktails, and the results would speak for themselves, but you’re going to have …

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Episode 334 – Smokey Mead Aug 13, 2026

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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 …

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Episode 333 – Everything is Fake Now Jul 30, 2026

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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 …

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Episode 332 – Finishing Session Meads & Citrus Jul 23, 2026

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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 …

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Episode 331 – Aging Jul 17, 2026

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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 …

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