The Mead House

Episode 329 – Floral Meads

Jeff Shouse — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:40:52 +0000

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 …

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Episode 328 – Summer Plans

Jeff Shouse — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 04:56:10 +0000

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 …

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Episode 327 – Craft Commercial Meads

Jeff Shouse — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:18:58 +0000

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 …

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Episode 326 – Widely Available Commercial Meads

Jeff Shouse — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:09:35 +0000

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 …

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Episode 325 – Weird Meads

Jeff Shouse — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:43:25 +0000

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 …

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Episode 324 – Fantasy Fun

Jeff Shouse — Thu, 28 May 2026 16:18:33 +0000

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 …

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Episode 323 – Tea2: The Root of the Problem

Jeff Shouse — Thu, 21 May 2026 05:20:13 +0000

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 …

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Episode 322 – Gruit-Tea

Jeff Shouse — Thu, 07 May 2026 05:01:41 +0000

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, …

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Episode 321 – Best Practices

Jeff Shouse — Fri, 01 May 2026 04:25:48 +0000

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 …

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Episode 320 – Exploring Ethiopian Beverages

Jeff Shouse — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:21:18 +0000

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 …

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