The Mead Podcast

Welcome to the debut episode of The Mead Podcast with Gosnells, in this episode Tom & Ted go in depth with meaderies around the world on what sparked them to start brewing mead and why? Featuring industry giants such as Superstition Meadery, All-Wise Meadery, Charm City Meadworks and many more! Why not have a listen? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join us on the second episode of The Mead Podcast, in this episode Ted, Tom and Will go into detail on honey! We talk to Iain our previous assistant brewer who is a keen amateur beekeeper with a vast knowledge of honey and bees. We also speak with The Centre of Ecology and Hydrology about their Honey Monitoring Scheme which is a long-term programme that uses advanced analytical techniques to identify the species of plant pollen present in honey samples, this will tell us what bees are feeding on in different parts of the country and at different times of year and will help us identify possible threats to bees linked with floral resources. Fascinating! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join us on the third episode of The Mead Podcast, in this episode Ted and Tom talk about the history of mead! We start off with some fascinating facts from Tom about the rich history of mead, we then go into detail with the brewery team about brewing a historic type of mead called a metheglin which in known to have healing properties. Be sure to send us in some questions for our Q&A later this season on podcast@gosnells.co.uk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the great US of A, and their thriving mead industry! In this episode Ted talks to Vicky from 'GotMead?' about mead in the states and Tom talks with some of the industry giants from America about the drinks industry, types of popular meads and general differences between the British and American mead market. So sit back, relax and grab yourself a mead. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The first episode from our live at 5 sessions in the meadery on Fridays.This week Will and Tom talk more about our small batch program, taste our collab. cyser (mead-cider hybrid) with Hawkes, our world famous London Mead and finish with our amazing 20% ABV strong mead.If you have any questions get in touch - podcast@gosnells.co.uk! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The bonus episode from our live at 5 podcast, we thought we would share our first meadery chat that would later become our Live@5 Podcast.Where we chat about barrels, fruiting, our small batch crowdfunder and some fun honey inspired cooking.This is the episode that got us excited about season 2 of The Mead Podcast sp we thought we would share it too.enjoy!If you have any questions get in touch - podcast@gosnells.co.uk! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Second offical episode from our live at 5 sessions in the meadery on Fridays.Our long awaited Home Brew episode is finally here! Brewers James & Will sit down share a few home brews, a few stories and answers your questions. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called & sent though questions via the chat. The brewery boys had a blast and even learnt a few things themselves. If you have any questions or just want to chat, get in touch - podcast@gosnells.co.uk! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Tom & Will from Gosnells, chat with long time friend and fellow fermentation enthusiast Tom Wilson from Kanpai London craft Sake.Tasting through a few special bottles of Sake, chatting about the process and history of Sake and our collaboration we did together. This episode is one not to be missed for any lovers of sake or any fermentationists. If you have any questions or just want to chat, get in touch - podcast@gosnells.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tasting mead round the worldTom's on his own talking about the history of Gosnells and tasting through some mead from his collection, including @charmcitymead @liquidalchemybeverages @rachelletherabbit and @britishhoneycoWith a little Gosnells history and the classic Tom Gosnell charm this weeks episode is all about the great age of mead we are expriencing from Singapore to Baltimore, Tom tastes through some of his personal collection.If you have any questions or just want to chat, get in touch - podcast@gosnells.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Will & Tom talk about thier week and share a few stories (as always!) But also this week the guys taste through a few new bottles form our mead of the month range and talk about our new at home tasting bundles including our favourite and long awaited Vintage bundle. 3 years of Vintage's from the same hives fermented using the same method and presented in a gorgeous box :) As always everybody hope you enjoy and if you ever want to chat about mead or honey send us an email. Podcast@Gosnells.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Will has a challenge to create 2 hot and 2 cold spiced cocktails on camera in half an hour sounds easy but dont under estimate how easily these things can go wrong. As always everybody hope you enjoy and if you ever want to chat about mead or honey send us an email. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This weeks episode is all about the history of mead, Tom and Will sit down chat about mead and share a metheglin made for the BBC from a book published in the 1600's and crack open a bottle of Gosnells of London original produced in 2014. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Tom & Will sit down and taste through 3 years of the Gosnells vintage range. Also tasting through our latest release braggot and talk about the process of idea to glass. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Will & Tom talk about different mead styles, what they are, where they are from all while tasting through some of the varying styles that Gosnells produces. As always full of banter and engaging content that you have come to expect. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our final live at five of 2020!A more relaxed session this week, the team talk through some highlights of the year, and drink a few special festive tipples sharing a few rare finds and some childhood stories everything festive and every reminiscent of the holiday season See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In our first episode of 2021, Tom & Will chat through some Dry January alternative styles of fermentation. From lactobacillus to acetobacter Tom & Will talk about how to make interesting and complex fermented drinks over January mixed in with a few anecdotes and the witty banter you have come to expect. It's great to be back, and don't forget next week is episode 1 of season 3 and we have our first guest of the year. As always everybody hope you enjoy and if you ever want to chat about mead or honey send us an email.Podcast@Gosnells.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This Week Tom & Will fight through some technical difficulties drink, laugh, and chat about all things cider & cyser with Theo from Hawkes. As always, we love your feedback and appreciate all the emails and messages, so keep them coming and see you all next week. And dont forget the invitation for a mead chat is always open, just say hello via Podcast@Gosnells.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tom & Will are back at it! This time with one of Tom's old school friends Jonny Fowle from Wandering Whisky. This week's chat was all about peat, different whisky styles & maturation, as well as what whisky you should keep an eye out for all while drinking mead & whisky. Big thanks to Jonny for the tips and hope you have as much fun this week as WIll & Tom did. As always everybody if you ever want to chat about mead and/or honey send us an email.Podcast@Gosnells.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Will & James have a chat and taste through the February tasting bundle, share a few stories, and share ideas on the up and coming small batch. Also, a few laughs and a few internet issues the perfect Friday Combination. And remember if you ever want to chat about mead and/or honey send us an email.Podcast@Gosnells.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Will & James are joined by YouTuber, mead enthusiast and prolific mead content creator Man Made Mead for a little chat about all things mead. From his first batch to that one mead that is yet to be perfected the guys laugh and joke while drinking a few meads and sharing mead stories! Not one to be missed, And remember if you ever want to chat about mead and/or honey send us an email.Podcast@Gosnells.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Tom is back from his adventures and joined by Will to sit down and have a chat with Sam Correa of Oldspike coffee roastery. After years of sharing techniques and of course a few magic beans for the magic of fermented honey, we thought it time to take our chat about coffee to the next level. With a few laughs a few stories and some great information this is another episode not to be missed.And remember if you ever want to chat about mead and/or honey send us an email.Podcast@Gosnells.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Tom chats all about mead in the UK, made wine tax, favourite meads, and a little distilling with Sam Boulton of The Vanguard bar & Modern Mead Co. All while sharing a laugh and a few stories with a fellow mead enthusiast and UK mead spokesperson. And remember if you ever want to chat about mead and/or honey send us an email.Podcast@Gosnells.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Will & Tom talk with Rohan Rehani and Nitin Vishwas of Moonshine Meadery, India's only meadery chatting about hydromels, fun recipe development, and life as mead makers. After a long, fun, and intertwined history, we finally sat down together for a catch-up and a few laughs. This episode is one of the truly special ones, as you will be hard-pressed to find more capable and lovely mead makers than our special guests this week.check them out @moonshinemeary or via https://www.moonshinemeadery.com/And remember if you ever want to chat about mead and/or honey send us an email.Podcast@Gosnells.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Will & Tom sit down with Ricky from Groennfell Meadery to chat about mead and have a few laughs and share a few war stories with one of the mead worlds most charming mead makers. And remember if you ever want to chat about mead and/or honey send us an email.Podcast@Gosnells.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Tom & Will sit down with Lauren & Matt from Bløm Meadworks in Michigan to talk about honey, apples, mead & of course deer, and the impact they make on all our lives!This was another fascinating chat with fellow mead enthusiasts, sharing a few wins over the years and one or two struggle stories. we feel so lucky and we could be happier meeting all these wonderful people of mead and beyond. We hope you enjoy it too!And remember if you ever want to chat about mead and/or honey send us an email.Podcast@Gosnells.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the last episode of Season 3, Will and Tom talk to the O.G. of mead making Ken Schramm of @schrammsmead about everything to do with mead! not only did he literally write the book on mead "The Compleat Mead Maker" he is also just an amazingly lovely man and mead icon. So we are really excited to talk to more mead makers and mead friends in Season 4, so thank you everybody for your support, kind words and love for mead and see you all very soon in Season 4! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The mead podcast is back, we thank you all for your continued support, ideas, and encouragement over the past few years. And we have listened. This episode, and indeed the entire season is dedicated to meeting mead makers & mead enthusiasts. Nika is not only a genuine mead enthusiast but an amazingly positive voice in the mead world. We sat down to talk about her family business (The Mead) also how the food industry approaches mead with traditional and non-traditonal food pairing, cocktails, and much more. Thanks again to Nika for sparing some of her valuable time to sit down with us and give some insight into the current European mead world. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's episode is the first of our season 4, meet a Mead Maker series. Tom & Will sit down with Billy from Lost Cause Meadery, San Diego to chat about experimentation, meadery structure, the future of mead-related beverages, and the mead community. We started this podcast as a way to create a little community between mead makers and mead enthusiasts alike, and its episodes like this that remind us that the mead world is full of fun, bright, and interesting people. We would like to again thank everyone for their time, especially with the time differences, and hope you all enjoy this episode as much as we do recording them. Website: https://www.lostcausemead.com/ Instagram: @lostcausemeaderyAnd remember if you ever want to chat about mead and/or honey send us an email.Podcast@Gosnells.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Tom & Will chat with the dynamic duo Mike & Cayce from Meridian Hive in Sunny Austin, Texas about honey & hydromels. When we find a fellow hydromel producer it is hard to talk about anything else! From the struggles to the fun findings and equipment design, the hydromel world is full of surprises and honey-filled dreams. We would like to again thank everyone for their time, especially with the time differences, and hope you all enjoy this episode as much as we do recording them.Website: https://www.meridianhive.com/Instagram: @MeridianHiveAnd remember if you ever want to chat about mead and/or honey send us an email.Podcast@Gosnells.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Tom & Will Chat about honey, apples, and dreams with Visionary, Founder & Artist of Fermentation of Moonlight Meadery Michael Fairbrother. Have you ever thought of buying an old farmstead and turning it into a home for all things fermentation and fun? I know everyone here as Gosnells has and so has Michael of Moonlight Meadery the only difference is he is actually doing it (lucky son of a gun) we sit down together chat mead, medals, apples, and some of the highs and lows of trying to make dreams come true. We would like to again thank everyone for their time, especially with the time differences, and hope you all enjoy this episode as much as we do recording them.Website: https://www.moonlightmeadery.com/Instagram: @MoonlightmeaderyAnd remember if you ever want to chat about mead and/or honey send us an email.Podcast@Gosnells.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Tom & Will sit down with energy-filled Chad Wiltz from Florida's own Garagiste Meadery. We chat about sourwood honey, barrel ageing, carrot cake flavour profiles, cream cheese powder, and a laugh or two. As always we chat about choose honey and making traditionals, choosing yeast, and discuss how different mead makers approach their traditionals and why. We really enjoyed this week's chat with Chad even if there were a few technical issues, and we apologise for the stilted conversation as the delay sometimes means we talk over each other and the politeness of mead makers means we both prefer to listen. Thanks again to everyone involved and you all for listening. Website: https://www.garagistemeadery.com/Instagram: @GaragistemeaderyAnd remember if you ever want to chat about mead and/or honey send us an email.Podcast@Gosnells.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week it's 100% Tom as Will had to put his dungarees on and helped out in the meadery. This week we are lucky to be joined by Julian, Oron, Sarah, and Kari from Brother Drake meadery who have been on the mead scene since 2006, and are full of passion, energy, and a wealth of knowledge.This episode is the true representation of meeting a mead family and why we love the mead world and our podcast, so sit back hear a few stories and see what it's like to live the mead life.We want to give a special thank you to all involved in this episode with time differences, and time pressures to spare an early morning hour is not to be underestimated.Website: https://www.brothersdrake.com/Instagram: @BrothersdrakeAnd remember if you ever want to chat about mead and/or honey send us an email.Podcast@Gosnells.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

First off we would like to thank the team from Upper reach meadery for sparing the time to sit down with us as we had a few cancelations due to the nature of mead making. but after all that, this week Will sat down with the dynamic duo Adam & Brandalynn from Bucks County, PA. Chatting about honey, wild yeast, barrels, and recipe development. Will got carried away talking about sourcing honey as he does when he is left to his own devices so this week's episode is for those honey-focused mead makers out there!Website: https://upperreachmead.com Instagram: @UpperreachmeadAnd remember if you ever want to chat about mead and/or honey send us an email.Podcast@Gosnells.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Tom & Will sat down with Sean Johnson from Erosion Meadery, in beautiful Perth, Western Australia. Early in the mead morning, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed Tom, Will & Sean dive into discussions about using unique Eucalyptus honey & Kveik yeast and ponder over the landscape of honey and mead in Australia. From starting up a Meadery when no one knows what mead is, to how to change people's perceptions of what mead can be. This episode is a unique look at mead on the other side of the world and as always Website: https://www.erosionmead.com.au/Instagram: @ErosionMeadAnd remember if you ever want to chat about mead and/or honey just on our Instagram and say hello! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The second last episode for the season is another across the globe chat with a meadery founder and all-around lovely person Chanelle who started Borage + Bee in 2018 making delicious hydromels from some of the world's most delicious southern hemisphere Borage honey.Tom & Will get in early and sit down with Chanelle and talk about what the world of mead looks like in New Zealand and what it is like to set up a new mead brand and communicate what this delicious elixir is to the new world. Thank all of you for listening and again thank you so much to each and every one of our guests for sparing some time from their busy schedules to sit down and chat with us about mead. Website: hwww.borageandbee.comInstagram: @BorageandbeeAnd remember if you ever want to chat about mead and/or honey just on our Instagram and say hello! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Tom & Will sit down with Kate & Dennis from Kinsale Meadery in beautiful County Cork to chat about mead, honey, and what it is like to start and run a meadery in Ireland. Thank you all for another great season of The Mead Podcast it's been amazing to sit down with talented mead makers & mead enthusiasts from across the globe. We are truly humbled to have each and every one of them on the podcast with us, sharing their stories and unbridled enthusiasm. It has been an inspiring and interesting season and we can't wait until next season where we dive into the exciting world of the golden elixir we call honey. Thank all of you for listening and again thank you so much to each and every one of our guests for sparing some time from their busy schedules to sit down and chat with us about mead.Website: www.www.kinsalemeadco.ieInstagram: @KinsalemeadcoAnd remember if you ever want to chat about mead and/or honey just on our Instagram and say hello! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.