Best Jeff Meade Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 302 - Tamarind 52:41

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7h ago52:41

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Jeff and Chris take some time to play with the Iron Bee 2026 secret ingredient – Tamarind. A really fascinating fruit with a bunch of different ways to add it to a mead, they taste a few different ways to get it into a mead and throw around a few additional flavor combination ideas. Iron Bee 2026 entry link: https://ironbee.brewcomp.site/ To enter …

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Episode 301 - Polish Style Meads 53:33

9h ago53:33

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Jeff and Chris spend a little time talking about making meads in the Polish style, general characteristics and processes for approaching that style, then Jeff transitions to his batch making a first attempt at something in this style using a new-to-him yeast to push the ABV of his finished product. To enter the drawing for either a copy of The Comp…

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Episode 300 - Mead in Popular Culture and Mythology 50:26

8d ago50:26

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In honor of Episode 300 and the Thanksgiving holiday, inspired by the historically dubious movie 300, the guys take a look at the way mead is portrayed in movies, TV, and other pop culture media along with a few digressions on the mythology of mead. To enter the drawing for either a copy of The Compleat Meadmaker by Ken Schramm or The Flavor Bible,…

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Episode 298 - More Mailbag Questions and Fruit Tasting 52:44

1M ago52:44

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The guys take a look at a few more questions they didn’t get around to the first time around from cruising social media from last week. They also talk through a trip to Total Wine and a few natural food grocers looking for ingredient inspiration, which leads to tasting two new fruit varieties Chris had picked up. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored…

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Episode 297 - Getting Social 53:13

1M ago53:13

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Jeff and Chris look at some questions posted by users on social media, Facebook and Reddit, answering them and discussing several of the topics in more depth. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you Bacchus & Barleycorn!…

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Episode 296 - Gluten-Free Braggots 56:12

2M ago56:12

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Following the episode two weeks ago regarding using Gruit inspired ingredients to make a braggot without hops, Jeff talks Chris through options for making a braggot which is either gluten-reduced or completely gluten-free, the process for going about both and some adjuncts and ingredients used in either process. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored …

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Episode 295 - Mead Cocktails 51:35

2M ago51:35

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Chris mixes up and talks through a series of four cocktails made with traditional mead as one of the ingredients, and makes them for he and Jeff to sample. Blackberry Mead-Fashioned 3 fresh blackberries 2tsp honey syrup 2 dashes bitters orange peel 1 1/2 oz mead 1oz bourbon splash of water Bee’s Knees 2oz gin 3/4 oz honey syrup 1/2 oz lemon juice s…

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Episode 294 - Gruit 53:25

2M ago53:25

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Jeff and Chris wander out into the yard and back to the olden days of brewing to examine a way to make beer using herbs and spices in place of hops, talking through some of the historical and some of the modern herbs being used, and how to incorporate these herbs into a gruit beer, a gruit braggot or just a metheglyn. The Mead House Podcast is spon…

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Episode 293 - Christmas Meads 1:02:40

2M ago1:02:40

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Jeff and Chris continue making their lists. Jeff shares a rather involved recipe for a Christmas braggot with some fun ingredients (recipe below!) and then the guys spend a long while plotting out several ideas for flavor combinations that might just hit the spot for a Christmas seasonal brew. The Mead House Sugar Plum Fairy 8# Maris Otter (OR 5# G…

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Episode 292 - The Mead House 16% 50:39

2M ago50:39

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What do you do with a drunken meadmaker? To complement the previous Mead House 8% and Mead House 12% recipes, this week Jeff presents the highest base recipe yet, a 16%. He walks Chris through the process and ingredients, along with subtle changes from previous base recipes, then Jeff and Chris spend a little time chatting about what they’d use a h…

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Episode 291 - Exotic Fruits and Processing Fruit 58:19

3M ago58:19

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Chris and Jeff spend a little time going down the rabbit hole of fruits that are exotic, hard to find, or otherwise rarely seen in meads, as well as talking about how to handle working with an unfamiliar fruit. Various ways to process fruits for making a mead also quickly become a topic of discussion. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus …

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Episode 290 - Halloween Meads 53:30

3M ago53:30

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Jeff and Chris spend a little time chatting about meads for the spooky season. Both share a personal recipe that fits the holiday fun (see below!) and then the guys riff on ideas like candy meads, and much like their thoughts on meads made from soda versus meads inspired by soda, they also give some thought to meads based on candy varieties. Chris’…

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Episode 289 - Time Management and Tools 57:56

3M ago57:56

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Chris and Jeff spend some time talking about strategies for making time for making mead and getting mead made in an efficient manner, then they also take time to cover some equipment that can be a major time saver for your mead making processes. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your sh…

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Episode 288 - Fall Flavors 48:04

3M ago48:04

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Chris and Jeff take some time to brainstorm on fall flavors and what makes a good fall mead now that Kansas City weather has taken a decidedly more pleasant turn in recent weeks. The guys share some past experiments, successes and lessons learned along with throwing out a handful of new flavor ideas and directions for future experiments. They also …

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Episode 287 - Soda Meads 46:39

4M ago46:39

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Chris shares some thoughts and recipe ideas regarding making meads inspired by popular sodas like Mountain Dew and Dr Pepper. The guys discuss their thoughts on making a mead that tastes like a soda without the high degree of processed ingredients that come with commercially available sodas. Chris’ Mountain Dew Base (for 1 gallon of mead) 12 Orange…

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Episode 286 - Microbiology of Yeast 57:32

4M ago57:32

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Jeff gives Chris a rundown on a handful of tools and processes to go beyond single use yeast packs at your local homebrew store. From freezing for long term storage, reuse, collecting, and even capturing wild yeast, the guys cover a bunch of techniques for the rare instance when it makes sense to take that effort into your own hands. The Mead House…

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Episode 285 - Recipe Development Process 54:02

4M ago54:02

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Chris and Jeff take some time to walk through their own process for planning and developing a recipe including ingredients, thought process and planning – and of course a few anecdotes and tangents along the way. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank yo…

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Episode 284 - Tinctures & Having Fun Serving Mead 52:04

5M ago52:04

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Chris and Jeff take a deeper dive into the world of tinctures, what they are, how to make them, why to use them, and different approaches above and beyond a base spirit and an herb or spice. Then, inspiration strikes Jeff in the oddest times and he walks away with the idea of making… mead boba pearls? Jeff and Chris throw around some further ideas …

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Episode 283 - Making Mead versus Beer & Wine, Estimating Starting Amounts for Adjuncts 1:04:01

5M ago1:04:01

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It’s a content packed episode this week on The Mead House, Jeff and Chris reflect on some of the differences between the process of making a mead versus making a beer or a wine. Chris tries a taste of Jeff’s partigyle bonus braggot. The guys switch gears to talk general rules about estimating how much fruit, spice, etc. to add to a new batch. Stori…

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Episode 282 - Bochets and Stalled Batches 52:22

5M ago52:22

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Jeff and Chris walk through a few different methods for caramelizing honey and making bochet style meads, along with a little discussion of their successes and failures along the way. Then, Jeff gives a series of tips for diagnosing and dealing with a stalled ferment. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount cod…

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Episode 281 - Labeling Mead and Hopped Meads 48:55

5M ago48:55

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It’s a listener request episode! First the guys discuss various options for labeling mead for home mead makers, from elaborate to extremely simple. Then, they discuss adding hops, from why, to how, and what kinds of flavors and types of hops lend themselves best to a good mead. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our di…

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Episode 280 - Competition Prep 49:48

6M ago49:48

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It’s another longer topic this week as the guys dig into getting ready to get meads to competition. They talk finishing your meads with an eye for entering, packaging your mead, options for shipping and the ins and outs of getting it entered! The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopp…

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Episode 279 - Mead Making Faults 1:18:49

6M ago1:18:49

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The guys take a deep dive into the various faults one can encounter while making mead, and talk steps to mitigate and deal with them as they spring up. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you Bacchus & Barleycorn!…

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Episode 278 - Getting Started Beekeeping (or not), Jeff's Lemon Mead, Sour Meads 1:19:27

6M ago1:19:27

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It’s a three-topic Thursday at the Mead House. In the first topic, Jeff discusses his experience beekeeping and things a home mead maker should think about before getting into the hobby themselves. Then, the guys discuss PUT SOME SEEDS IN YOUR POCKET, Jeff’s lemon mead recipe that he finished based on the Mead House 8% mead recipe. Finally, the guy…

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Episode 277 - Roane's Experiment and Growing Berries in Containers 54:04

6M ago54:04

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Chris’ son Roane has undertaken an experiment making the cheapest mead possible, comparing mead made with wine yeast and mead made with bread yeast. Chris and Jeff try an experiment to see if they can tell one from the other, with surprising results. Then, Chris drops some knowledge on growing berries in containers, a topic near and dear to his hea…

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Episode 276 - Making Meads Fast, Using Kviek and Jeff's Modern Orange 57:31

6M ago57:31

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With the calendar turning over to June and the temperatures climbing, we’re definitely in the summer months. Usually that means making mead gets tricky but Jeff throws out some ways to make your summer meads fast and tasty using kviek yeast strains, and uses one to make a juicy orange mead that’s sure to be a favorite summer sipper – Jeff’s Modern …

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Episode 275 - Adding Whole Fruit and Refining Recipes 55:24

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Jeff and Chris talk in more depth about using whole fruit for making mead, including process and procedures, cautions and best practices, along with why it might be preferable to several of the easier ways to add fruit flavor they’ve covered in previous episodes. Then, the two of them discuss approaches to refining favorite recipes and building up …

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Episode 274 - Carbonation and Evaluating Recipes Published Online 54:59

7M ago54:59

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It’s another two topic episode! In the first part, Jeff gives Chris a deeper dive into the ins and outs of carbonation, discussing the pros and cons of bottle conditioning versus kegging. In part two, the guys take a look through a handful of easily accessible mead recipes online and point out some red flags that might be a good sign for new mead m…

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Episode 273 - The Mead House 12% Recipe 47:29

7M ago47:29

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Jeff lays out the basic recipe for a 12% starter mead recipe along with some discussion on what makes this different than the previous 8% recipe and what extra techniques we need to use to get the end results we’re looking for. Mead House 12% Mead Recipe Start with approx 1/4 cup warm (80-90 degrees Fahrenheit) water. Add 2g 71B yeast and 2.5g GoFe…

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Episode 272 - Kitbashing 37:34

7M ago37:34

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Jeff and Chris spend a bit talking about an easy way to get started in making new kinds of meads – utilizing kits. Whether it’s fruit wine, regular wine, cider, or beer, it’s a great way to get started making melomels, pyments, cysers or braggots with a pretty high probability of yielding good returns! The guys spend a while talking different strat…

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Episode 271 - Historical Meads and Metheglins 50:56

8M ago50:56

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The guys spend some time reviewing historical ingredients used across a variety of historical cultures all around the globe. Chris issues a friendly challenge to brew a historical mead recipe (see the link below) and the guys sample some obscure herbs and spices for making meads getting ideas for future projects. The Queen’s Mead recipe (Courtesy o…

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Episode 270 - Fortified Meads and Mead Cocktails 36:17

8M ago36:17

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Jeff and Chris wander deep in the weeds this week, broadening the possibilities of making good meads and giving themselves even more mead ideas to work on in the process. First a discussion on fortifying meads and all the dimensions that fortification process could take, then a brief discussion on using meads in cocktails! The Mead House Podcast is…

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Episode 269 - Meadmaking on a Budget AND Seasonal Meads! 48:04

8M ago48:04

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By listener request! How to get started making mead with a smaller initial investment to find out if this hobby is right for you. Naturally, these guidelines come from the assistance of our sponsor Bacchus & Barleycorn. Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs. Then, Jeff and Chris spend some time throwing around ideas for…

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Episode 268 - Oaking 35:17

8M ago35:17

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Jeff and Chris take some time to talk about oaking as a process in the finishing of meads, kinds of oak, toast levels, the various products that are available for getting oak into mead, and it wouldn’t be Jeff and Chris if they didn’t throw around some out there ideas for using oak as well! The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycor…

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Episode 267 - Additives for Mead Making 48:23

9M ago48:23

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From nutrients, stabilizers, acids & tannins, the guys talk through the various substances at our disposal to help make mead making easier and give us better results. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you Bacchus & Barleycorn!…

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Episode 266 - Sparkling Meads 37:02

9M ago37:02

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The guys spend a little time chatting about carbonated meads – ways to do it, cautions needed during the process, why and what to expect. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you Bacchus & Barleycorn!By Jeff Shouse

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Episode 265 - Ways to Incorporate Fruit 47:21

9M ago47:21

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The guys spend an evening breaking down all the different ways to get fruit flavor into your mead, and the pros and cons for each – from fresh, frozen, concentrates and purees, to other odd options like freeze dried and flavorings. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and sup…

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Episode 264 - Valkyrie's Horn 2025 Recap 53:41

9M ago53:41

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The guys returned to Minneapolis/St Paul for the annual Valkyrie’s Horn mead competition this weekend and spend about an hour chatting over the events and things they liked, sharing some of their favorite experiences and some of the goals they have moving forward. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MH…

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Episode 263 - Varietal Honey Tasting 50:30

9M ago50:30

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Jeff and Chris taste a few varietal honeys the two of them have collected, giving some notes and thoughts, as well as talking about some strategies for using varietal honeys in their meads. Chris gets a proud father moment as the guys sample a mead made by his son Roane! The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount …

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Episode 262 - Sanitization, Sterilization and Pasteurization. plus Yeast Discussion 43:17

10M ago43:17

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This week Jeff and Chris talk about keeping your must’s microbiome clean talking about the sanitization process, what it is, methods for doing it and making it work, as well as similar but different terms like sterilization and pasteurization. Then the boys go into some of their favorite yeasts for making mead, and chat about a mead Chris’ son is p…

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Episode 261 - Corrections and Tweaks for a Bad Batch 37:35

10M ago37:35

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This week Jeff and Chris chat about what to do when your batch just isn’t going your way. Topics include how to diagnose a bad batch, what kind of problems you can correct and what kind you simply have to walk away from, as well as a handful of approaches to enhancing a batch when it could be going better. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bac…

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Episode 260 - Closures, Storage and Aging 52:34

10M ago52:34

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Jeff and Chris dive into a wide variety of topics related to how to store your mead – with opinions on closures, types of bottles, labels. wax seals and heat shrink closures, plus a sidebar on bulk aging your meads as well. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply need…

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Episode 259 - Fermentation Vessels 28:53

10M ago28:53

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Jeff and Chris take a deeper dive on fermentation vessels for making mead – Preferences, pros and cons, the whole nine yards. The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your shopping and supply needs! Thank you Bacchus & Barleycorn!By Jeff Shouse

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Episode 258 - Sample Mead Judging 43:08

11M ago43:08

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In this episode, Jeff walks Chris through the process of how to judge a mead at competition, giving all kinds of insights on processes, flavors, faults and philosophy for judging and appreciating meads along the way. But what unlabeled surprise does Chris have in store for both of them?! The Mead House Podcast is sponsored by Bacchus & Barleycorn! …

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Episode 257 - Mead Competitions and Mead Categories 56:14

11M ago56:14

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Jeff and Chris talk about entering, volunteering and judging at competitions, how to enter, how to get involved, and how much fun it can be to be a part of the event! Stories and anecdotes get shared, and then the guys move on to covering the specific categories used by the BJCP for competition as well as some tips to make sure you get entered into…

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Episode 256 - Getting Started Making Mead 1:02:39

11M ago1:02:39

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Jeff and Chris dive in to the topic of what it takes to get started making mead, a topic both of them have been asked about countless times recently. They start with a run down of the gear it takes to get rolling, all of which is available at your local homebrew store, or at our sponsor Bacchus & Barleycorn! Use our discount code MHP10 for all your…

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Episode 255 Repost 29:47

11M ago29:47

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Same episode as debuted Thursday – reposting to try and downstream it to Spotify and our podcast distribution network New Year, New Mead House Episodes coming now! Jeff returns to the Mead House with new co-host Chris. The guys introduce themselves, talk about their history with making mead and plans for the podcast moving forward. The Mead House P…

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Leaning into Qualitative Customer Research with Ryan Paul Gibson 1:00:18

2+ y ago1:00:18

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In this episode of Creative Friction, we welcome Ryan Paul Gibson. Ryan shares his background in B2B sales and marketing, specifically in the franchise industry, where research played a crucial role. He shares his hands-on approach to gathering customer insights and how it influenced his marketing strategies, business development, and operations. T…

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From Content Marketing to Collaborations: Strategies for Building a Robust Sales Pipeline 1:02:53

2+ y ago1:02:53

1:02:53

In this episode of Creative Friction, Madeline and Jeff discuss the struggles that many agencies are facing in terms of generating new customers and the slow process of closing deals. They attribute this to the current economic climate and clients' hesitation to spend money on marketing. They also highlight the challenges faced by tech-related agen…

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The Harmful Effects of Rainbow Washing 1:01:16

2+ y ago1:01:16

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In this episode of Creative Friction, Madeline and Jeff dive into the topic of Pride Month and the increasing corporatization and monetization of the LGBTQ+ community. They discuss the performative marketing strategies employed by brands during this time and the pushback from queer individuals. Join the conversation as they explore the challenges f…