Tag Archives: making

Tasting Cider with Erin James – BeerSmith Podcast #154

Erin James joins me this week to discuss her new book “Tasting Cider”, the recent surge in craft cider making, styles of cider as well as cider cocktails and food pairings.

You can find show notes and additional episodes on my blog here.

Mead Making with Steve Piatz – BeerSmith Podcast #150

Steve Piatz, the author of “The Complete Guide to Making Mead” and 2008 mead maker of the year joins me this week to discuss making the perfect mead, melomel, pyment or cyser.

You can find show notes and additional episodes on the BeerSmith blog here.

Mead Making and Melomels with Ken Schramm – BeerSmith Podcast #143

This week Ken Schramm from Schramm’s Meadery joins me to discuss big sweet fruity meads and melomels.  Ken is a founder of the Mazer Cup, author of the book The Compleat Meadmaker, nationally award winning mead maker, and founder of Schramm’s Meadery near Detroit.

You can find show notes and additional episodes on the blog here.

Making Braggot – Mead and Barley with Michael Fairbrother – BeerSmith Podcast #138

Michael Fairbrother, the founder of Moonlight Meadery joins me this week to discuss how to make Braggot which is a combination of beer and mead made from both honey and barley grain.

You can find show notes and additional episodes on the BeerSmith blog here.

Melomel – Meads and Fruit with Michael Fairbrother – BeerSmith Podcast #119

Michael Fairbrother, award winning mead maker and CEO of Moonlight Meadery joins me this week to discuss making fruit meads and melomels.  Michael uses fruit in many of his top selling meads and has a unique perspective on what fruits to use and how to get the best mead from fruit and honey!

You can find the full episode with show notes here.

Making Mead with Michael Fairbrother – BeerSmith Podcast #65

Making Mead is this week’s topic with Michael Fairbrother from Moonlight Meadery as my guest. He shares his thoughts on mead as both a professional and award winning mead maker.

The full video and show notes for this episode can be found here.

How to Brew Beer with Midwest’s David Kidd and Nick Stephan – BeerSmith Podcast #47

This week my guests are David Kidd and Nick Stephan from Midwest Homebrewing. Beginning home brewing for new beer brewers is the topic of this week’s show, and David and Nick give you some great tips on getting started with Extract and also answer some of the most common questions they get from beginning and intermediate home brewers.

NOTE: The full video and show notes for this episode can be found here.

Moonlight Meadery with Michael Fairbrother – BeerSmith Podcast #43

This week my guest is Michael Fairbrother from Moonlight Meadery. Michael is a national an international award winning mead maker who made the transition from making mead at home to professional only two years ago. Michael is going to share his tips on making great mead at home.

NOTE: The full video and show notes for this episode are found here.