{"id":5882,"date":"2016-01-20T16:59:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T21:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=5882"},"modified":"2016-01-20T16:59:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T21:59:30","slug":"melomel-meads-and-fruit-with-michael-fairbrother-beersmith-podcast-119","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/20\/melomel-meads-and-fruit-with-michael-fairbrother-beersmith-podcast-119\/","title":{"rendered":"Melomel &#8211; Meads and Fruit with Michael Fairbrother &#8211; BeerSmith Podcast #119"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"beersmith\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/20\/melomel-meads-and-fruit-with-michael-fairbrother-beersmith-podcast-119\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4549\" src=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BSRadio-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"BSRadio\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BSRadio-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BSRadio.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>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!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editors Note:<\/strong> After some video hardware issues last week, I upgraded the video system to full HD now &#8211; so enjoy the new HD video podcast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Subscribe on iTunes to <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id398500515?mt=2\">Audio version <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id824963861\">Video version<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-119-Mead.mp3\">Download the MP3 File<\/a> &#8211; Right Click and <strong>Save As<\/strong> to download this mp3 file<br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-119-Mead.mp3]<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2ABR6rlhz4s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Topics in This Week&#8217;s Episode (43:49)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Michael Fairbrother joins me this week to discuss making meads with fruit (called Melomel). Michael is owner and founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/moonlightmeadery.com\">Moonlight Meadery <\/a>as well as a nationally award winning mead maker. He started his meadery in 2010 in his garage and has grown to become one of the largest meaderies in the Northeast. Michael also joined us for three previous episodes where we discussed the basics of mead making including <a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/15\/mead-making-with-michael-fairbrother-beersmith-podcast-88\/\">Episode #88<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/15\/making-mead-with-michael-fairbrother-beersmith-podcast-65\/\">Episode #65 <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/26\/moonlight-meadery-with-michael-fairbrother-beersmith-podcast-43\/\">Episode #43<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>We briefly discuss some of the new things going on at Moonlight Meadery.<\/li>\n<li>Michael talks about what&#8217;s different about making mead with fruit<\/li>\n<li>He explains some of the major categories of Melomel, and we discuss the new BJCP mead guidelines<\/li>\n<li>Michael tells us why some fruits provide more flavor and also shares some of his favorite flavors to work with<\/li>\n<li>We talk about flavor combinations and how some fruit combinations can complement and enhance each other<\/li>\n<li>Michael shares us why he prefers to work with fresh fruit instead of frozen or fruit concentrate<\/li>\n<li>We talk about fruit preparation, including freezing some fruits, as well as when its best to add your fruit to the mead<\/li>\n<li>He discusses how much fruit to use for a given quantity of mead<\/li>\n<li>We talk about preserving the flavor of fruits and the use of certain chemicals<\/li>\n<li>Michael shares his thoughts on finding a variety of honey that goes well with the fruit<\/li>\n<li>We discuss dealing with high acidity fruits like citrus fruit<\/li>\n<li>He provides some tips on finishing his melomels<\/li>\n<li>Michael shares his closing thoughts and a few things that are new at Moonlight Meadery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sponsors<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Thank you to our sponsor <a href=\"http:\/\/beerandbrewing.com\">Craft Beer and Brewing Magazine<\/a> who is still offering a 15% discount with your subscription or other items when you use the new offer code <strong>beersmith2015<\/strong> when you purchase.<\/li>\n<li>And also <a href=\"http:\/\/anvilbrewing.com\">Anvil Brewing Equipment<\/a>. Anvil is a new line of kettles, burners and accessories from John Blichmann at Blichmann Engineering. They make top quality brewing equipment built to last a lifetime.<\/li>\n<li>Also check out <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\">BeerSmith<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/mobile\">BeerSmith Mobile software<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/dvd\">new DVDs John Palmer and I filmed<\/a> &#8211; How to Brew with Malt Extract and How to Brew All Grain are available now. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\">subscribe to the BeerSmith newsletter<\/a> for free to get some great articles on home brewing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to Michael Fairbrother for appearing on the show and also to you for listening!<\/p>\n<p><strong>iTunes Announcements<\/strong>: I launched a new <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id824963861\">video channel for the BeerSmith podcast on iTunes<\/a>, so subscribe now! At the moment it will only feature the new widescreen episodes (#75 and up). Older episodes are available on my revamped <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/mrbeersmith\">Youtube channel<\/a>. Also all of my <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/beersmith-home-brewing-blog\/id398500515\">audio episodes are on iTunes<\/a> now &#8211; so grab the older episodes if you missed any.<\/p>\n<h3>Thoughts on the Podcast?<\/h3>\n<p>Leave me a comment below or visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/forum\">discussion forum<\/a> to leave a comment in the podcast section there.<\/p>\n<h3>Subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes or BeerSmith Radio<\/h3>\n<p>You can listen to all of my podcast episodes streaming live around the clock on our <a href=\"http:\/\/BeerSmith.com\/Radio\">BeerSmith Radio<\/a> online radio station! 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