{"id":8822,"date":"2020-05-08T17:52:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T21:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=8822"},"modified":"2020-12-13T22:04:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T03:04:18","slug":"mead-making-with-steve-piatz-beersmith-podcast-214","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/08\/mead-making-with-steve-piatz-beersmith-podcast-214\/","title":{"rendered":"Mead Making with Steve Piatz &#8211; BeerSmith Podcast #214"},"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\/2020\/05\/08\/mead-making-with-steve-piatz-beersmith-podcast-214\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steve Piatz, the author of &#8220;The Complete Guide to Making Mead&#8221; joins me this week to discuss mead making techniques.<\/p> <div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/PodNew200.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/PodNew200.png 200w, https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/PodNew200-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><\/div> <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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> or <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7vwQRBi8HJBpePV3I7Dpj5\">Spotify <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/playmusic.app.goo.gl\/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&amp;isi=691797987&amp;ius=googleplaymusic&amp;apn=com.google.android.music&amp;link=https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/m\/Iphebe3merhgcijzboixy7t27ky?t%3DBeerSmith_Home_and_Beer_Brewing_Podcast%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-214-Mead.mp3\">Download the MP3 File<\/a>&#8211; Right Click and <strong>Save As<\/strong> to download this mp3 file.<\/p> <audio controls> <source src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-214-Mead.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"\/>\nYour browser does not support the audio element.\n<\/audio> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DIOnFk2hRic\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Topics in This Week&#8217;s Episode (47:23)<\/h3> <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This week my guest is Steve Piatz. Steve is the author of the book <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliate-program.amazon.com\/home\">The Complete Guide to Making Mead<\/a> (Amazon affiliate link). Steve joins us to cover a variety of mead topics.<\/li><li>We first discuss some of Steve&#8217;s recent activities and meads he&#8217;s made.<\/li><li>Steve provides us with a brief overview of modern mead making which can be done with equipment on hand by most home brewers.<\/li><li>We discuss mead nutrient additions as well as degassing which play an important role. Steve has been experimenting with not degassing some of his meads.<\/li><li>Steve shares his thoughts on stabilizing meads including how and when to use sulfites and sorbates in your mead.<\/li><li>We talk about how to determine the correct amount of sulfites to add, as well as how to backsweeten.<\/li><li>Steve talks about some new fermentation adjuncts he&#8217;s been working with including yeast-derived adjuncts.<\/li><li>He also talks about using tannins and acids intended for wine making to enhance the body and structure of his meads.<\/li><li>We discuss blending which is widely used in wine making. Steve tells us why blending is a very important technique for the mead maker to achieve the correct balance and structure in a mead.<\/li><li>I bring up the topic of managing the pH of a mead including how to balance the pH during active fermentation.<\/li><li>Steve gives us his closing thoughts on mead making techniques.<\/li><\/ul> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sponsors<\/h3> <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Thank you to our sponsor <a href=\"http:\/\/beerandbrewing.com\">Craft Beer and Brewing Magazine<\/a> for sponsoring this episode. I encourage you to subscribe to their great magazine!<\/li><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 <a href=\"http:\/\/blichmannengineering.com\">Blichmann Engineering<\/a>. They make top quality brewing equipment built to last a lifetime.<\/li><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><\/ul> <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to Steve Piatz for appearing on the show and also to you for listening!<br \/><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> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thoughts on the Podcast?<\/h3> <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes or BeerSmith Radio<\/h3> <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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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