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2-24-26 – Ryan Kretchmer – Barbarian Mead – Philadelphia, PA

2-24-26 – Ryan Kretchmer – Barbarian Mead – Philadelphia, PA

2-24-26 Tonight at 9PM ET, we’re talking with Ryan Kretchmer, owner of Barbarian Mead, a meadery in planning in the Philadelphia area. Like many people, Ryan has lived a quiet, normal life growing up in the suburbs of Chicago — quietly wrestling tigers in the...
2-10-26 Roger Wanner – WA Meadwerks – Long Island NY

2-10-26 Roger Wanner – WA Meadwerks – Long Island NY

2-10-26 Tonight we’re talking with Roger Wanner, owner and meadmaker at WA Meadwerks in Long Island, NY. Roger is the founder and mead maker of W A Meadwerks. Founded in 2018, they have experienced rapid growth in the early years of operation and disappointment in the...
1-27-26 Ryan Carlson – Optimizing Fermentation

1-27-26 Ryan Carlson – Optimizing Fermentation

1-27-26 Tonight we’re talking with Ryan Carlson again. He had a lot of information, and we just ran out of time last time! Ryan is a Colorado mead maker who has been making mead for quite a while. Those of you who have listened to the early GML episodes may remember...
12-2-25 Lauren and Matt Bloom – Bløm Meadery – Ann Arbor MI

12-2-25 Lauren and Matt Bloom – Bløm Meadery – Ann Arbor MI

12-2-25 Tonight we’re talking with Matt and Lauren Bloom, owners and meadmakers at Bløm Mead and Cider in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan. Bløm Meadworks (pronounced “bloom”), makes modern ciders and session meads – they’re light, dry, carbonated, and remarkably...
10-21-25 Brian Bookmiller – Queen City Meadery – Buffalo, NY

10-21-25 Brian Bookmiller – Queen City Meadery – Buffalo, NY

10-21-25 Tonight we’re chatting with Brian Bookmiller, co-founder and meadmaker at Queen City Meadery in Buffalo, NY. They been making mead since 2018. Brian Bookmiller is a driving force behind Queen City Meadery, serving as both co-founder and mead maker. His...
10-7-25 Talking Mead with Rob Barnhart and Bill Bellair

10-7-25 Talking Mead with Rob Barnhart and Bill Bellair

10-7-25 Tonight we’re talking meadmaking with Bill Bellair and Rob Barnhart. Both are experienced meadmakers that create excellent meads. And both have taken their share of awards at competitions. Bill Bellair began his mead-making journey in 2008 when his...
9-9-25 Kris and Karen Pruitt – Kold Prairie Mead

9-9-25 Kris and Karen Pruitt – Kold Prairie Mead

9-9-25 Tonight we’re talking with Kris and Karen Pruitt with Kold Prairie Mead in Elizabeth, Colorado. They opened their meadery in 2022 and have been out there kicking it! Kristopher Pruitt’s journey into meadmaking began in 2017 with an initial desire to...
8-26-25 Brian Green – Centeur Imports

8-26-25 Brian Green – Centeur Imports

8-26-25 Tonight we’re talking with Brian Green, owner of Centeur Imports in New Hampshire. Brian is bringing meads from Europe to the United States, and even has a direct online sales platform for people to get these meads shipped to them. During a long career...
8-12-25 Matthew Mead – All the Mead Competitions

8-12-25 Matthew Mead – All the Mead Competitions

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:44:58 — 377.6MB)8-12-25 Tonight we’re talking with Matthew Mead, a home meadmaker who has burned up the competitions over the last couple years with his excellent mead. He has set out to win in...
7-29-25 Corey Mason – TreeHive Meadery – Brocton IL

7-29-25 Corey Mason – TreeHive Meadery – Brocton IL

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:23:53 — 329.3MB)7-29-25 Tonight we’re talking with Corey Mason, owner and meadmaker at TreeHive Meadery in Brocton, Illinois. Corey was introduced to mead in 2012. IHe started picking up bottles for a...