1/30/18 AMMA Speaker Showcase: Diane Currier – Honeygirl Meadery – Solopreneur, Going it Alone to Start a Meadery

1/30/18 We're continuing the run up to the AMMA Conference and Mazer Cup Competitions and talking with Diane Currier, owner of HoneyGirl Meadery here in Durham, NC. Diane started homebrewing beer shortly after moving back to Durham in the early 1990s. She experienced her first mead at Ring of Fire Meadery in Homer Alaska in 2004. After hiking through a field of local fireweed wildflowers, she was introduced to a mead made from those flowers, and was hooked for life. She remains in awe of the extraordinary results of fermenting what is essentially billions of bee visits to flowers and the amazing transformation of nectar into honey into mead. Diane will be talking at the AMMA Conference about 'going it alone' as a solopreneur starting a meadery, digging into the things that worked, and things that didn't, and the ways she overcame the obstacles to get her meadery opened. Listen in live below!! Send your questions to us at gotmeadlive@gotmead.com or ping me on Facebook or hit me up on Twitter @gotmeadnow. Join us for GotMead Live Chat, on Skype, live during the broadcast!! You can join us here:  https://join.skype.com/ziEOpYCEWrcg during the show, and we'll pass along questions to the guest, and answer your questions! Join us 9PM ET tonight! (8PM CT/7PM MT/6PM PT) Want to join the conversation, give us a call!! 803-443-MEAD (6323), or Skype us at meadwench (please friend me first and say you're a listener, I get tons of Skype spam), or tweet to @gotmeadnow. If you want us to tackle your mead making questions, you can send us a question and we'll tackle it online! Bring your questions and your mead, and let's talk mead! You can call us at 803-443-MEAD (6323), or Skype us at meadwench (please friend me first and say you're a listener, I get tons of Skype spam), or tweet to @gotmeadnow. This player will show the most recent show, and when we're live, will play the live feed. If you are calling in, please turn off the player sound, so we don't get feedback. Click here to see a playable list of all our episodes! Show links and notes New York Fermentation Fest Speed Brewing by Mary Izett Danny Acevedo - Modern Mead Making Videos American Homebrewers Association BJCP The Flavor Bible Let There Be Melomels by Rob Ratliff The Big Book of Mead Recipes by Rob Ratliff Upcoming Events January 31 - Wild Blossom Meadery - Mead and Cheese 101 February 1 - Threadbare Mead and Cider - Game Night and Mardi Gras kickoff February 10 - Big Lost Meadery - Beer Pong Tournament February 14 - Mead and Cheesecake Pairing at Dahlia's Pour House Got an event you’d like us to mention on GotMead Live? Send us an email at gotmeadlive@gotmead.com and tell us about it!