5-24-22 Bob Slanzi – Bees, Meads and European Mead Making

Tonight at 9PM ET, we're hanging out with Bob Slanzi, beekeeper, meadmaker, industry influencer and general all around pretty cool guy. We're going to ramble around and talk mead both here in the US and in Europe. Bob Slanzi has been keeping bees and making award winning meads for years He is very active in the meadmaking, homebrew and beekeeping communities, having held offices in both his clubs in NY in the past. he is the past president of the Home Governing Committee of the American Mead Makers Association, and very active in helping bring the word of mead to everyone. He is the person who set up and maintains the monthly deals the American Mead Makers Association has for members. Bob was a speaker at the 2022 European Mead Makers Association Conference and judged at their Mead Madness Cup mead competition. He is known for his meads, and isn’t afraid to try new flavors, like seaweed or toasted walnuts. Bob likes to experiment, and talks about layering flavors in meads to get the result you want. Join us as we talk with and chat about what he's making, and what he's seen and learned. 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.[break] [break]Click here to see a playable list of all our episodes! Sponsor: Honnibrook Craft Meadery. Rated the very best winery in Colorado! Visit our state-of-the-art meadery and tasting room south of downtown Castle Rock, Colorado, in a converted man cave. Mention the Got Mead Podcast this month for a free draft taster!  Google H-O-N-N-I Brook for hours and directions. They love visitors!  www.honnibrook.com If you want to ask your mead making questions, you can call us at 803-443-MEAD (6323) or send us a question via email, or via Twitter @GotmeadNow and we'll tackle it online! 9PM EDT/6PM PDT Join us on live chat during the show 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. Upcoming Shows Show links and notes Let There Be Melomels by Rob Ratliff The Big Book of Mead Recipes by Rob Ratliff Let There Be Session Meads by Rob Ratliff Upcoming Events May 25 - Oppegaard Meadery, Tukwila, WA - Mead Tasting at Mariblu Southcenter - Active Adult Living 55+ May 25 - KingsView Mead & Cider, Lebanon, PA - Lebo Fun Run May 26 - KingsView Mead and Cider, Lebanon, PA - music by Derrick Beattie May 27 - KVLT Mead, Tacoma, WA - Beyond the Grid - music May 28 - KVLT Mead, Tacoma, WA - Safeword! Kinky Queer Comedy Show May 28 - Starrlight Mead, Pittsboro, NC - A Visit with CLAWS - Wildlife rehabilitation May 28 - Four Brothers Mead, Festus, MO - Memorial Day Party May 29 - WildFlyer Mead, Navasota, TX - Social Knit - knit, crochet and crafting (and mead) May 30 - Bryant's Dry Cider, Richmond, VA - Magic and Mead Mondays - play Magic The Gathering and drink mead May 31 - ARTifice Ales and Mead, Manheim, PA - Tuesday Night Trivia! June 1 - KingView Mead, Mt. Lebanon, PA - Buzzworthy Trivia Night June 3 - 1912 Brewing, Tucson, AZ - Mead and Music, featuring Superstition Mead June 3 - Windchaser Meadery, Williamsburg, VA - Advanced Meadmaking class June 4 - Four Brothers Mead, Festus, MO - Zoe Vox music June 9 - WildFlyer Mead, Navasota, TX - Book club - Jurassic Park June 10 - Wyrd Leather and Mead, Portland, OR - Wyrd's Moving Castle - a themed ambiance organized around the works of Miyazaki and the beloved Japanese culture June 10-13 Kvlt Mead, Tacoma, WA - Legions of the Order - Metal Band Festival - 3 day convocation for the Order of the Black arts June 13-19 - Maine Mead Works, Portland, ME - Mead and Cheese Pairing all week June 15 - KingView Mead, Mt. Lebanon,