1-2-18 Making Modern Mead – Andrew Lumberto, BJCP Grandmaster – Bob Slanzi

1-2-18 Happy New Year! To start the new year off, we're visiting with Andrew Lumberto and Bob Slanzi. You all know Bobby, he's been on the show several times, and usually hangs out in the chat. Bobby is going to talk about flavor profiles in mead, and creating flavor groupings. But you might not know Andrew. Andrew is a Certified Cicerone and a Grandmaster Beer Judge I with a mead certification.He's also President of the largest fermented appreciation group on Long Island, Long Island Beer and Malt Enthusiasts. He's been pushing more mead and cider as president.  We've had guest speakers like Gidon Coll of Original Sin and Sergio Moutela of Melovino, as well as Bob Slanzi. He's been home mead making for about 7 years and felt that mead wasn't getting as much attention in homebrew competitions as he liked so he started holding yearly mead exams and running mead making classes and mead exam judge prep seminars. In 2016, his club's yearly competition joined on the East Coast Mead Maker of the Year competition circuit  and he believes they receive the most mead entries in any competition in NY, NJ, & CT. He's also recently gained appointment to the Communications Directorate team of the BJCP as Assistant Communications Director.  One of his main goals is to create newsletter content about judging mead since there isn't much literature on the topic.  He recently wrote an article interviewing some of the top mead judges in the country about various aspects of mead judging. He'll also be looking to expand that writing with article contributions to the American Mead Makers Association as well. Listen in live below!! Send your questions to us at gotmeadlive@gotmead.com or ping me on Facebook. Join us for GotMead Live Chat, on Skype, live during the broadcast!! You can join us here: https://join.skype.com/sOgoU06hcV7s 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 Neurogastronomy: How the Brain Creates Flavor and Why it Matters - Gordon Shepherd What the Nose Knows - Avery Gilbert 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 6 - Bos Meadery - Annual Mead and Metal Fest January 6 - Brothers Drake Meadery - Salsa Night January 10 - Bos Meadery - John Widdicombe & Harris Lemberg 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!