{"id":292808,"date":"2025-06-14T13:20:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T13:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/mead-and-more-with-ken-schramm-beersmith-podcast-326-beersmith-home-brewing-blog\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T13:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T13:20:51","slug":"mead-and-more-with-ken-schramm-beersmith-podcast-326-beersmith-home-brewing-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=292808","title":{"rendered":"Mead and More with Ken Schramm \u2013 BeerSmith Podcast #326 \u2013 BeerSmith\u2122 Home Brewing Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-ast-blocks-layout=\"true\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Ken Schramm joins me this week to discuss mead, our relationship with alcohol and the future of home brewing and mead making.<\/p>\n<p><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:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9iZWVyc21pdGguY29tL2NvbnRlbnQvZmVlZC9wb2RjYXN0Lw\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-326-Schramm.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the MP3 File<\/a>\u2013 Right Click and <strong>Save As<\/strong> to download this mp3 file.<\/p>\n<p> <audio controls=\"\"><source src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-326-Schramm.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"\/>Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio> <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignfull has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mead and More with Ken Schramm - BeerSmith Podcast #326\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q0q2uCnux5A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"topics-in-this-week-s-episode-50-46\">Topics in This Week\u2019s Episode (55:06)<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This week I welcome back Ken Schramm from <a href=\"https:\/\/store.schrammsmead.com\/storefront.aspx\">Schramm\u2019s Meadery<\/a>.\u00a0 Ken \u201cwrote the book\u201d on mead making called <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2mcdAju\">The Compleat Meadmaker<\/a> (Amazon affiliate link).\u00a0 Ken was also a founding member of the Mazer cup and has won numerous national awards including a lifetime achievement award from the American Homebrewers Association.\u00a0 His meadery makes some of the highest rated meads in the world from fresh fruit, spices and honey.<\/li>\n<li>We discuss the progress Ken has made with his farm, which targets growing individual varieties of \u201cnoble fruits\u201d for use in meads. Ken has actually been able to find several varieties of various fruits that work very well in big fruit meads.<\/li>\n<li>Ken explains the \u201cnoble fruits\u201d for mead making and defines which fruits work best in a mead based on their flavor, acidity and high tannin levels.<\/li>\n<li>We discuss the modern push towards \u201ctemperance\u201d and prohibition with new social trends like \u201cdry January. Ken also talks about why craft beverages across the board have been in a slump the last few years.<\/li>\n<li>Ken explores the complex relationship between people, alcohol and our social web.<\/li>\n<li>We discuss how mead is almost certainly the oldest fermented beverage, and also how it has played a central role in many cultures in terms of religious and as a drink of kings.<\/li>\n<li>Ken talks about how mead has fallen out of favor in most modern societies and some of the reasons behind this.<\/li>\n<li>We talk about how humans, bees and plants have a very symbiotic relationship, and how mead is an expression of all three.<\/li>\n<li>Ken also talks about yeast and how it has played a central role in our lives including both food and drink.<\/li>\n<li>We switch to discussing the future for home brewing and mead making as well as the craft industry.<\/li>\n<li>Ken tells us where to find his meads and how you can still schedule a tasting at his meadery.<\/li>\n<li>He provides his closing thoughts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><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 \u2013 so grab the older episodes if you missed any.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"thoughts-on-the-podcast\">Thoughts on the Podcast?<\/h3>\n<p>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>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"subscribe-to-the-podcast-on-itunes-or-beersmith-radio\">Subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes or BeerSmith Radio<\/h3>\n<p>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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