11-15-22 Tonight we're headed to Illinois to talk with Luke Goucher and Carson Souza, proprietor and head brewer/meadmaker at Obscurity Brewing and Mead.

Obscurity Brewing and Mead was founded 6 years ago, and has been open for the last 2.5 years, with Obscurity Mead Hall being open for about 1.5 years.

The brewery side is a brew pub in Illinois that features would class Beer, BBQ, and Braggots. They focus on making the best product they can.
The Mead Hall is a small niche tasting room with production. They specialize in ciders, still meads, sparkling session meads, and pyments. Or basically anything they can get weird with.

Luke Goucher is a real estate tycoon, restauranteur, and commercial banker with the absolute love and passion for mead and craft beer. He is an alumni of Augustana University. Luke grew up in the northern suburbs of Chicago. It's his visionary sight that brought along Obscurity as well as many other things. Father and husband, he never sleeps trying to see the bigger picture.

Carson Souza grew up in New Jersey and went to college for music. But he never left food and beverage the whole time. He's been a commercial brewer for the last 15 years on and off. Luke actually got him fermenting mead. His passion grew from there.

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Upcoming Shows

November 29 - Manny Elgarresta - Mangrove honey and mead making challenge

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

Nov 15 - Moonjoy Meadery and Bottle Shop, Durham, NC - Mead n' Make: Quirky Tarot
Nov 16 - KingView Mead, Lebanon, PA - Name that Tune and Trivia Night
Nov 18 - Bragging Rooster Beer and Mead, Warrenton, NC - Flannel Party!
Nov 19 - Starrlight Meadery, Pittsboro, NC - Getting Ready for Turkey Day - mead and Thanksgiving food pairing
Nov 19 - Moonjoy Meadery, Lenoir, NC - Mead and Mindfulness
Nov 23 - Bootleg Hill Honey Mead, Davenport, IA - Jim & Leigh Acoustic
Nov 23 - Haley's Honey Meadery, Fredericksburg, VA - Thanksgiving Food and Mead Baskets
Nov 24 - Batch Mead, Temecula, CA - Temecula Turkey Trot - Harvest Honey Run 5k
Nov 26 - Honey & Hops Brew Works, Front Royal, VA - Music & Mead - Featuring: Gunner Heathe
Nov 26 - Graham Ordinary, Bedford, VA - Drink Mead, Bee Thankful
Nov 26 - Wyrd Leather and Mead, Portland, OR - Small Business Saturday
Nov 27 - Wildflyer Mead, Navasota, TX - Goat Yoga!
Nov 27 - Batch Mead, Temecula, CA - Holiday Artisan Market - Sip and Shop
Dec 1 - Hierophant Mead, Mead, WA - Spokane Valley Winter Market
Dec 3 - For You Brewing Supplies, Terre Haute, IN - Mead Competition
Dec 3 - Starrlight Meadery, Pittsboro, NC - Community Solstice Party
Dec 4 - Starrlight Mead, Pittsboro, NC - Holiday Pop Up Market
Dec 7 - Over the Moon Farmstead, Pittsfield,