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Episode 164: NYC Mead Week
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
May 21, 2013
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Podcast episode
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It’s Mead Week in New York City, and Jimmy Carbone is celebrating the occasion on this week’s Beer Sessions Radio! Jimmy is joined in the studio by Michael Fairbrother and Berniece Van Der Berg of Moonlight Meadery. Tune in to hear Michael and Bernice talk about their love affair with mead, and how Michael changed his life to focus on Moonlight Meadery’s fruition. Raphael Lyon joins Jimmy to talk about Enlightenment Wines, and what constitutes a mead in the eyes of the government. Chris Cuzme of HRN’s Fuhmentaboudit! and 508 Gastrobrewery stops by to promote the newly-dubbed NYC Mead Week! Learn some mead-making history, and how mead in the past used to have psychotropic qualities. How has the modern food landscape prepared the way for mead? Learn more about bee populations, and how their decline affects local economies. Thanks to our sponsor, GreatBrewers.com, and thanks to Four Lincolns for today’s music.
“If you look at the history of New York State and what it produces, a lot of it is apples and honey.” [3:50]
“It’s not about if it’s good necessarily, but whether or not it’s interesting.” [38:10]
— Raphael Lyon on Beer Sessions Radio
“We’ve taken an ancient beverage and refined it.” [11:00]
— Berniece Van Der Berg on Beer Sessions Radio
“If you look at the history of New York State and what it produces, a lot of it is apples and honey.” [3:50]
“It’s not about if it’s good necessarily, but whether or not it’s interesting.” [38:10]
— Raphael Lyon on Beer Sessions Radio
“We’ve taken an ancient beverage and refined it.” [11:00]
— Berniece Van Der Berg on Beer Sessions Radio
Released:
May 21, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 115: Pair and Ferment!: On this weeks episode of Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy Carbone and guests are talking about beer pairings and fermentation. Matt Bean of Mens Health is in the studio with some sour beers that he is pairing with a rhubarb crisp. Tune in to hear what beer fairs the best! Herbalist Claudia Keel and Claire Hartten are also joining us to discuss fermentation not only in beer, but in yogurt, kombucha, and cheese. Hear about some of the health benefits of eating and drinking fermented products. Candice Santaferraro calls in from Frogs Leap Farm and Winery to discuss some of the homemade mead that shes been fermenting. Finally, Jimmy and the rest talk about cult beers, and whether theyre really worth the hunt. This episode has been brought to you by GreatBrewers.com. Its also interesting because acidity plays such a role [in sour beer], and of course in wine acidity plays a role. It sets it up for some nice pairings that are reminiscent of what wine can do. -- Jen by Beer Sessions Radio (TM)