Blog - Got Mead? The Largest Mead Resource on the Web

Got Mead Live is a highly focused window into contemporary mead culture. It treats honey wine as a craft, a business, a social scene, and an ongoing education project. Vicki Rowe and A.J. Aramitz anchor the show with a casual, forum-adjacent energy that feels close to the community it covers. The conversations are rarely abstract. Guests talk about meaderies, competitions, recipe ideas, festivals, judging rooms, travel plans, and the work of helping people understand what mead can be. That makes the show especially useful for listeners already past the novelty stage. It is not simply about tasting something sweet. It is about process, presentation, feedback, and the small networks that keep a niche beverage moving. Recent episodes include Ryan Kretchmer, Peter Taylor, Arne Defurne, and discussions around chocolate meads and mead recipes with Bill Boyer and Kyle Ducharme. Another episode turns toward the Mead Madness Cup and the European Mead Makers Association Conference with Krzysztof Jarek and Mateusz “maTEJ” Błaszczyk. The show’s best moments come when technical enthusiasm meets lived experience. Pouring at beer festivals becomes a lesson in persuasion and market research. Competition planning becomes a look at judges, stewards, bottle-sharing dinners, lectures, translation, and the logistics of bringing new people into the mead world. Even the housekeeping has character. Patron forums, Facebook groups, award-winning recipes, and community support are woven into the show as part of its operating reality. The pace is conversational and sometimes rambling, but the detail is the point. It sounds like people who know one another talking shop while keeping the door open for curious makers. There is humor, regional texture, and a steady belief that a better pour can change an opinion. For anyone making, judging, selling, or seriously exploring mead, Got Mead Live offers a grounded survey of the scene from inside the mead world.