5-19-26 - Bob Slanzi - Beekeeping and Barreling Meads - Got Mead? The Largest Mead Resource on the Web

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5-19-26 Tonight we’re talking with Bob Slanzi, meadmaker, beekeeper, and world traveling mead influencer and enjoyer.

Bob has been keeping bees and making award winning meads for years. He is very active in the meadmaking, homebrew and beekeeping communities, having held offices in both his clubs in NY in the past. he is the past president of the Home Governing Committee of the American Mead Makers Association, and very active in helping bring the word of mead to everyone. He was the person who set up and maintained the monthly deals the American Mead Makers Association has for members. Bob was a speaker at the 2022 European Mead Makers Association Conference and judged at their Mead Madness Cup mead competition. He went to the Mead Madness Cup again in 2024, 2025 and 2026 and judged there. He was awarded Mead Personality of the Year at the EMMA as well.

He is known for his meads, and isn’t afraid to try new flavors, like seaweed or toasted walnuts. Bob likes to experiment, and talks about layering flavors in meads to get the result you want.

Join us to talk mead, bees and whatever else we find ourselves in.

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Upcoming Shows

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

May 21 – Standard Meadery, Villa Park, IL – After Hours Networking
May 21 – Valhalla Meadery, Bozeman, MT – Acoustic Jam
May 21 – Dancing Skeleton Meadery, Sapulpa, OK – Fiber Crafts Evening
May 22 – Manic Meadery, Crown Point, IN – Paint and Drink: Forest Fairy
May 24 – Clear Skies Meadery, Rockville, MD – Acoustic music with Mike Rocke
May 26 – Honeytree Meadery, Nashville, TN – Writer’s Night and Open Mic
May 29 – Manic Meadery, Crown Pointe, IN – Faux Stained Glass Workshop
May 30 – McAlpine Meadery, Beach City, OH – 30 mile Bike Ride
May 30 – Slash-o-Meadery, Nacogdoches, TX – Live Music with Dan McMahon
May 30 – Hive Mind Mead and Brew Co., Caldicot, UK – It’s CANDY Disco night with Tandoori G
May 30 – Honnibrook Meadery, Castle Rock, CO – Mead and Magic featuring Bret Allen and Ye Olde Loremonger
May 31 – DiFrancesco Meadery, Wrightsville, PA – Artist Mead Up
May 31 – Bumbling Fools Mead, Minneapolis, MN – Mead Making Class
May 31 – Wild Blossom Meadery, Chicago, IL – Grown-Up Book Fair
May 31 – Helderberg Meadworks, Troy, NY – Mead and Read – the book ‘The Corpse Flower’ and an Artist Mead Up
June 3 – Wild Blossom Meadery, Chicago, IL – Optimo Swing Jazz
June 4 – Dancing Skeleton Meadery, Sapulpa, OK – Trivia Night
June 4 – DiFrancesco Meadery, Wrightsville, PA – Mead and Meditation
June 6 – The Ferm Meadery, Houston, TX – Fire NR Bones live music
June 13 – Stardust Cellars, Mooresville, NC – MoonJoy Meadery Takeover
June 13 – Treehive Meadery, Brocton, IL – Rich Hogan acoustic music
June 13 – Viking Alchemist Meadery, Smyrna, GA – Mead and Metal Night Market
June 14 – Brimming Horn Meadery, Milton, DE – Mead, Merchants and Music
June 17 – The Mead Hall, St. Charles, MO – Acoustic Jam
June 18 – Nucleus Mead, Linesville, PA – Mead and Read, bring your own book!
June 19 – Manic Meadery, Crown Pointe, IN – Paint and Drink at the Meadery: Paint your Partner
June 19 – Wild Blossom Meadery, Chicago, IL – Juneteenth Fundraiser for Major Tayler Trail

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Vicky Rowe has been active as a promoter and supporter of the mead industry since the mid-90's with Gotmead.com, and is totally serious about seeing the mead industry take its rightful place as a popular craft beverage on the world recreational drinking stage.

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