3-11-25 Jason Elder - Kansas City Mead Madman – Got Mead? The Largest Mead Resource on the Web

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3-11-25 Tonight we’re hanging out with Jason Elder, a home mead maker from Kansas City. His name shows up regularly on the comp results, and I can confirm he makes some pretty ‘ok’ mead.

Jason has been homebrewing in Kansas City since 2010 and started making Mead and Cider in 2016. He wanted to broaden his brewing experience and found that his love for making mead was higher than for making beer. He’s won awards at several competitions such as NHC and Mazer Cup. He’s considered the “Honey person” for Kansas City as since he has over 2000lbs of honey in storage and about 110 different varieties. He loves talking and drinking anything mead and enjoys mentoring people that are new to mead and are interested in making it for themselves. Jason is a BJCP Judge in Beer, Mead and Cider and is also a proctor for Cider exams.

Jason was President of the Kansas City Bier Meisters for 2 years as well as an officer on their board for 2 years before that. He has also been the First Round site organizer in Kansas City for the past 5 years as well as part of the Mazer Cup staff for the past 2 years. He believes that he brings a unique perspective from his experience and knowledge along with a flair from the Plains!

Join us to chat with Jason and talk mead!

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Upcoming Shows

March 25 – TBD
April 8 – TBD
April 22 – Arne Defurne, Clockwork Bee Meadery, Antwerp, Belgium

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Upcoming Events

March 12 – Cloud City Modern Mead, Leadville, CO – Mindfulness Meadup
March 12 – Green Mountain Mashers, Essex, VT – Mead Series Part 3: Spiced Meads
March 13 – Scale and Feather Meadery, Avondale, AZ – Mead and a Medium
March 14 – Blöm Mead and Cider, Ann Arbor, MI – Femme Feedback Mic Night
March 15 – Dawg Gone Bees Apiary and Meadery, Hanover, PA – Mead Making Class
March 15 – Four Brothers Mead, Festus, MO – Five Year Anniversary Party and St. Paddy’s Day Party
March 15 – Grimsby Hollow Meadery, Middleville, MI – Drink Mead, Learn Things: Spirit Dragon Jar Workshop
March 15 – Viking Alchemist Meadery, Smyrna, GA – Mead and Minis: Dragons
March 15 – Starrlight Meadery, Pittsboro, NC – CLAWS Avian Rehab
March 16 – Harvest Ridge Winery, Toughkenamon, PA – Mead and Cheese Pairing
March 16 – Scale and Feather Meadery, Avondale, AZ – Spring Mead-eval Market
March 19 – Cloud City Modern Mead, Leadville, CO – Mindfulness Meadup
March 19 – Kingview Mead, Mt Lebanon, PA – Trivia Night
March 22 – The Great Minnesotan Mead Tour, St, Paul, MN – 3 meaderies, tasting flights, charcuterie and lunch!
March 23 – Maniacal Meadery, Ypsilanti Township, MI – Michigan Mead Coalition March Meeting
March 26 – Cloud City Modern Mead, Leadville, CO – Mindfulness Meadup
March 26 – Cupka’s Bee Good Meadery, Auburn, IN – Mead Makers Night
March 29 – Hive Mind Mead & Brew Co, Caldecott, UK – Eastside Kings – Live Music
April 5 – Ellis Island Coffee and Wine Lounge, Edmond, OK – Mead & Greet Tasting Charity Fundraiser & Silent Auction featuring Dancing Skeleton Meadery
April 6 – Thunderbird Lounge, Phoenix, AZ – 3rd Annual Nordic Meadmaking and Tasting
April 6 – St. Ambrose Cellars, Beulah, MI – Mead and Cheese Pairing
April 9 – Green Mountain Mashers, Essex, VT – Mead Series Part 4: Specialty Meads
April 12 – The Great Minnesotan Mead Tour, St, Paul, MN – 3 meaderies, tasting flights, charcuterie and lunch!
May 17 – Sugarbelt Mead Festival, Crown Pointe, IN – Many meaderies with their wares at this festival – live music, food trucks and more!

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Owner at Gotmead.com and Craft Beverage Marketing

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.

She is also an experienced marketing coach and consultant who has recently decided to focus her marketing expertise exclusively on the craft beverage market to help meaderies, cideries, breweries and distilleries expand their business and get more customers while doing what they love.

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