4-12-22 RJ Cassle - Bragging Rooster Meadery in Warrenton, NC – Got Mead? The Largest Mead Resource on the Web

4-12-22 Tonight at 9PM ET we’ll be getting together with RJ Cassle, head brewer and meadmaker at Bragging Rooster Beer, Mead and Cider in Warrenton, NC, just a half hour from Vicky’s place. RJ is hard at work in getting Bragging Rooster to opening, which should be very soon!

Robert J. Cassle aka RJ is a level 43 character in this game called life. He calls himself a jack of many trades and master of some. RJ spent 10 years in the military, 4 years in law enforcement, a few years as a Subway sandwich artist, and 20 plus years as low voltage/security technician.

RJ has a love for growing plants, throwing axes, and bringing people together. About 9 years ago he was told that the alcohol budget was too high and that he needed a hobby.

Enter mead! RJ’s best friend was doing home brew beer at the time, and they really didn’t need another excuse to hang out, but brewing became one. Except, the friend asked if RJ was interested in brewing mead. RJ had no idea what he was talking about, so he did some research. He absolutely fell in love with it. He thought the history was amazing, and wanted to learn more. He and his friend started brewing on weekends and RJ started volunteering at Honeygirl Meadery in Durham on bottling nights. Diane at Honeygirl was the best mentor to get him from homebrewing to commercial brewing. RJ imagined the whole Bragging Rooster as just a meadery until the day he was introduced to some people who wanted to open a brewery but had no commercial brewing experience. He partnered up with them and they took Bragging Rooster from just mead to beer, mead, and cider and that is what they are opening in Warrenton, NC.

Join us to talk with RJ and find out what he’s done with meads, and where he is planning to take Bragging Rooster when they go live!

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Upcoming Shows

April 26 – Rachel Lipman – Loew Vineyards

Show links and notes

Let There Be Melomels by Rob Ratliff
The Big Book of Mead Recipes by Rob Ratliff

Upcoming Events

April 13 – Drinking Horn Meadery, Flagstaff, AZ – Mead Hall Trivia Night
April 14 – Wildflyer Mead, Navasota, TX – Book Club – April book is ‘Britt-Marie Was Here’ by Fredrik Backman
April 15 – Kings Beer and Wine, Phoenix, AZ – Mead tasting featuring Celestial Artisan Meadery, Scale & Feather Meadery and Schramm’s Mead
April 16 – Starrlight Meadery, Pittsboro, NC – Mead and Making Floral Hair Wreaths
April 16 – Build Guild, Ft. Wayne, IN – Mead Making workshop
April 20 – Wyrd Leather and Mead, Portland, OR – DJ Lordfiregiant Metal – Rock and Roll night
April 21 – Wildflyer Mead, Navosota, TX – Watercolor Basics
April 22 – Three Leg Run!, Chester, VA – Blue Guitar Trio is playing (beer, wine and mead)
April 22 – KingView Mead, Mount Lebanon, PA – Day One, playing acoustic music
April 23 – Potter Township VFD, Monaca, PA – Knights of the Round Table Mead Tasting Fundraiser
April 23 – Northerns Beekeeping Association, Pretoria, South Africa – Mead Making and Bee Venom Therapy Training Day
April 23 – Four Brothers Mead, Festus, MO – 2nd Annual Sigurblot – 40 vendors, live combat, blacksmithing, belly dancing, food trucks, live music (and pirates will be invading)
April 23 – Meadiocrity Mead, San Marcos, CA – Massive Makers Market and Honey Tasting – many vendors, bands, food vendors
April 23 – Cape Town Mead Company, Cape Town, South Africa – Mead tasting of nine styles, many not commercially available yet
April 23 – Ogden City Brew Supply, Ogden, UT – Mead Making workshop
April 23 – Boutique Wines, Spirits and Ciders, Fishkill, NY – Palaia mead tasting
April 24 – American Mead Makers Association – Mead Matters #8 – Making Mead with Kveik
April 28 – Burke Mountain Brew, Springdale, AZ – Mead and Wine Tasting
April 29-May 2 – Bottles and Books, Bristol, UK – Sydney and Eden Bank Holiday Cider and Mead Festival
April 29 – Antelope Ridge Mead, Colorado Springs, CO – Mural Unveiling and Cherry Limeade release
April 30 – Haley’s Honey Meadery, Fredericksburg, VA – Smithing and Mead – Blacksmith and Bladesmith demos
May 1 – Starrlight Meadery, Pittsboro, NC – First Sunday Sound Bath
May 1 – Evil Horse Brewing Company, Crete, IL – Mead tasting and pairing with Unpossible Mead and Midwest Meadwerks
May 4 – Kingview Mead, Mount Lebanon, PA – Buzzworthy Trivia Night
May 7 – Wildflyer Mead, Navasota, TX – Derby Day Crawfish Boil and a Derby inspired mead
May 15 – AleCraft Brewery, Bel Air, MD – Mead Making Class
May 21-22 – Honey and Pollination Center, UC Davis, Davis, CA – Mead: Getting Creative
May 22 – Manic Meadery, Crown Point, IN – Sugar Belt Mead Festival
May 28 – KVLT Mead, Tacoma, WA – Safeword! Kinky Queer Comedy Show
Aug 22-23 – American Mead Makers Association – MeadCon 2022 in Baltimore, MD – tickets on sale now!

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Vicky Rowe

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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