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21-26 – Tonight we’re talking with Blair Housley, owner of Etowah Meadery in Dalonega, Georgia.
A Dahlonega native, Blair grew up fishing and exploring along the Etowah River—a place that shaped his connection to North Georgia and later inspired the name and roots of Etowah.
At 21, Blair joined the U.S. Air Force, an experience that strengthened the disciplined, process-driven approach he brings to building brands and crafting beverages. More than 15 years ago, he began brewing beer and mead as a hobby and quickly became focused on honey fermentation and the potential of mead as a modern craft staple. Blair’s belief is simple: mead is the perfect natural alcohol beverage.
What began as a hobby in his garage and winning over two dozen medals, he decided to turn it into a business. In 2016, Blair founded Etowah to make mead more approachable, refined, and relevant, built to stand confidently alongside beer, cider, and cocktails. Etowah is recognized as one the most awarded meaderies in the Southeast with over 60 commercial mead awards and over a dozen craft beer awards to-date, with flagship mead favorites including RB&B, Black & Blue, Granny’s Apple Pie, Stone Pile Peach, and Georgia Standard.
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Look no further than Honnibrook Craft Meadery in Castle Rock, Colorado, for your go-to destination for wonderful, light, and refreshing mead! We have 20 meads on tap and four seasonal mead slushees. If you want to ask your mead making questions, you can send us a question via email, join to ask a question on the show, or via X @realGotMead and we’ll tackle it online! The show runs from 9PM EDT/6PM PDT (United States) for about 2 hours every other Tuesday starting Jan 13, 2026.
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Upcoming Shows
- April 21 – Blair Housely – Etowah Meadery
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
- April 22 – Captain’s on Main, Brighton, MI – Buzzin and Bloomin 2026: Mead, Music and Earth Day Vibes
- April 23 – Valhalla Meadery, Bozeman, MT – Acoustic Jam
- April 25 – Moon Dog Meadery, Durham, NC – Modern Calligraphy for Beginners
- April 25 – Manic Meadery, Crown Point, IN – It’s Raining Cats and Dogs – Make. your own round house sign
- April 25 – Monks Meadery, Atlanta, GA – Meadery Meet Up
- April 26 – Oppegaard Meadery, Tukwila, WA – Spring Mead Fest with 8 local meaderies!
- April 26 – DiFrancesco Meadery, Wrightsville, PA – Artist Mead Up
- April 26 – Clear Skies Meadery, Rockville, MD – Acoustic Jam
- April 28 – Honeytree Meadery, Nashville, TN – Open Mic night
- April 30 – McAlpine Meadery, Beach City, OH – 30 Mile Bike Ride
- May 6 – Wild Blossom Meadery, Chicago, IL – Optimo Swing-Jazz
- May 7 – Dancing Skeleton Meadery, Sapulpa, OK – Trivia Night
- May 9 – Brimminghorn Meadery, Seaford, DE – US Wrestling Justice
- May 13 – The Mead Hall, Charles, MO – Acoustic Jam
- May 14 – Nucleus Mead, Linesville, PA – Mead and Read
- May 21 – Standard Meadery, Villa Park, IL – After Hours Networking
- June 6 – The Ferm Meadery, Houston, TX – Fire NR Bones live music
You can buy mead online at https://shopmeads.com
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.
- 4-21-26 – Blair Housley – Etowah Meadery – Dalonega GA - April 21, 2026
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