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Thursday Fun Fact 2-26: Mandatory Reading

2/26/2015

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But it's not the same without the hover text.
Thursday Fun Fact 2-26 - Groennfell Meadery - All staff members at Groennfell are assigned mandatory monthly readings. They are usually XKCD comics.
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F*** Winter Party Photos

2/23/2015

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The F*** Winter Party on Saturday was a great success! It may have been cold and snowing, but Meadiacs don't let a little thing like that stop them from having a good time! Here are some highlights from the party.
Havoc Mead released two new meads for the first time: Bitter Bee, brewed with hops, and Root of All Evil, brewed with ginger.
Judging by the spectators’ faces, Ricky the Meadmaker is either telling jokes or doing one of his famous sleight of hand tricks. Let's just hope he didn't make their mead disappear.
All of the food was made with mead!
Kids enjoying some sub-freezing Frisbee.
Yes, Meadiacs are a crazy bunch. But we like them.
Two new Meadiacs enjoying Fenberry Draught.
Is it 25˚F and actively snowing? Does that stop us from playing Ultimate Frisbee in knee-deep snow? Not at all.
The real reason we’re a dog-friendly establishment is that dogs, unlike humans, never get tired of listening to Ricky the Meadmaker expound upon a subject.
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Ask the Meadmaker Ep. 29 - Double Trouble

2/21/2015

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In which Ricky the Meadmaker answers questions about how many bees it would take to make a batch of mead, the most he's ever had to rework a mead recipe, challenges of brewing in the winter, and announces Groennfell's 2015 Black Tie Gala on March 21!
Purchase tickets for the Black Tie Gala here.
Lake Champlain International
Vermont Fresh Network
More about Black Tie

Further Reading:
How many bees does it take...
Brewing in winter
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Thursday Fun Fact 2-19: The Intern

2/19/2015

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Thursday Fun Fact 2-19 - Groennfell Meadery - Myth: This is what it's like to be the Groennfell Intern. Fact: THIS is what it's like to be the Groennfell Intern.
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FIVETHIRTYEIGHT's "Beekeepers"

2/16/2015

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Still from 'Beekeepers,' a short film from FiveThirtyEightStill from "Beekeepers" by FiveThirtyEight
Here at Groennfell Meadery, there’s one thing we can’t get enough of: data.[1] We love data. We also love bees.[2] Thus, it stands to reason that we love data about bees. Lucky for us, we just discovered a great short film, “Beekeepers,” part of FiveThirtyEight’s “Collectors” series.

This seven-minute film focuses on honeybees, their keepers, and the ongoing struggle to keep bee colonies from collapsing. You should really just go watch the video, but we understand the TL;DW lifestyle, so here’s a quick recap:

Even if your livelihood doesn’t depend directly upon the survival of bees, you can thank them for about one out of every three bites of food you eat. The 2.5 million colonies of bees in the United States produce $18 billion worth of crops each year.

Recently, 30% of bee colonies have been dying each winter and a total of 50% over the course of the year. With rates of collapse that high, scientists are working hard to figure out the cause. While people tend to jump to the “it must be pesticides” conclusion, one of the biggest culprits is, in fact, the Varroa Mite. These parasitic “vampire mites” suck the blood of honeybees, infect them with many different viruses, and weaken the bees’ immune systems.

Just 2,000 mites can destroy a colony of 30,000 bees within a year.

Entomologist Dennis vanEngelsdorp explains in the film how he and other scientists are working to provide beekeepers with information about their colonies’ health by sampling the population and determining how many mites have infiltrated each colony.

Even if you read all the way to here, just go watch the film.


[1] Ok, there’s definitely more than one thing we can’t get enough of, like that video of Ricky opening a bottle of mead with his bull-whip.
[2] And not just because we very much need bees to keep making mead.


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Bullwhip 2

2/13/2015

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Ricky the Meadmaker demonstrates in front of a live audience that he can bullwhip the cap off a bottle. Seriously.
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Thursday Fun Fact 2-12: National Beverage of Vermont

2/11/2015

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Thursday Fun Fact 2-12 - Groennfell Meadery - Vermont has rejected our petition to make mead the National Beverage of Vermont. Surprisingly, they did not refuse it on the grounds that Vermont is not a nation.
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This Is a Game Changer

2/9/2015

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This is a Game Changer - Beautifully popping YOLO! Popcorn at Groennfell Meadery
“This is a game changer.”

No joke, those were the first words out of Erik’s mouth when we popped YOLO! Popcorn for the first time at the Meadery. Before we tell you why this popcorn is so amazing and why you should believe us, we’re going to get this out of the way:

YOLO! has no idea that we are writing this article. This is not a paid advertisement. In fact, we pay them for the popcorn.[1]

OK, here’s what makes this popcorn so amazing:
  • We can pick it up from the Popcorn Factory right here in Vermont.
  • It has a nearly 100% pop rate. Seriously. It’s crazy.
  • It has to be the lightest, fluffiest popcorn any of us has ever eaten.
  • When people say, “Oh man, this is great popcorn. I wish I could buy some!” We say, “You can, but not from us.” You can buy their kernels from several bulk stores around the state, and their flavored popcorn at all of THESE places.

And here’s why we’re qualified to speak on this subject:
  • Every staff members consumes approximately three popped pounds of popcorn every day.
  • We tried five different popcorns before coming to this wonder stuff.
  • Ricky the Meadmaker claims to have been there when the Wampanoag discovered a great way to grow popcorn when they, in fact, meant to grow alewife bushes. [3]

So there you have it! Not only do we get to work with a local company, what we get is the best. It is, in fact, “A Freakin’ Game Changer.”

[1] Does that, then, make this a “spent advertisement?” [2]
[2] No. It does not. That’s not a thing.

[3] We really can't tell with him, sometimes.


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Ask the Meadmaker Ep. 28 - Cholesterol-Free

2/7/2015

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In which Ricky the Meadmaker announces an upcoming party, teaches us about gluten, and answers questions about choosing a yeast strain, collaborations, brewing with butter, and more!
Further Reading:
Picking a Yeast Strain
Yeast strain traits & metabolites
Brewing with unusual ingredients
Gluten Fun Fact
Mead Varieties Poster
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Thursday Fun Fact 2-5: Stunts

2/5/2015

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Thursday Fun Fact 2-5 - Groennfell Meadery - As per his contract, Ricky the Meadmaker is required to do all of his own stunts in Ask the Meadmaker. This is why there are no stunts in Ask the Meadmaker.
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