Tonight we're thrilled to be talking with Steve Piatz, author of the top-selling mead book, "The Complete Guide to Making Mead".

The first meads Steve made were when he was training with his brewclub to become a BJCP judge, back in the 90's. They weren't the best meads, but they worked at it. Then he attended a session taught by Ken Schramm and Dan McConnell, and he found what good mead tasted like. Then Ken wrote "The Compleat Meadmaker", and then the discussions of staggered nutrients and fruit in primary and other interesting developments began to happen. His mead got really good.