4-12-22 RJ Cassle – Bragging Rooster Meadery in Warrenton, NC

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! This player will show the most recent show, and when we're live, will play the live feed. If you are calling in, please turn off the player sound, so we don't get feedback.[break] [break]Click here to see a playable list of all our episodes! Sponsor: Honnibrook Craft Meadery. Rated the very best winery in Colorado! Visit our state-of-the-art meadery and tasting room south of downtown Castle Rock, Colorado, in a converted man cave. Mention the Got Mead Podcast this month for a free draft taster!  Google H-O-N-N-I Brook for hours and directions. They love visitors!  www.honnibrook.com If you want to ask your mead making questions, you can call us at 803-443-MEAD (6323) or send us a question via email, or via Twitter @GotmeadNow and we'll tackle it online! 9PM EDT/6PM PDT Join us on live chat during the show Bring your questions and your mead, and let's talk mead! You can call us at 803-443-MEAD (6323), or Skype us at meadwench (please friend me first and say you're a listener, I get tons of Skype spam), or tweet to @gotmeadnow. 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