Due to the current situation with COVID-19, this event has been pushed to 2021. New date to be announced soon.
Meet: Bløm Meadworks // Session mead
Live Interviews | Episode Segments | Cocktail Demos | Makers Market
Meet the Makers: Detroit
Date: TBD
One Campus Martius 16th Floor Event Space
Mead dates back to 7000 BC in China where honey was fermented with fruit and rice. From the ancient Greeks to Medieval monks, this nectar has been enjoyed wherever honey bees thrive. At Bløm Meadworks in Michigan, honey from local apiaries is turned into dry, session-style mead. Working in partnership with farmers and beekeepers across the state, Lauren Bloom and Matt Ritchey are creating ferments that capture the essence of the region’s flavor, shifting to reflect fruit, hops and herbs that are ripening each season.
Join tasteMAKERS’ Emmy-winning producer Cat Neville for Meet the Makers, a live program screening segments from the Bløm Meadworks episode and featuring live interviews with Bløm’s Lauren Bloom and Matt Ritchey, farmer Marc Boone, Genji Leclair of Great Lakes Bee Co. and Michigan State University professor of entomology Megan Milbrath.
Our pop-up Makers Market will follow the show, featuring food and drink from Michigan makers and chefs including:
and more!
Meet the Makers is made possible with support from our lead sponsor, Edward Jones.
Meet the Makers is a companion to tasteMAKERS, a new national public television series that celebrates the makers who are rolling up their sleeves and defining the flavor of American food and drink.
Meet the Makers is made possible with the support of our lead sponsor, Edward Jones. tasteMAKERS is presented by the Nine Network of Public Media and distributed by American Public Television.