A Guide to Starting a Meadery: Part 1 (The Business Model & Funding)

Welcome back to "A Guide to Starting Your Own Meadery" with Billy Beltz! Billy is one of the co-owners of Lost Cause Meadery in San Diego. Lost Cause is a world famous, award winning meadery that has been in operation for a little over 6 years. Billy has been one of the spearheads of the operations and he has so graciously taken the time to share his knowledge on how to start a meadery. In this multi-part series you will learn how to go from simple ideas to operating your own meadery. Check out the links below to support Billy and Lost Cause meadery and thanks for watching! Lost Meadery Website: https://www.lostcausemead.com Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @manmademead   Check it out on my Amazon store of my website! www.ManMadeMead.com Check out the Patreon! www.Patreon.com/ManMadeMead Discord Link: ManMadeMead.com/discord Equipment I Use: Here are links to equipment and there is a recipe card below: Glass Carboy (& Airlock): https://amzn.to/2QP7Mxm Short Auto-Siphon & Tubing: https://amzn.to/2YXorU7 Long Auto-Siphon & Tubing: https://amzn.to/3NOjKFH Hydrometer: https://amzn.to/31P3PPF 1 Gallon Keg: https://amzn.to/3tuYttM Star San (Sanitizer): https://amzn.to/32OhXYF Scale: https://amzn.to/34TSAaL Hand Bottle Capper: https://amzn.to/3buC6at Bench Capper (Optional): https://amzn.to/32LZZpY Hand Corker: https://amzn.to/32MlxCO Floor Corker (Optional): https://amzn.to/3gPgbvq Wine Corks: https://amzn.to/3jCvQ2Y Bottle Caps: https://amzn.to/3lNMHSD Bottling Wand: https://amzn.to/3hR8rKH Wine Bottles: https://amzn.to/47enlDT Synthetic Corks: https://amzn.to/3tMpKrs Red Star Yeast Sampler: https://amzn.to/47en8AB Check out the Craft-A-Brew Mead Kit: https://www.amazon.com/Craft-Brew-Mak...