hey y'all,
i've been lurking for a few years and signed up for a couple weeks now and thought that perhaps at some point i should start posting a little.
i've been making mead, specializing in wild yeasts, for about five years now, currently at 42 batches/63 gallons started and 29 batches/38 gallons bottled. not an old-timer but not a novice. everything i've done has been made with a worked-up culture of wild yeast (from various sources). some perennial favorites i keep coming back to are bochets, tea-meads from actual teas (pu-erh, various roast levels of oolong, lapsang souchong, etc) as well as things like chaga, nettles, rooibos, mugwort, and others. and seasonal fruits/cysers and things.
as a wild-mazer, some of my techniques and focuses differ from some of yours, and i'm having an interesting time learning where those differences are. anyway, i thought i should say hello before i start throwing too many of my 2 cents around so you know where i'm coming from and can write off what i say as the ravings of a weirdo.
cheers.
i've been lurking for a few years and signed up for a couple weeks now and thought that perhaps at some point i should start posting a little.
i've been making mead, specializing in wild yeasts, for about five years now, currently at 42 batches/63 gallons started and 29 batches/38 gallons bottled. not an old-timer but not a novice. everything i've done has been made with a worked-up culture of wild yeast (from various sources). some perennial favorites i keep coming back to are bochets, tea-meads from actual teas (pu-erh, various roast levels of oolong, lapsang souchong, etc) as well as things like chaga, nettles, rooibos, mugwort, and others. and seasonal fruits/cysers and things.
as a wild-mazer, some of my techniques and focuses differ from some of yours, and i'm having an interesting time learning where those differences are. anyway, i thought i should say hello before i start throwing too many of my 2 cents around so you know where i'm coming from and can write off what i say as the ravings of a weirdo.
cheers.