Not sure if this is the appropriate section, but I just wanted to thank you all.
April 2020 my job locked down for about a month, and out of sheer boredom I stumbled across the recipe for making mead in a water jug with oranges and raisins. I had most of that lying around already so I tried it. To my surprise it worked, and wasn't completely terrible, so I decided to try a more serious batch.
After acquiring a carboy I scoured the internet to try and learn everything I could about making mead, something I knew almost nothing about prior. That's where I discovered this forum and apparently learned prettymuch everything I needed to know.
I say prettymuch because last October I started my first 90% serious batch. I actually finished it about two weeks ago, and gave a very small sample to a co-worker of mine. We once spent a shift talking about his viking heritage and I found that both he and his wife were avid mead drinkers, so he was the best person I knew to try it.
Well, he took it home to share with his wife, and the next morning I asked for his opinion, and he said (and this is verbatim):
"That is bar-none the best mead I've ever tasted."
So I've decided to start looking into thr arduous process of getting a license to sell it at my local farmer's market. I'm also trying to find space where I can expand my operation beyond the 3 6gal carboys I have I my coat room. Who knows, maybe one day I'll even have a proper microbrewery.
...and I owe a large amount of it to you guys and all the help you've been, even if you didn't know it.
So thank you!
P.S. this was already way too long, so I'm not even going to bother proofreading it.
April 2020 my job locked down for about a month, and out of sheer boredom I stumbled across the recipe for making mead in a water jug with oranges and raisins. I had most of that lying around already so I tried it. To my surprise it worked, and wasn't completely terrible, so I decided to try a more serious batch.
After acquiring a carboy I scoured the internet to try and learn everything I could about making mead, something I knew almost nothing about prior. That's where I discovered this forum and apparently learned prettymuch everything I needed to know.
I say prettymuch because last October I started my first 90% serious batch. I actually finished it about two weeks ago, and gave a very small sample to a co-worker of mine. We once spent a shift talking about his viking heritage and I found that both he and his wife were avid mead drinkers, so he was the best person I knew to try it.
Well, he took it home to share with his wife, and the next morning I asked for his opinion, and he said (and this is verbatim):
"That is bar-none the best mead I've ever tasted."
So I've decided to start looking into thr arduous process of getting a license to sell it at my local farmer's market. I'm also trying to find space where I can expand my operation beyond the 3 6gal carboys I have I my coat room. Who knows, maybe one day I'll even have a proper microbrewery.
...and I owe a large amount of it to you guys and all the help you've been, even if you didn't know it.
So thank you!
P.S. this was already way too long, so I'm not even going to bother proofreading it.
