wheezy_shoe
Member
Hello everyone!
I live in China, although I'm originally from Minnesota in the US. I've lived in China for about eight years, and I recently got into making mead. Before the pandemic, I would occasionally treat myself and my friends by buying a bottle of mead imported from Australia, but it was relatively expensive (nearly 200 RMB for a bottle). In any case, once the pandemic hit, that option disappeared. I really missed getting mead. Then, at the start of this year, I came across a YouTube channel (City Steading Brews) and really found it interesting. What really pushed me over to begin brewing is when, at the local market, I saw a beekeeper selling his own honey. I jumped at the chance and bought 6kg of honey from the guy. Then I went onto Taobao (kind of like the Chinese version of Amazon) and bought a bunch of tools needed.
Since then, I've made and completed a "traditional" mead, and I'm in the process of making a mulberry mead and a dragon fruit mead. I figure that living in China will give me ability to make some meads using fruits that are not very common outside of China - I'm thinking of making a purple mangosteen mead, a longan mead, a kiwi mead, and a Chinese five spice mead, among other types. I realize that this is a bit ambitious, especially for a novice, but that's why I decided to come here. I've scanned through some of the forums here, and it seems that people here are usually very nice and willing to share their experience and knowledge.
I look forward to chatting with all of you and bouncing ideas off one another!
I live in China, although I'm originally from Minnesota in the US. I've lived in China for about eight years, and I recently got into making mead. Before the pandemic, I would occasionally treat myself and my friends by buying a bottle of mead imported from Australia, but it was relatively expensive (nearly 200 RMB for a bottle). In any case, once the pandemic hit, that option disappeared. I really missed getting mead. Then, at the start of this year, I came across a YouTube channel (City Steading Brews) and really found it interesting. What really pushed me over to begin brewing is when, at the local market, I saw a beekeeper selling his own honey. I jumped at the chance and bought 6kg of honey from the guy. Then I went onto Taobao (kind of like the Chinese version of Amazon) and bought a bunch of tools needed.
Since then, I've made and completed a "traditional" mead, and I'm in the process of making a mulberry mead and a dragon fruit mead. I figure that living in China will give me ability to make some meads using fruits that are not very common outside of China - I'm thinking of making a purple mangosteen mead, a longan mead, a kiwi mead, and a Chinese five spice mead, among other types. I realize that this is a bit ambitious, especially for a novice, but that's why I decided to come here. I've scanned through some of the forums here, and it seems that people here are usually very nice and willing to share their experience and knowledge.
I look forward to chatting with all of you and bouncing ideas off one another!