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Two pours from Wyrd where Oakenshield - a very dry mead aged in whiskey barrels, and Crane Kick - assam tea mead.
Two pours from Hierophant where rose cardamon and lavender citrus. Botanicals are so hard to work with in anything, especially brewing. Lavender and Rose are both flavors where if there is even a speck too much and it's suddenly a cleaning product. Somehow, these were perfect. I really, really need to go up and visit that meadery.
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Date: 2024-05-17 03:56 am (UTC)From:I haven't tried much mead, though it's theoretically the sort of thing I would enjoy. Though yeah, botanicals can be very tricky. I've had a few things that had lovely herbal or floral notes, and others that yeah... tastes like a swig of perfume or air freshener, ha.
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Date: 2024-05-17 05:54 am (UTC)From:Yeah, I was super unsure about trying the rose mead, but it was amazing. I still might only drink it at Wyrd or another bar to make sure it's transported well. Hierophant is a women run meadery up in Puget Sound and I need to make it up there and visit.
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Date: 2024-05-21 04:23 am (UTC)From:I have to say, authenticity tends to take a backseat to "but is it tasty?" for me, haha.
That's a good point: I know that some things really don't travel well, and transportation that gets them outside of their proper storage temps and such can impact them quite a lot.
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Date: 2024-05-21 10:14 pm (UTC)From: