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Oliver Moss ([personal profile] olivermoss) wrote2024-05-16 08:47 am
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Flight at Wyrd Meadery



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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[personal profile] mistressofmuses 2024-05-17 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
I like the fancy bottles!

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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[personal profile] olivermoss 2024-05-17 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
Mead varies wildly in taste. Dark meads tend to be very authentic, but highly unauthentic black tea meads are so good. I was going to point out that Montana has some good meads, but that isn't much closer to you.

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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[personal profile] mistressofmuses 2024-05-21 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
I remember a friend in college making his own mead, but I don't think I ever got to try the final product.
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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[personal profile] olivermoss 2024-05-21 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Mead was around a long time and probably varied wildly between areas. One company makes some very authentic historical meads and they are good, but caring too much about authenticity is a bit silly.
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