We're officially open for posting (mostly, there will be some changes made to automoderator and new rules as we get things set up) and are looking to get some activity going.

Right now, we're looking for 3 main things:

Wiki content

We're looking to start fleshing out our wiki on all things mead making. To start off with, we have two main focuses:

1. We want to cover topics that aren't already covered in depth in the /r/mead wiki. If there's something you have more questions on after reading through the /r/mead wiki, or something you've been wondering about but can't find in there, let us know! This helps us prioritize info that is needed most, and just having an idea of where to start helps us a ton.

2. Recipes! If you have a good quality mead recipe that you're willing to share, we'd love to publish it on the wiki. At a minimum we need to know your ingredients, some facts about your process (cold mixing? boil? how did you process and macerate fruit? contact time for fruit and spices? fermentation temperature? etc), your nutrition schedule, and what additives and adjuncts you used. Bonus points if you have BJCP judging notes, notes on how you've improved the recipe over time, and ideas on ways to change up the recipe.

You can put either of these in the comments, and you should consider making a self-post for recipes as well.

If you're willing to write wiki content, let us know! We'd like to ideally see what subjects you'd like to write on and an outline of how you'll cover them. We may or may not give editing privileges -- that's going to be up to mod discretion, and we're probably going to keep it to people we already know fairly well for now.

Quality discussion and posts

Debating what varietal honey to use for a recipe? Have a cool new yeast you're using? Getting recipe concepts together and want to chat about it? New to the hobby and looking for where to start? Make a post!

We'll have rules and posting guidelines in the sidebar soon, but for now just keep things civil and be open to discussing alternative approaches to what you may be used to.

Input and feedback

We created this subreddit as a space for mead makers to come together and discuss the best possible ways to make mead, and we want to make sure that this is an inclusive, community-driven subreddit. If you can think of things we can do to make the subreddit more accessible to everyone, or fun things that you would like to see us do for the community, let us know! You can either comment below or send us a modmail.

As well, as we get set up and established, we want to hear about how we're doing. You can send a mod mail at any time with feedback and ideas.