rant - elitests
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you know, I think I have the willpower to leave that one OFF my to-do list...As a newbee I thought I'd give my two cents on this topic. I've prided myself for having the ability to partake in multiple hobbies and what I've found is that no matter what type of 'scene' you get into there will always be elitists. In a lot of circles I'm in they call these people Purists. It's good to have them and there is a place for them. They preserve technique and culture. The problem is they tend to get arrogant and cocky.
I was a professional dancer before and you would not believe the idiotic things club dancers do. YES.. it's kinda like those dance movies where the 'battle' it out on the dancefloor. To them it's always, 'you're doing this move wrong.' or 'you're mixing styles. Basically one group is all about keeping the dance moves as they were originally done and the other group is all about mixing in new styles to innovate new moves and styles.
As for my new Mead hobby I'm on my 4th batch. First was a traditional, 2nd a hydromel, and right now I have a JAO and a Cyser going. The Cyser is from a frozen concentrated apple juice can! I'm sure the elitists would frown upon this.. but you know what, it's bubblin away right now and I can't wait to try it out.
A main point I'm trying to make also is that these purists forget where they come from or they are not 'all about mead'. I hope that in the future I'll run into a mead maker and when they tell me they are using frozen apple concentrate or pre blended juice I can say,'Hey, I've done that too, let me try some!' To me someone who is unwilling to try these types of mead or who looks down on people who use these ingredients, is not as interesting as the mead makers we have on here.
I was a professional dancer before and you would not believe the idiotic things club dancers do. YES.. it's kinda like those dance movies where the 'battle' it out on the dancefloor. To them it's always, 'you're doing this move wrong.' or 'you're mixing styles. Basically one group is all about keeping the dance moves as they were originally done and the other group is all about mixing in new styles to innovate new moves and styles.
As for my new Mead hobby I'm on my 4th batch. First was a traditional, 2nd a hydromel, and right now I have a JAO and a Cyser going. The Cyser is from a frozen concentrated apple juice can! I'm sure the elitists would frown upon this.. but you know what, it's bubblin away right now and I can't wait to try it out.
A main point I'm trying to make also is that these purists forget where they come from or they are not 'all about mead'. I hope that in the future I'll run into a mead maker and when they tell me they are using frozen apple concentrate or pre blended juice I can say,'Hey, I've done that too, let me try some!' To me someone who is unwilling to try these types of mead or who looks down on people who use these ingredients, is not as interesting as the mead makers we have on here.
Everyone's gotta start somewhere. My first (rather messy and completely unresearched) wine experiment was with homemade wild grape juice, second was a merlot kit, and then some kind soul got me a book on brewing so my third wine was canned apple juice from that book. And I cracked a bottle of that within the last year or two, and it was pretty good. Not stellar like my fourth batch (red currant), but certainly better than some things I've made, even from fresh fruit.
