So the thing that got me into mead was about 10 years ago when the Mrs and I went down to Tazzy and we tried some mead down there. It was just bloody amazing so I was like right, cool, I want to drink more of this. So when we came back up here to Crows Nest I couldn't find any around here that I liked so I started making it myself.

About 3 years ago we got our first little meadery which was a 20ft shipping container. When the first batch became ready we realised that we were selling it faster than what I'd actually been producing it so we had to build this new shed right next door. Now I do two 300 L tanks plus a 600 L tank every 2 months. It's about 10,000 bottles a year and that's pretty much just doing markets and a handful of wholesalers.

When I started the business there were a few things that I wanted to incorporate into the business. One of them, of course, make money because it's a business. The second one, I wanted to support as many local farmers and growers as I can. So a lot of our flavours, pretty much all of it, is local ingredients. I wanted to bring part of my Heritage into it so the valknut symbol itself is an ancient Southern Scandinavian symbol and a lot of symbols I put on the bottles all have very strong meaning to my Heritage. That's something I want to embrace and bring back into the modern world in the southern hemisphere.