16/04/2026
Thank you .tasmania, not only for the feature but on an exceptionally (almost perfectly) written piece about our project, completely free of our input.
Almost perfect!
The one & only thing worthy of comment, and purely for educative purposes (regulars will know how pedantic I can be!) is the line "much like sourdough".
At "general public readability" level, association with sourdough gives off all the right vibes, providing the reader with a context, an atmosphere & even guiding their expectations towards a premium product of complexity.
Superficially, totally appropriate!
But technically, we actually have an issue here.
And it's a common misunderstanding, even amongst the beverage cognoscenti, therefore worthy of a deeper dive.
TwoMetreTall produce, exclusively, "wild fermented" beverages.
And we take the word "wild" VERY seriously.
But what does "wild" mean?
As the article above states very clearly, our fermentation "relies on naturally occurring yeast" AND also bacteria, both of atmospheric & ingredient origin. The fermentations are spontaneously initiated. That means no addition of anything. No packet yeasts, no "house cultures", no placing the wort (unfermented beer) into vessels which have "carry over" from previous fermentations (ie wooden barrels!). Nothing! Unfermented liquids are put into inert vessels & exposed to the air until not only they start fermenting but remain there until they are substantially fermented. Entirely unpredictable & fermentation initiation can range from immediate to weeks & months!
We know our processes to be unique.
Not a question of "right".v."wrong, nor "good".v."bad", just technical fact worthy of exploration.
So, what's problematic with the comparison to sourdough?
Well, technically, a sourdough starter (mother) starts as a wild ingredient & atmospheric initiated fermentation but is then fed & managed in such a way that it becomes a "culture", a "starter", something you add to a new batch to initiate the fermentation. Despite wild origins, now a managed culture. Domesticated, if you like.
No longer wild.
A different process.
With different outcomes
An important distinction?
Yes! We certainly think so!
