First Bottle

Well I could not resist and opened a bottle of the Blackberry I had just bottled a couple weeks ago.  It's over a year old (aged in the carboy) and it tastes…wonderful ahhh!  I guess it was worth the waiting.  Hopfully they will all just...

Why I never write anything down.

I get wrapped up in the actual "doing" (gathering of materials, preparing, boiling, etc etc) and I always forget to write down my starting gravity, cooking temps and times, etc. <sigh>   I remember that I forgot just about the time I...

Bottling Time

My first major bottling happend this weekend.  I was finally was able to bottle all except for one gallon (Mystery Mead) of my aging meads 6 1/2 cases worth!  I have 24 bottles of Pomegranite, 24 bottles of Pom/Blk Cherry, 17 bottles of Plum and 13 Bottles...

Peach Mango Cider

Dec-6-2007 Started a Mango/Peach Cider  I want to keep better track this time so I am logging it here.Ingredients: ½ Package of Champaign yeast (1tsp)½ Cup warm water2 tsp Orange juice concentrate1tsp Super Ferment 1-1/2 Gallons apple juice1-1/2...
1rst time Brewing Beer

1rst time Brewing Beer

I know this is a mead website however my urge to consume tasty alcoholic beverages of my own making has forced me to finally give in to the urge to do something while waiting on my meads to age out.  I have purchased the ingrediants to brew a batch of Irish...