Making Apple Whiskey Hydromel Mead
After writing a few articles for homebrewtalk.com, I managed to gain a few more fans. One of them is a bee keeper and sent me some of his honey to use in a mead. Last Christmas I got a bottle of Jack ... Read More
Cabernet IPA: An IPA With a Red Wine Kick
The day turned out great and got into the 40s after being below freezing all week. Got to brew in a tee shirt for the first time this year. This beer is loosely based off of Dogfish head 61, their cla... Read More
A Hoppy All Grain Blonde Ale Recipe
I was finally able to get some time and ingredients together to have a brew day. It also turned out to be a nice warm day. I went for a Blonde Ale that is just a bit more on the hoppy side, but nothin... Read More
Bug Juice: Making A Funky Sour Cider
Well a short while ago, I managed to get my hands on some ECY 20, Bug County, so I’ve been itching to make some wild brews. I realized I haven’t made a cider in a while, and figured to giv... Read More
Holy Cow: BIAB Oatmeal Milk Stout Recipe
Holy Crap! A new post from me. Yes I have been gone for sometime putting my life back together after a sudden move. But I was finally able to get back in the brewing saddle and make some beer. It̵... Read More
Brew in a Bag Nut Brown Ale Recipe
Nut So Brown – English brown Ale This Recipe is Archived: To View it (and other archived recipes), Become a $1.00 Patron today! Process This is pretty standard BIAB, but I did do a mini s... Read More
Simple Bochet Tasting
This was one of the first meads I’ve made (made 3 before it). It is made from caramelized honey and fermented with Red Star Cote Des Blancs. It ended up sweeter than it should have because of my... Read More
Vanilla Hydromel Mead Tasting
Here is the vanilla hydromel tasting session after two additional months of bottle aging. This vanilla hydromel is made from lightly caramelized honey to and fermented dry to 7% ABV. After the ferment... Read More