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• Posted in thread: Best Apfelwein for beginner to make? on 01-21-2011 at 09:54 PM
  I used generic kroger brand apple juice. Only additive was ascorbic acid, which if i remember
  the original post correctly, is some kind of vitamin anyhow and doesnt affect the outcome.It's
  vitamin C.

• Posted in thread: My Thoughts While Brewing Graff on 06-03-2009 at 05:03 AM
  Bottling mine tomorrow, will report back with taste notes

• Posted in thread: Cheapest you get honey? on 05-30-2009 at 04:55 PM
  armorshell, wholesale honey in SF - Google SearchI've already chased down all those leads, the
  only thing that comes close is Marshall's, and there's no way I'm paying $88/gallon for
  wildflower honey.

• Posted in thread: Vanilla bean potency and pairing on 05-30-2009 at 04:09 PM
  There's really no need to pit your cherries. I spent about a half hour pitting some last summer
  and decided to research the whole pit thing. I discovered that many people weren't pitting
  their cherrie...

• Posted in thread: Cheapest you get honey? on 05-30-2009 at 04:07 PM
  Anyone have a good source in the SF Bay area?

• Posted in thread: Started My Mead on 05-26-2009 at 04:58 AM
  Ah, good ol' norcal "Wild Mountain" Safeway honey

• Posted in thread: 1st Mead on 05-20-2009 at 03:30 PM
  I'd love a strong flavor, but 13lbs, wow! I'll probably stick with something like 5lbs for my 3
  gal batch, which by those ratios would be more of a medium fruit flavor profile. Depending on
  how the st...

• Posted in thread: Mesquite Mead? on 05-18-2009 at 08:18 PM
  Hmm... for the medium show mead, how much honey per gallon did you use? I might pick up a few
  more containers and make a five gallon batch.Show mead definitely sounds like the winning
  suggestion so fa...

• Posted in thread: Mesquite Mead? on 05-18-2009 at 02:38 PM
  My first mead was a mesquite medium show mead. I bottled it in February and after only 3 months
  it's already mellowed out enough to serve to friends, who can't get enough of it. I wish I made
  5 gallon...

• Posted in thread: Can I use splenda instead of sugar??? on 05-11-2009 at 01:19 AM
  Oh, and the stevia thing is interesting to me, I've actually never tried it, but I think it's
  funny that some of the same people (I'm speaking personally here, about people I know) who
  frown on artifi...