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• Posted in thread: Baaahh!! on 11-22-2012 at 12:33 PM
  So I made a cider with maple syrup over a year ago. It's been sitting downstairs bulk aging
  after a few rackings and the addition of sorbate and campden. At least according to my records.
  I recently g...

• Posted in thread: Noob question for concentrate wine on 01-13-2012 at 11:35 AM
  Some people leave a cloth on at first when fermenting in a bucket to get easy access early on
  for stirring/adding nutrients etc. This is especially done in mead. I would say go ahead and
  put on the ai...

• Posted in thread: Things you didn't know you should have... on 01-13-2012 at 02:13 AM
  Where did you get your refractometer?

• Posted in thread: Honey Source in CO?! on 09-09-2011 at 03:21 AM
  I would love to find some hobby beekeepers in CO. That's the trouble. I don't know any and
  haven't the first idea on how to find them.I want to expand my honey source but I still only go
  through about...

• Posted in thread: Honey Source in CO?! on 09-07-2011 at 02:33 PM
  Where I am from we had a terrible honey year. My bees really didn't start storing honey until
  mid July. That coupled with the fact that my bees are in their first year and I don't think
  I'll be harves...

• Posted in thread: What is it about cider that gets you buzzed so quick? on 09-06-2011 at 01:15 PM
  One of the older ladies I work with swears the more sugar in the drink the harder it hits you.
  I've watched them drink and this seems to make sense. Even small amounts from a vodka rocks
  girl high in ...

• Posted in thread: Add Fruit After Stabilizing Yeast? on 09-05-2011 at 04:22 AM
  Ya the point of a late addition is to bring a sweeter fruit flavor to my meads. Will try this
  for my next batch. Simply going to ferment out honey and stabilize and add fruit after.

• Posted in thread: Add Fruit After Stabilizing Yeast? on 09-04-2011 at 12:27 PM
  Hello all. I am thinking of making a mixed berry mead. I have been trying to think of ways to
  maintain the taste of the fruit in the finished product. My first brew I added half of my
  berries at the b...

• Posted in thread: raspberry mead on 06-15-2011 at 01:48 PM
  Freeze them before and you will have no issues.

• Posted in thread: Trying a "Berry Apfelwein" on 06-13-2011 at 12:51 AM
  I did a batch of mixed berry stuff from old orchard. I put a vanilla bean in for a week.
  Initially it was way to tart to drink. After about 10-12 months it tasted like juice. It had my
  wife wishing I ...