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Looks like their going to make a push to change some of the arcane beer laws. Call your state rep and voice your support. Texas Bills HB660 and HB602 :ban::tank:

+1 the stuff looks like terrible, but works 100%

I live in Texas and own several pieces of lab glassware. It's an ansine law, because a lot of Meth cookers don't waste their $$$ on lab glassware. They prefer the anything cheap they can buy at homedepot or lowes method. It's a stupid law so when in doubt order off the internet...

Olive Oil in Mead....why mess with what isn't broke..

I know this thread is kind of old, but I thought you could vacuum seal the fruit in a Foodsaver bag and then heat it in a pan of boiling water to sterilize the fruit. The bags are rated for boiling.

The only way you'll know how long to ferment is to take some gravity readings. With Premiere Cuvee it <i>should</i> ferment down to 1.000-0.999. If you want any sweetness you need to stabilize it and back sweeten.

Yeah you can add more and more blueberrys. It will start fermenting some more. Now you could also take some of the blueberrys smash them up and make a simple sryup with them by adding a little extra honey to back sweeten, but you'd want to stabilize the mead before hand.

The only complaint I have with Melomels is sometimes fresh fruits like Blueberrys, Raspberry, etc don't tend to give you the flavor profile you're craving. I have found that using an extract around bottling can help. Blueberry sometimes gives you berry smell, but not much berry profile. If you...

3lbs Honey 8oz Frozen Blueberrys 1 gallon of water 1pkg Premiere Cuvee. That should make a nice Blueberry Melomel.

Wow that sounds intresting. Have you tried it before? I've kind of been on a cider kick lately.

Man I wonder what they would say about my idea of replacing the water with Pedialyte to create an ale that re-hydrates you... I was going to call it the 'Hair of the Dog' Ale.

Oh man, wow I guess you guys took this and ran with it. My concept was simple about making a Wheat styled beer and adding the 5 hour energy Berry version to it. I know that there are commercial brands available by Budweiser/Coors/Miller/Etc..and they're not very good (did you know they also make...

I was talking about store bought frozen fruit. It tends to be heat pasteurize, flash frozen with nitrogen and the bags are nitrogen flushed. To me that good enough to use straight out the bag....

Bump? Any results???

Anyone ever brewed with 5 hour energy drinks? I was think a small 3gal batch of a wheat beer and adding a couple of 5 hour energy berry to it. I figured it would be a good brain beer for a Saturday mowing/yard work/etc ale. Does that sound crazy?:drunk: