Recent content by chrisr

When the post this is exactly what I was thinking.

But sounds real good to me. But I'm thinking Mint choco chip icecream with a kick?

a hoppy mead the best of both worlds. Do it. be carefull

damn he is a freak of nature. It may be a few years before they show the gills.JK

beeautiful!!!!

my 2 cents. Don't know if you have mead before but I envy you. I've found some nice people to buy honey from, but I've also made mead from Wal mart honey. To get a batch like that "Show" Mead is the way to go. You will not have to add additional flavors to get something special not just good but...

Billy Idol

Thats freakin crazy. I love brewing beer and pitching yeast in honey but I swear I only have trouble when I have "help".

I had about 5 or 6 gallons of mead on seconday and bottled BEFORE I tasted my first commercial Mead. It was Chaucers with the little spice bag.I asked the wine guy if they had any good Meads in Central Market (specs carries it too in TX. )and he pointed me to it. Me and SWMBO had a taste it and...

Just put together 1 Gal. batch w/ apples,frozen blueberries 1/2 crushed 1/2 whole,3lb honey on a whim I pitched it with champagne yeast. I'm about to put together the ingredients with the lav D-47

Dried Blueberries I will have to try that technique I used three times frozen blueberries and liked the results in primary. Dried in secondary sounds like you would get more flavor and aroma but not the purple color keep us posted because I like the look of the clearer show meads.

A nice wine glass of sweet mead and half my SWMBO's glass is a nice way to finish a HB session. From 12 oz guiness bottles. I like the way mead looks so clear bottles are probably nice. Big bottles look more "professional". Question Cold or room temp? I like mine cooled a little but room temp...

Oatmeal stout was awesome last month! We usually get The Great White Pizza. Last time I had the Fish and Chips its was good. Beer is made by the good folks at St. Arniolds Brewery. The kids like the pan of brownie with ice cream on top. Jeremiah Red is usually my go to there.

Hello TXan!

the green grolsch bottles work fine for me, they are bigger and I like the swing top. I do keep them covered till they go in the fridge. I do the same when I use brown bottles. Have not had the skunky effect yet. Hope I didn't jinks myself. As a gift for someone I bottled and capped 2 champange...