Recent content by GoldenShowerGladiator

What's the best way to back-sweeten? I've got a wildflower and clover BOMM that I racked today that have both fermented dry. I figure I'll add a couple ounces of honey but I'm more concerned with how to mix it in. I know oxidizing mead is tough but I worry about using my drill powered mixer and...

Not sure if you guys over in Arizona get B Nektar or not but I was wondering if anyone would like to do a B Nektar for Superstition Meadery swap? I've got access to their new Sleeping Giant aged in rye whiskey barrels as well as some of their other staples along with their Orange Blossom. We...

Thanks dude. I'll order a few packs online. I plan on doing one with straight wild flower honey, another with the same honey but with American oak cubes and the last one with the same honey but with French oak cubes. Should be fun. Thanks for being a kick ass resource for everyone here.

So I bought everything needed for this mead. The only omission was the Wyeast 1388 as the local homebrew shop is out until the next shipment arrives. The guy there talked me into buying the Wyeast 4347 Extreme Fermentation. Has anyone used this and if so: how did it come out?

*15 lbs / not 15 gallons. That would've been a steal I'm taking your advice and buying a couple 1 gallon carboys today after I pick up the honey. Thanks for the advice, sir.

Because there aren't enough of these threads.. So I've brewed beer for the last 5 years or so and have a great understanding of the process. Been a big fan of my father-in-laws meads but the other day I drank some of his cherry mead that he'd forgotten he had racking that was sitting in a...

I'm going to the Upland public release on Saturday with hopes of landing a Sour Reserve #5 and more Blackberry and VinoSynths since I traded the others. No dice on the recently released 3 Floyds sour

I've got: - Upland Viola - Love Child No.4 - COAST Blackbeerd - 4 Hands Psycho Killer BB Tripel - Central Waters BB Barleywine - Clown Shoes Ride The Lion - Bolt Cutter, BCBS '12 and '13 - New Glarus Berlinner Weisse - Perennial Hopfentea Berlinner Weisse, Saison de Lis and Vermillion barleywine...

i hope you can land some. i got a bottle from an awesome trader on here last year and it was an amazing beer. wish i asked for more while i had the chance. cheers, dude!

Yeah, I thought it was released in batches. Thanks for the heads up

also looking for some other California ipas, Bomb!, Pirate Bomb!, BA Plead The 5th, BA Peche Mortel i've got some Zombie Dust, Ninja Vs Unicorn, Coffee Abduction, Surly Darkness '12, Behemoth and more

Noir, Coffee Noir and Vanilla Noir are taken care of. Still ISO: ISO: - BBPT5 - Bomb! - Pirate Bomb! - Pirate Noir - BB Peche Mortel - BB Blackout - BA Abraxas - King Sue growler

I do have an Avery Thensaurum as well

I made a mistake in including the bottle of Uncle Jacobs Stout. that beer was sent out this last Tuesday in another trade. Sorry for the confusion on that one. I definitely have everything else listed though

ISO: - BBPT5 - Bomb! - Pirate Bomb! - Noir - Coffee Noir - Pirate Noir - Vanilla Noir - BB Peche Mortel - BB Blackout - BA Abraxas - King Sue growler FT: - '12 Dark Lord - '12 Darkness - '13 & '14 Behemoth - Upland Blackberry - Upland Strawberry - Uncle Jacobs Stout Batch 2...