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• Posted in thread: Stark Raven Mead (burnt honey mead attempt) on 12-19-2012 at 03:49 PM
  Sorry it took me so long! To me, The Stark Raven Mead now tastes very much like a holiday
  beverage: warming, with vanilla and toasted marshmallow notes, and just slightly sweet. It's
  nice to sip in fr...

• Posted in thread: Stark Raven Mead (burnt honey mead attempt) on 11-03-2012 at 09:01 PM
  We are opening another bottle of this tonight. It's been nearly three years. We'll update later
  as to how it's progressing.

• Posted in thread: Stark Raven Mead (burnt honey mead attempt) on 04-11-2012 at 05:52 PM
  Well, it turned out a lot better than we expected, given our initial impressions of cough
  syprup or alcoholic Dr. Pepper! It's actually pretty durn good. I liked the level of
  sweetness... slightly swe...

• Posted in thread: Anyone here raise chickens? on 03-24-2012 at 12:06 AM
  You can see a few pictures in this other blog post (unrelated to beer): you do keep chickens,
  you should enter the contest to win a copy of The Chicken Encyclopedia. Just post a comment on
  the "Best ...

• Posted in thread: Anyone here raise chickens? on 03-23-2012 at 03:28 PM
  Thanks! We have Easter Eggers and real Wheaten Ameraucanas, too--beautiful green or blue eggs
  for the EEs, and blue only for the Wheatens. The hen pictured eating the spent grains is a
  Speckled Sussex...

• Posted in thread: Anyone here raise chickens? on 03-23-2012 at 03:11 PM
  From machinelf's wife:We have a different bread machine recipe for spent gran bread we posted
  somewhere a while ago. It is good, but we like this one far better. This new recipe doesn't
  require a brea...

• Posted in thread: Irish roast beef with stout au jus on 01-27-2011 at 11:45 PM
  Wow--those pictures look terrific (and so does your bread, YUM!). Tomorrow I'm making a stew
  version, and I can hardly wait. (I keep thinking how wonderful the kitchen will smell
  tomorrow...)I agree: ...

• Posted in thread: Irish roast beef with stout au jus on 01-26-2011 at 06:10 PM
  I keep going outside and coming back in just to keep it fresh in my nose!That's funny--I did
  the exact same thing!

• Posted in thread: Irish roast beef with stout au jus on 01-26-2011 at 04:13 PM
  Oh, my--that looks delicious! You may want to throw in a piece of sweet potato or two with the
  roast. The reason I say that is just because the sweet potatoes cooked in the yummy stout sauce
  was one o...

• Posted in thread: Irish roast beef with stout au jus on 01-24-2011 at 06:53 PM
  Let us know how you like the recipe! :mug: