Recent content by MacGregorBrewer

+1 Presently annoying the neighbors with all the slayer I have while we play bags and watch the boil.

Recently, a new beer bar opened near home... Uncle Mike's Pub Beer Selection - Over 450 Different Beers Not bad considering Miller Brewing is about half an hour north... But, on top of the fantastic beers they already had, and a killer bowl of chili for lunch, I just watched some...

Am I the only person that wants to punch Dane Cook whenever anyone else says they want to punch a baby?

Papazian just (well, a couple months ago) did an article on Gayre's old meads and included in the article was a recipe for brochet, which I jumped on right away. If you can't get it online, I'll try to dig up the back issue and post it.

Honeydew mead 18# light honey (this batch came from a huge local grocery store that sells local wildflower at a decent price) seven over-ripe honeydew melons (EDIT: I'll be using about three more melons next time) water to five gallons narbonne yeast (3 quart starter) staggered yeast nutrient...

Do yourself a favor and try a Honeydew melon mead. SWMBO insisted we try, and I'm happier with the results of this mead than any other we've done. If you do try it, over-ripe melons seem to work the best, and shoot for about one and a half melons per gallon, rounded up.

Ok... So I'm a new guy to the forum, but I've been brewing for about ten years. Let's lead off that way... Made a batch of EdWort's Apfelwine about six weeks ago and just cracked into a bottle...or two...and all i have to say is... Tomorrow is going to suck. My wife isn't even home...

My JA(blood)Orange recipe: 10 pounds of blood oranges cut into eights and shoved into a carboy twelve pounds of wildflower honey two cloves one cinnamon stick water to five and one half gallons and a 2-quart starter of US-05. I did end up using a secondary, and topping up to five...

Do yourself a favor and ramp JAO up to five gallons and use BLOOD ORANGES! I'll be waiting patiently for your praises after you bottle.;)

Looking at buying a 60# bucket of honey at $2/pound, running a total of $120. I've tasted the honey recently, and it seems to be quality, but I'm wondering if it's a solid enough deal. Whatcha think? Cheers, Chuck

Secondary for beers, but I do all my meads with fruit in the primary.

Could be a bad seal on the bucket letting CO2 out through the gap between the lid seal and the bucket.

We had a Maibock vs. Maibock competition between myself and a buddy at my brother's a few years ago. The two of us each brought two cases of bottles, and it was all gone in two hours between ten people. I don't think anybody won, by the way.

11122 + 5 = 11,127

Worst brew day in a loooooooooooooooooooong time... -my sister and brother in law came by for a "surprise" visit with my niece, and suddenly we had a housefull to cook for -mash tun leaked -once the leak was fixed couldn't get back up to temp -ran out of propane, had to send SWMBO up to...