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Dark and stormy Anybody drink dark and stormys? It's a boater drink, dark rum and ginger beer - very tasty. Anywho, I was thinking that a sparkling ginger mead would make an excellent substitute for the ginger beer, adding an additional alcoholic kick and an additional level of flavor...

Anybody drink dark and stormys? It's a boater drink, dark rum and ginger beer - very tasty. Anywho, I was thinking that a sparkling ginger mead would make an excellent substitute for the ginger beer, adding an additional alcoholic kick and an additional level of flavor. Here's the...

I make meads and beer but a friend makes his own maple syrup. Expense will not be a problem. Has anybody ever made a maple syrup "mead" or m.s. wine? Any tips, hints, recipes (proven)? I realize that most maple flavor will go away. But will it come back like honey notes do after a mead...

I have a question and i know you guys here are always able to help. I had a beer up in Frankenmuth Michigan at Zenders (famous for their chicken dinners). They had a wonderful golden pilsner named Cowpath. The best i can describe it is "buttery". Has anybody ever heard of this? I cant...

So i accidentally left a high gravity apple wine i had made his fall outside during this blistering minus 30(f) weather. "What was I thinking".? Recipe: 3 gallons high quality michigan cider. OG 1.05 Lalvin D47 (i knew i would need it) Honey/costco I pitched the lalvin in and let...

I just popped a couple of bottles of MY version of JAOM + stark raven mead+ burnt bouchet. It is a keeper. Wont bore with details about the honey boil, read Stark Ravens account. It is super in depth. Used clover honey and burnt to basically black. Added water cooled and pitched...

I am wanting to make a prickly pear mead. Michigan is not conducive to cacti growth. Is there a reputable online vendor, i.e. the bean guy on eBay is great for vanilla beans. Also, i have seen prickly pear powder. Ay thoughts on this? Thx.

I started a burnt mead about 2 months ago. Og, 1.122, pitched safale 05 along with energizer and nutrient. Aerated appropriately. It has finished out at 1.022. (Took 2 months - this was on the advice from a comercial mead maker in detroit) Definetely in the dessert/ sweet mead range. I was...

My mom just retired after 56yrs of work. She has been to hell and back the last few years (been on deaths door with necrosed intestines - rotten gut). She and i used to be drinking buddies and she has lost her taste for beer :( Just 2 days ago she told me she was craving "something new"...

I have a friend who is stationed in Germany on the border with that country with a lot of consonants in its name (czchslvk - something like that). Anyway he says he is drinking budweiser over there that tastes awesome. REALLY?!?! He is not a "bud" drinker. He says it is totally different and...

I just bought 6 gallons of a petite syrah (chilean juice). No skins or stems. Hydrated my D21 and pitched it in to 70deg juice. 24 hours later, crazy fermentation(visible agitation) and a sulphur smell. Gravity is already down to 1.80 I have gotten LOTS of advice to stir this several...

Ok, so i Know this has probably been done but I can't find it. I am on my second batch of cider/applewine. My OG was 1.092. I used Lalvin 71B. Pitched it about 3 weeks ago. My "FG" reading was done less than a week ago and it was at 1.016. I was very confused. Went to the local homebrew...

My grandma used to make a drink called "cherry bounce" that my dad raved about. Alas, they are both dead and all i can remember is that my dad said grandma would just use cherrys and let them sit in a big jar. Can that be true? They did live in northern Michigan where the Cherry Festival is...

I am sure somebody has covered this but i can't find it. So here goes: Just started doing hard cider. Tried several recipes at once with different jugs. 2 of them are SOOOOO dry right now. Will aging bring back the apple flavor? (this was good cider from a mill) Also, what are any...