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I really, really don't want to go to Babys R Us to buy our friend a baby shower gift for this weekend. Sounds about as bad as a wedding show... but with hormones. Anyway. I was thinking it'd be cool to do up a card that says we'll put on a batch of mead, the day she gives birth, that...

Jalapeno Baklava – sounds bizarre, doesn’t it? This recipe adds beer and jalapenos to a traditional dessert, coming up with something awesome. There is almost no burn to this at all. Rather than bringing heat to the table, the jalapenos are there for a fruity, complex flavor. The...

Last summer, I developed this recipe for my husband... and for my blog. He'd been growing hops for the first time, so I thought I'd make him a funky new treat. It's a good way to use up any extra hops! This recipe sort of mutated from my "Jalapeno Beer Brittle" (another favorite, lemme know if...

Happened across a display of dates at my food wholesaler yesterday, decided I'd like to make a date wine... then decided maybe a mead would be better. I've got the base cooking up now: 5 lbs honey 1.25 gallons water 1 lb, 14 oz pitted dates (weight without pits), chopped up 2 bananas...

Hey all, We recently ordered 1kg each of 4 types of fruit puree: Pomegranate, lychee, rosehip, and fig. It comes out to a fair amount cheaper - not to mention a WHOLE lot easier, in some cases - than buying the fruit and preparing it ourselves. Of course, our intent is to make a wine out...

Just going to cut and paste the recipe from the blog entry I just wrote about it! Homemade “Cuties” Orange Mead Recipe This is the first mead that we ever made, and it turned out so amazing… everything else has pretty much paled in comparison. Definitely one of our top 3 favorite homemade...

My husband and I aren't big "holiday" people, in the traditional sense. Our big Christmas event this year was deciding to create a "Holiday" wine, brew it on Christmas eve, and look forward to drinking it NEXT Christmas, when we brew another batch of something holiday themed. It was a lot of...

Hey all, SO I've had my 1st flame war here, posted a recipe, and added photos to my empty gallery.. probably time to introduce myself! My husband and I started brewing last October. It was our second year in our new home, and the 1st year having to deal with a TON of apples on a giant tree...

Note: I wrote this recipe out for beginners, so there will be some "duh" to it here! This wine starts out very orange, thick, and pulpy. It won’t look anything like wine for a few months, as the pulp and yeast slowly settle. When all is said and done, you will be left with a crystal...