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i think it makes a difference in long term storage, or maybe it just gives me peace of mind.. plus it makes it easier to resist temptation of cracking open something you don't have a lot of.

yes bomba is carbonated, i know better than that ;) it's not a super heavy carb, but its suitable for higher abv stuff with lighter carbonation, the bottles are pretty decent quality

bahaha i see those at the liquor store all the time never can bring myself to buy them, used to drink the 40's every so often also, for the record bomba tastes like crap.. they only had the ruby orange flavor at my location; drinking them made me feel sick - and i love energy drinks

hey guys, i was perusing the local big lot's store (warehousey discount chain) and found my way in their energy drink selection and spotted bomba energy contained in a glass bottle - the cap that comes on it is not your standard crown but regardless, I tested and they will take standard bottle...

+5 = 12,064 this batch has 3tbs of molasses, 2lb raw sugar, and motts natural juice with cotes de blanc hope it tastes as good as it smelled/sample tasted :D

wow finally the end i've read this thread from start to finish, which over the period of weeks has taught me loads :D right now i'm drinking a glass of my first batch of apfelwein made per ed's directions at the start of march, it's still quite young but oh well :D this was the first thing...

yay lansing, near the west side, in grand ledge theres a nice homebrew shop called the red salmander, they're pretty cool there and offer used equipment and will happily chat with you. things beer is great too, good prices and selection (i'm just closer to the west side) for good beer stores...

Nice, I found this thread quite helpful - the cost of cubes at my lhbs is around 5-6 bucks for a smallish bag, so i'd rather get the most for my money and have them on hand than to be forced to buy more if i want to try something woody.

Time to revive this thread :D If you plan on using the whole fruit variety that is found at the grocery store, i wouldn't suggest blending to create a puree as you might crush seeds in the blackberries, raspberries and they end up tasting astringent. I just started a 5 gallon batch of wine with...

So i've only made 2 wines involving honey, but I have a gallon of cherry melomel with 3lbs of honey in it that has been sitting in primary for aprox 10 days. From other winemaking I was thinking 2 weeks would be a good time to rack to secondary but decided to research and found some threads...

11715 another 5 gal, this one with demera cane sugar and lalvin d47

baha! those are awesome, nice find man :D

wow! thanks for all the tips! you guys are awesome, i was planning on doing a bigger batch of mead soon, so i'm glad i was informed of ways to preserve the deliciousness before i jumped into it. I would have never thought to aerate with a blender :D The wildflower honey i've come across at the...

thanks guys! it ended up filling up again so i decided to switch to a blowoff tube, and now it's bubbling away at a much faster rate than before i didn't fully boil the honey but just simmered it a bit till it started foaming up, i thought it was a good idea incase of wild yeasts or something -...

ok, so this is my second batch of anything and i decided to try out a pyment, which ended up if i'm to understand correctly is a hippocras (since lavender is included, that makes it a hippocras right?, if not is it still a pyment?) i'm new to the mead terminology :D here's the recipe i...