Recent content by Funktipus

We must be cut from similar cloth! Currently aging an elderflower metheglin. If you proceed with this idea, make sure you come up with a plan for filtering the flowers out! http://imgur.com/a/MGwbA This guy went to great lengths to make sure his in-game booze cabinet was fully stocked...

LOL, either that guy stole Drunkula's recipe, or it's the same guy! My Blackbriar is coming along swimmingly. Dried out (FG 1.001) but has plenty of fruit in secondary to add character. I plan on aging this one awhile, since it tastes pretty hot. It is, however, a fantastic color...

Nice! Make sure to post pictures when yours is done, and I'll do the same! :mug: I actually hadn't considered spicing the blackbriar at all, but that sounds really good, now that you mention it. I went pretty light on the fruit in primary, so I'm gonna add a ton more to secondary in about...

First and foremost, I am excited about where this thread may go. I promised a friend (who also plays Skyrim) that I would formulate recipes for him, here's what I came up with: Blackbriar Mead - Blackberry/Raspberry/Blueberry melomel, for reasons detailed by others. 5-gallon batch with 13...

Thanks for the input, guys! Got it into the carboy okay, after I rinsed it out and sanitized there was no off smell at all. The distortion wasn't really that bad, just a ring around the bottom turned into a little "waist". Sorta helpful, actually, as it gives me a handle when pouring out...

Hello all- Wish my first post could have been made under better circumstances (lol) but I made a rookie's mistake on my second batch. See, I was doing a partial boil, and needed some cool water in my plastic carboy for later. Naturally, I boiled a gallon, cooled it down with a near-frozen...