Recent content by hurleyburley

Thank you, thank you. Greatly appreciate it. I think my lilac bush will be useful, this spring.

There must be a decent "starters guide" out there for making mead. I make cider and there is a small section about mead in my guide, but what are wild yeast sources is my big question? I am guessing the flowers, bark, or twigs, or other mediums you use, but is there enough in raw, unfiltered...

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Thanks, Al. If you or anybody hears of some bulk pear juice/cider, especially organic, in our area please post for all to see. Peach wine made with cider yeast could be really good, as well. St. Julian has a really good sparkling peach wine. It is inexpensive and very tasty. I would like to...

In The USA, hard apple cider is defined as having ABV below 7%. Anyting over 7% is considered wine by The US Federal Government. How we were getting Strongbow at 7.5% when it first came out is beyond me. I am guessing rules are different in Great Britain and somebody didn't catch it for a while.

Al, I am hoping that you see this. I see that you live in Evart so I thought you might be able to direct me. It looks like you are pretty active on this site, so I am posting with the hope that you or somebody in West Michigan has info. I am new to this forum, new-ish to cider making. I have...