Recent content by Shakz

I just get it at my lhbs....its a fat frog hair over 2 bucks a pound but its cheaper than the store and its raw local honey. Its tasty...I can get it cheaper from the beekeeper $60 for 5gal or a buck a pound, But its a long drive to get to the keeper and I beleive in supporting my lhbs as he has...

I think its fine. Mine has white foam at the top too....every batch I have made so far. They have all turned out fine.

My LHBS reccomends I only store my yeast for a month but to keep it refrigerated. If I were you I would just try some different yeast. If you cant get to a LHBS then some Flashmans active yeast will work.......although I would try to get my hands on real wine yeast.

Wish we had those here.....in the great state of Texas we just throw everything away....no refund to get folks to turn stuff in. Its a shame. I could raid the recycled glass container at the school down the street but I think that could lead to some bad cuts and weird diseases! ;)

I have this one too and your right...its very easy to use. It came in the kit I bought a few years back. For $19 maybe $24 with shipping why bother with renting one. Hell for me thats not even a tank of gas. Of course if you cant spare the cash ( I have been there before) You can always save...

I have a bucket that is marked for 5 gallons, it says 6 is the bottom ridge of the top of the bucket. My question is: I see where they say to buy an 8 gallon bucket. But mine would be able to hold a 6 gallon recipe with maybe 2 inches on top of space when the lid is on. Do I need to buy an 8...

If you read through the post someone did try to make the 1gal recipe a 5 gallon recipe and it tasted like orange rinds. If you did it I would not multiply the amount of oranges by 5.....read through the thread or do a search on 5 gallons in it. I would not risk it though. Compaired to other...

This place has rave reviews....order a bottle from them. The brewmaster/owner did a podcast interview with a beer brewing website. They posted it on gotmead.com but I cant remember the website the interview is on. http://www.rabbitsfootmeadery.com/

Thats the method my grandma uses as well. I thought about it though and wont boiling the grapes kill off the tannins and cause issues with clearing?

Lived there for 3 years...they call them (phonetically) vinesharla. I loved em. Perhaps thats what I will do next time....nothing like a good ole apfelwine sharla :) Come think of it I drank all sorts of stuff mixed with mineral water...apfelsaft sharla....etc. I miss that country. Thanks for...

Ok Edwort....gimmie a number...how much can us Texans take without feeling like we got beat down with a 10lb sledge hammer?

Well I am 6ft 3in 240lbs.....I figured it was proportional.....:rockin:

I drank 96oz of it friday night.....Saturday OMG! I woke up in the middle of the night my head hurt so bad. Had to take some medicine and wait for that headache to go away before I could fall back asleep. One of my top 10 worst hangovers...did I screw up something? Is this normal? I expected a...

Hey guys just an FYI for those that live in or near houston. http://brew-it-yourself.com/ is a local brew shop in Spring (just north of houston) The owner/operator Ray is selling local wild flower honey. Its filtered and tastes amazing! Its very dark and if I recall correctly he is only...

Where did you get the bottles?