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It is a Welsh dragon symbol.

This is an example of the embossing I am doing. It looks better in person.

I bought a stamp to add a finishing touch to some rather plain paper labels I made and when I was looking for an ink that wouldn't bleed with a little condensation, I found some embossing ink and embossing powder for a few dollars. I bought it, and using a heat gun, I made a raised Welsh dragon...

Hello, I am living in the Northwest corner of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Does anyone else live in this region of the world? I need some critiquing of the cider I made and I figured that who better to do it than a forum of brewers. Also available for comments/suggestions is a peach melomel, a...

Here is a close up of the labels, even though it is sideways.

Flip top bottles are the coolest looking mode of bottling.

Here is a part of the batch after it cleared.

Chocolate Mead

The 4 types of bottles I used. Most were of the type to the far left, except for the 12 bottles of the far right type I made as gifts.

I chose to use wax to seal over the corks because most of these will end up as gifts. I used a Welsh dragon seal on the top. (My family has roots in Wales.)

The label looks pretty good I think. If anyone has anything they think would make it look better, feel free to comment.

This is my first batch. I got the name from the fact that some of my relatives say they wouldn't drink something I made (say it might make them go blind and such ignorance). It is also the name of a webcomic I read. The author gave me his blessing.

Thank you guys very much. This was my first batch using anything other than wine yeast, and now I am being told that the Nottingham I used is prone to sulfurous smells anyway. So I guess I will just wait and see.

If I am not kegging, what would you recommend? If I am carbonating with dry ice(inadvisable, I know, but I think I have it worked out) can I flush the smell by adding extra dry ice and letting most of the CO2 out before sealing it?

I made a batch of cider about a month ago and now that it is clearing, it still smells odd...maybe a hint of sulfur. When you taste it you get no hint at all of this. What could be wrong? Will it likely go away? Thanks.

Pasteurizing may or may not be the right answer...I don't know. I just know you shouldn't put it directly onto heat. Any other question is a little out of my expertise.

I learned something this evening I already knew. If you put a glass container on an electric stove element, even on low, the glass can/will crack and the contents will spill all in your stove and across your floor. Especially if the bottom of the container is full of honey that didn't dissolve...

I have gotten quite a few from the main city recycling drop off. It is a large roll off bin with a welded metal lid to allow sorting. The good thing about it is that I can get dozens in the same size and shape for free at once. Most of the bottles still contain a slight bit of alcohol, and if...

I haven't been at this all too long, but I will offer this tip. To cut down on costs, some grocery stores carry 5 gallon glass watercooler jugs. A local Marvin's IGA sold me one for a $15 deposit. It is identical to the $35 dollar carboy at the local home brew store, and I can return at any...