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If you do that you can send me a bottle as a b-day present. ;)

Haha, sorry, I found that part funny. :D

I would probably shoot for a spiced cyser. Cinnamon and cloves lend well to apple as well as honey. However, if you didn't like any of the recipes on gotmead.com, I'm at a loss. They have a lot of mead recipes. The only mead I've made so far is a spiced cyser, but it'll take a bit longer...

That's what I was thinking as well. That 15 minute boil would extract a lot of essential oils. I think I may go with both your suggestions. Taste it at racking time and if necessary, add a spice tea.

Hmm, guess I didn't think about that. When I brewed my Winter Ale, I let that bulk condition for about 3 months and had no issues with bottle carbonation. That wasn't a really high ABV though. Only came in at around 5%-6%. I may have to consider bottling a bit sooner. I'd hate to sit on a...

I don't mark the package with anything. In fact, I've never had someone ask what I was shipping. I've never shipped internationally though. Depending on the country and their laws it could be quite illegal. If UPS was to ask me, I'd just say they were collectibles.

I just brewed a Rochefort clone (based off Evan!'s recipe) and it's been in the bucket for about 4 days now. The problem is that I forgot to add Corriander to the boil. I spaced out on it completely until today when I reviewed the recipe. This brings about my question. Should I take some...

Not to be an ass, but what does this have to do with the 8-8-8 RIS? :confused: Back to the topic at hand, I think I'm going to let mine bulk condition for awhile and probably bottle it come March.

Looks like I forgot how to spell "preferred" though. :p

Never seen that stuff before, but no one likes to distribute to MN for some reason. The only canned craft brew that I've had that was decent is Surly.

More proof that this world is f'ed up. Anything that comes in a case of cans in not worth pulling over. :p

I've done the 2 beers/1 water route and it works great. It gets difficult after awhile to remember to drink water, but if you stick with it you should be fine.

I actually just did a PM version of this recipe last night, but bumped down the ingredients to enter the tripel realm (or Rochefort 8). I really preferred their tripel over their quad. Looked and tasted good when I finished up...now we wait.

That is a major concern. Good thing I shell out all that medicare tax, right? /sigh Thinking about this makes me consider moving to Canada.

I've never relied on SS being there when the time comes for retirement. I have a decently matched 401K and IRA currently running and I'll have some stock options come up this Spring that I need to look into. Retirement for most of Generation X and beyond is going to have to be self-funded...

I saw a news article about the Scarlet Ranch awhile back, you could always visit there. Sounds like fun. ;)

From what started as a rant, this thread has turned out to be pretty interesting. This topic hits close to home with me since my wife and I are DINKs for life. We decided about 5-6 years ago that kids weren't for us. We're both 30 now and our thoughts on the matter haven't changed one bit (F...

I'm hoping to have lager capabilities by this fall, so I'll probably be in for this one. I need to make myself one of those Igloo cooler mods Yooper has since I don't see a fridge/freezer in my near future. As for recipe, I'll leave it in the hands of BP. The 8-8-8 seems to be turning out...

I live about 6 miles from Midwest. It's a blessing and a curse. I can drive there whenever I need something, but that's inherently the problem. ;)

I pitched one full pack of rehydrated Red Star Montrachet wine yeast. I think one pack is 5 grams.