You mead makers in the Portland metro area should check out the honey vendor at the Gresham farmers market. Three pounds of MT Hood wildflower honey for $8. Three pounds of Meadowfoam (my favorite) for $9.
Decent selection and good prices.
When my first granddaughter was 3 I brewed a cherry mead (Her name is Cherry) @ 18% to lay down for her 21st birthday. I have a brand new granddaughter named Iris and was wondering if I could use iris petals in a mead instead of the rose petals that some meads are made with.
My wife has never really been happy with our four year old fridge (too small for one thing) so we recently got a new one.
The old one is going in my brew room right next to my dedicated freezer. All the brews I want to age at cellar temp will go in there freeing up the freezer to be an all...
Does anyone out there add other fruit to their ciders? Like strawberry, cherry, raspberry or anything else?
A couple of years ago I used half apple and half pear.
After being out of work for over 4 1/2 months I found a good job and now that I have a couple of pay days under my belt I will be brewing again next sunday.
Got my stuff today from Bader Brewing (Steve Bader is the guy that does the Replicator column in BYO).
I'll be brewing a fresh batch of...