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I have a family tradition that we brew a small batch of mead for every child that's born and save the bottles to open on big life events (1st birthday, 21st, wedding, 1st grandchild, etc). I lived in Colorado when we had my daughter so I made a Colorado wildflower honey, ginger-peach mead. At...

Thanks so much for the feedback. I had a feeling you guys would tell me to ditch the boil, gypsum and irish moss but was scared to venture away from the Papazian recipe without some experienced mead makers feedback. I'll be making this soon and really appreciate the help.

I've been homebrewing for a couple years now, but want to make a small batch of mead. My wife and I are expecting our first child in January and I wanted to steal my cousin's idea of making a small batch of mead to open bottles on major events in her life (1st birthday, Sweet 16, Wedding day...

So this is my second time coming up with a recipe from scratch and I'm hoping for some feedback before brewing again. My last recipe (Fresh Hop Pale Ale) turned out excellent, with a lot of credit to you guys for tips/advice. For this brew I want to make a good pecan spice seasonal without going...

So brew day went overall pretty smooth. Here's what I ended up going with. Brought 2 gal water to 160*F Added grains (1# munich, 0.5# victory, 0.25# honey) Steeped for 45 minutes. Warmed ~1 gal additional water to 170*F Sparged grains through strainer into wort. (Pic 1) Added a little...

That really helps a lot. I'm really excited for this one; and I'll take the advice and call it a Colorado Cascade Fresh Hop Pale Ale. Brew day tomorrow; I'll definitely post updates with how it goes, gravity readings and eventually a final product. Can't say thanks enough for the feedback.

Thanks for the help. I'm thinking I'll take y'alls advice and change the hop schedule a bit (add 5oz Cascade at 10min and 5 min) and maybe cut the honey malt to 1/2 pound. That and adding the DME later, but I'm unsure of when to add it. At the end of the boil? I'm gonna take the risk and dry...

I was planning on adding extract up front, but definitely can add it late if it makes more sense. I've only followed kits where it's all added up front so far. When would you recommend the second half being added? After the 60min boil? The steeping grains are copied from some Terrapin...

So this will be my first batch not following a kit or recipe posted elsewhere and before I get brewing I was hoping to see what you guys thought. I got 2# of local fresh frozen hops (not dried) from a friend, so I've created my attempt of a Fresh Hop IPA. Here's the plan. 36 hours pre-brew...