Search results

Williams 728
Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum

Help Support Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. T

    Advice on "Bobby Flay" mead

    I'm going to split up my 5 gallons of show mead I made a year ago. One of them is going to be my Bobby Flay mead, or Pomegranate capsicumel. My question, is, how would I impart a smoky spicy flavor into the mead? I loooove those cans of chipotle peppers packaged in adobo. And, I think that...
  2. T

    Prickly Pear Mead - How much Barney blood do I need?

    Hi, I'm in the process of making 1 gallon of a prickly pear mead. I had about 2#, and have it juiced to 4 Cups of barney blood. I think I can get more out of it..but I have class tonight. I'm looking to make a medium sweet wine. Here's my recipe. 4-5# local varietal honey 2# prickly pear...
  3. T

    Would this work: adding vanilla extract during bottling?

    I made 5 gallons of a pretty basic medium-sweet wine. I'd like to split half the batch up and add some vanilla. Would that work? If so, how much do y'all think I could add? I was thinking around 2oz based off Jack Keller's recipe. I made a pretty nice extract of just vanilla beans and...
  4. T

    Pumpkin Cider

    I'm looking to make a pumpkin cider, and was wondering if anyone had some good recipes? I have a bunch of cooked pumpkins, and my wife has already strained a lot of the juice from them - so we can make various chilis and desserts. A little help would be appreciated! Edit: My wife wants...
  5. T

    I think I made rocket fuel...

    On 9/12 I made 2 1 gallon batches of cider using red star champagne yeast (1 spiced 1 not). I did 1 gallon of HEB pasturized cider for 1 pound of dark brown sugar. I racked it off yesterday to a carboy and tasted it. I could taste the apple in there, but the taste of alcohol was overwhelming...
  6. T

    Texture?

    Hi, I started a 6 gallon batch of meade at the end of July. I put 15# of sue bee honey with red star champagne yeast. In August, I felt that the meade was too dry so I added 4# of fain's honey. It tasted wonderful. So, I stopped fermentation with campden, and decided to age it for a...
  7. T

    Turning dry meade sweeter..

    Hi. I'm making my first batch of meade. I racked into secondary on the 15th, and when I tested my creation it tasted much dryer than I had hoped. It also tasted pretty bland. I made a 6 gallon batch of wine, with 15 pounds of sue bee clover honey, red star champaigne yeast, nutrients, and...
Back
Top