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It's the Joe's Ancient Orange Mead.

My understanding of the BJCP definitions is that the over 50% has to be honey, a stated beer style and/or honey type. Most of the recipes I've seen use wine or mead yeasts, not beer yeasts which might explain why when a beer yeast is used it gets classified as a 'honey' beer. I'm trying to get...

I only work 4 days a week Sat-Tues so I'm have one weekend night and two weekdays to get things done. With my mind being foggy I have to be sure to not do too much on one day otherwise I miss steps. WSG

*New* BarleyWine Braggot So this is a recipe I was putting together for another go at a braggot. Following a recipe for a BarleyWine beer, including hops and Ale yeast, only using more honey. This is for a 5 gallon batch. Shooting for a ABV between 6-8% 5# Honey (I'm pretty sure it's Cover)...

I did a batch and honestly one day it was cloudy and the next BAM! it was clear. It was pretty amazing. I would try this one again even though I think it's a bit too sweet. I plan on taking a bottle to a dinner party where there will be many people and maybe suggest it as something to drink with...

I have nothing going at the moment. Woreking these 3rd shifts at work has thrown me off schedule. I'm going to try and rack the Muscat again since it has cleared beautifully. The color is kind of a golden hue and I don't want it to sit on the lees for longer than a couple weeks. At this...

Fpac, pectic enzyme, and adding at secondary question Perhaps I've overlooked it but I've been searching for defnitive answers to a question in my head. So I guess I'll pose the question and sit back and wait for the experts to weigh in. I want to add a more intense raspberry flavor to a...

ok that makes good sense. see learn something new everyday.

I put the one gallon jugs in cupboards and I cover the 3 gallons with the shipping boxes they came in and I wrap the 6.5 gallons in a blanket or a t-shirt.

Hehe you and many others use that solution! With the heat of summer it's easy to drink a whole bottle, if its a cold bottle of white. WSG:b:b

ok I am lost. what does this do or is it art and has no function. Sculpture implies form not use beyond picture taking background to me.

Aww yes. I've had wines last a fair bit of time after being left open then having a cork shoved in after a few hours. I've started spraying a bit of inert gas and throwing a bottle on my corker and putting a new cork in if I'm not planning on drinking it again soon.

Thanx Malkore, I'm still doing more reading and 'tasting' and asking about. The weather is too hot to do anything but damage control on my wines. Strangely, I like the sweet and the bitter so figuring out when to add for light bittering and what hops add more flavor. I'm using clover as the...

NEW RECIPE: Pale Bunny Braggot 3lbs Pale Malt 5lbs Clover Honey 1lb Caramunich Malt 2oz Fuggles or Cascade Hops London Ale Yeast Yeast Nutrient Yeast Energizer I'm going for some thing a little heavier in flavor but lighter in alcohol so this one should be about a 3 gallon batch. I...

Update: I moved the must from primary to secondary I was able to fill a 3 gallon and half of a 1 gallon. I was concerned about the headspace but the wine wasn't really done fermenting so i'm sure there is a large enough cushion of CO2 that I'm not going to worry about it. I might add some white...

THere's also a Marionberry which grows in oregon and washington. which is in the blackberry family. i eat them all the time when I'm at home and i can buy it canned through oregon harvest as a puree. It's definitely better fresh than canned. WSG

I second the welcome! Kit wine was how I started making wine though I had made beer with friends. I like them for sheer volume of wine made. You can't beat the price and value of 28-30 bottles for under 100.00 (some are more but less likely to give away wine from a 125.00 kit). Great advice to...

Hi Slow learner, Welcome aboard! Wish you the best and I konw you'll get lots of good advice from the longtimers. I saw that you have a mulberry tree. we have one in our backyard but up until this year I never paid any attentoin to it because I wasn't making wine. How do you gather them and...

wine conditioned cranberry-raspberry So I had added wine conditioner to the cranberry-raspberry about a month ago (maybe 3 weeks) and it settled out and was sparkling and clear. This morning I bottled it, 3 gallons yielded about 14 bottles. I had enough to pour into a glass and let it settle...

Measures sugar, sucrose I think, content in brix scale. from that you can figure out the potential alcohol or how fermentation is going. These are what I use it for. I also don't have to take a large sample just a few drops.