So I decided to make mead for the holiday season this year (may have started it a bit late, but oh well). The goal is to make 2 2.5 galon batches of mead, each with a different fruit.   I started by making a 5 galon batch of mead using 15 lbs of clover honey […]

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Well, Memorial Day Weekend is over and a great break from the grind, but now I am back at it and swinging hard.   The beers turned out amazing, though a bit over carbonated from the trip up there. Had to pour them slowly or I got nothing but head. I think the Surly Furious […]

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Sorry for not posting for a long time, life has been kinda crazy lately and updating the blog on my beer brewing hasn’t been top of the priority list. I am back though and hope to post a lot more as I continue brewing.   Over the weekend I bottled two batches of beer for […]

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My sister and I decided we were going to make some hard apple cider to take with us to Thanksgiving at our dad’s. We started with 4 gallons of pure apple juice and added a little over a cup of brown sugar per gallon. We fermented them with champagne yeast right in their own bottles. […]

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