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  • Active Month and Future to come

    So it has been far too long since I have posted my escapades and it is about time that I did. First up, Cider update! The bottle conditioning has gone spectacularly well, the flavor has mellowed and now has a very festive flavor. It is still a little syrupy but that is ok for the…

  • Sometimes you gotta slurp up the Yeast! oh… and cider!!!!

    So my experiment with cider or spiced apple juice seems to be plodding along very very well. Apple Juice Dark Brown Sugar Agave Nectar Cinnamon Homemade Vanilla Extract (Vanilla Bean in vodka) This stuff has a nice bite to it and I was VERY pleased with the result. It has a complex collection of flavors…

  • Agave Test Batch

    Created a test batch of what could be either really tasty or really medicinally vile. Wanted to create a combination of honey cider with what I had around the house. Instead of honey I used Agave nectar. The total Bill looks a bit like the following (note sugar is a bit higher than probably necessary…

  • Sour Saturdays

    Saturday I had another great opportunity to sample some sour beers! I decided to just randomly pick one and what a random pick it was. I ended up picking a sour brown ale by name of “Duchesse De Bourgogne”. It had a really good sour start and crisp feeling to it this all followed by…

  • Keep it flowin

    In the words of my friend Matt, let’s keep the pipeline flowin. I’m not entirely certain this isn’t the advice of a raging alcoholic, but I’m willing to learn to keep something constantly fermenting and serving. Today I bottled 5 gallons of an Austin Homebrew Supplies Anniversary English Brown. I got this mash together about…

  • February Batch O Apfelwein

    Using the same recipe from January I put in a 2.5 gallon  batch of Apfelwein (2.5 gallons applejuice, 1 lb corn sugar, Pasteur Champagne Yeast). Took all of a couple minutes and used 1lb of corn sugar rather than 1.2lbs and good ol Motts.  Asorbic acid in these (fine for fermentation) but will add a bit of…

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