So it has been far too long since I have posted my escapades and it is about time that I did.<\/p>\n
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 consistency that I was looking for. In the future I will be adding additional spice and changing from vanilla extract to vanilla beans into the secondary or the bottle. I will also be hoping to carb this up a bit more than I did. Either way, its drinkable so cheers!<\/p>\n
I found a cool flip top bottle (1 liter) at Fresh and Easy to hold the pumpkin cider (non-alc) which is a nice martinelli’s sparkling cider type drink with a strong flavor of pumpkin. These bottles will hold some of my future inventions and possibly light test batches.<\/p>\n
Ok, new hobby has been tea drinking. This is gonna get expensive now that I know the differences in flavors. The best way to introduce something in my life of course is to add it to beer. I am going to attempt a green tea beer or possibly an oolong tea beer. the flavors are very light so i have to figure that bill out. Anyone out there with recommendations feel free to comment. I have some cookie cutter ideas already but nothing specific. It will almost have to be a very light spiced beer rather than a traditional hop based beer. Although on second thought a spiced beer is historically more traditional than hops so cheers!<\/p>\n
More to come, more to come!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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