1 Gallon Batch 8/29/25 3/4 gallon fresh cider 1/4 Gallon GV Apple Juice 2 Green Apples 3 Gala Red Apples 1/2 packet 71B yeast Mixed all ingredients, cut apples and added. S.G. = 1.052 (~6% ABV) 10/29/25 Racked off apples and yeast. Stabilized 1/31/26 Added 1/4 blueberry flavoring from Ikea and about 1/2 pound honey …
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John Sandford ~ Mortal Prey (Book 13)
Started on 2/26/26 Finished on 3/12/26 (13 days) Already read 1 Prey book this year. It was really good so I’m hoping this one is too. Rinker, the hired killer, was targeted along with her husband down in Mexico. They hit her in the belly, bullet went through and killed her husband. She’s pissed. Lucas …
Frieda McFadden ~ Brain Damage
Started on 2/22/26. We know Freida. I’m expecting wicked twists and turns in this book! Finished on 2/26/26. Yes 4 days. This book was amazing. Charly, a dermatologist, gets shot in the head. She lives. They find out who, what and why. Now it’s just recovery and more discovery. You feel like you are setting …
Kate White ~ I Came Back for You
Amazon first read. Started on 2/8/25 Four chapters in already and it seems pretty interesting. Finished on 2/21/26. 14Days! Lives get turned upside down when their daughter is killed. The killer, after spending 8 years in prison and is dying of cancer, admits to killing everyone BUT Riley. She goes back to her hometown and …
MRM ~ Jesus Juice
12/23/25 1 Gallon batch. 3 lbs Summer Blossom honey 128 oz Ocean Spray cran-pomegranite juice 24 oz Sunsweet pitted dates (dried) 1/2 tsp Fermaid-O 1/4 tsp Tannin 1/2 packet Lalvin Qa23 yeast Mixed all ingredients and pitched yeast. S.G. = 1.122 12/25/25 (Day 2) 1/2 tsp Fermaid-O 12/27/25 (Day 4) 1/2 tsp Fermaid-O 1/5/26 S.G. …
MRM ~ Giant Steps Strawberry
3/8/25 (Day 1) 1 Gallon recipe 3 lbs frozen strawberries 3 lbs orange blossom honey 1/2 packet Mangrove Jacks yeast 1 gallon spring water 1 tsp pectic enzyme Thawed strawberries with pectic enzyme. Mashed as best I could and mix ingredients. S.G. = 1.078 about 10.3% ABV if goes dry. 3/10/25 (Day 3) added yeast …
John Sandford ~ Chosen Prey (Book 12)
Started on 1/27/26. Just finished Zunker’s book today as well. Starting this 388 page book too. Finished on 2/5/26. 9 Days!!! This one really kept my attention! The story was very well written. Characters were awesome! Qatar draws pictures of women who he has never met. If he draws you it means he has (or …
Chad Zunker ~ In His Wake
I started this book on 1/18/26 and finished on 1/27/26. It was really good. Like 9/10 good. 9 days to finish. Father goes missing on his boat in Lake Travis. Presidential candidate is killed by a sniper. Reporter son and FBI son are working on the case. Characters were very well written. Chapters were short. …
James R Benn ~ The Rest is Silence (Billy Boyle Book 9)
Started on 1/1/2026. First book of 2026! A body washes on shore in a small town. Billy has to figure out who it was and where it came from. Finished on 1/17/2026. 16 Days. Billy and Kaz are working for Ike right before the invasion. Stationed at Ashcroft house they are tasked to find out …
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Todd Goldberg ~ Only Way Out
Started on 11/3/25 and finished on 12/2/25. 31 days. It’s not that it wasn’t interesting. It was. The characters were well written. I knew pretty much who everyone was. Story line was good. Jack (town sheriff and bad guy) witnesses an accident. He steals the “loot” of the accident victim.