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Amazon First Read: Started on 7/1/24. I really liked this book. The characters are memorable. There are a lot of acronyms in the book that get a little muddy sometimes. Overall really liked it. Finished on 7/18/24. 18 Days. Garret and his cohorts are on the chase of a serial killer who dumps his victims …
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NOPE, Not a mead, but kind of is. 6/19/24 (Day 1) 1 Gallon recipe for the keg 2.12 lbs CDW Bavarian Wheat Extract .75 oz Citra hops (60 min boil) .80 oz Calypso hops (30 min boil) .50 oz Tettnang hops (5 min boil) 8 oz Trader Joes Honey 1 gallon spring water 1 package …
5/2/25 (Day 1) 1 Gallon Spring Water 32 oz Knudsen Black Cherry juice 32 oz Knudsen Tart Cherry juice 12 oz frozen raspberries 24 oz Frozen Sweet Cherries 2 Black Tea bags 1 oz Mexican Hibiscus 1 oz TeaJitsu Cherry Tea 2 lbs honey (I forget what I used) Mangrove Jacks Mead yeast Brewed the …
4/14/24 (Day 1) 2 Gallon recipe 1 lb Trader Joe’s Mesquite honey 3 lb Glenn’s Honey 2 gallons spring water Lalvin QA23 yeast 1 tsp Fermaid-O .5 – .8 oz Zatarains Root Beer extract Mixed the ingredients to start a traditional mead. I reconstituted the yeast with a small amount of water and honey. Will …
I started this book on 5/17/2024. I’ve read another book by John this year already. It was good with lots of twists so I hope I enjoy this on too. I finished on 6/3/2024. 18 Days. This was a very good book. Are you “matched” with the right one? What if the right one was …
4/11/24 (Day 1) 1 gallon recipe 2.11 lbs honey. I used several “leftover” honeys for this. 2 oz ginger. cut into slices 2 cinnamon sticks 1 Black Tea teabag 1/2 tsp clove Lalvin QA23 yeast 1 Gallon bottled water I started by boiling the ginger, cinnamon and tea bag for 10 minutes in 1/2 of …
Oh, Lucas…You old friend. I started this book on 5/1/24. Finished on 5/16/24. 15 days. Not to shabby. Great book. Good story. Characters really well written. I could picture them ALL. Carmel Sloan, a predominate lawyer ordered a hit on Allen Hale’s wife. The hit man was a woman, Drinker. They became friends and had …
4/14/24 (Day 1) 1 Gallon recipe 2 1/2 2 liters of Dr. Pepper (Just filled to the gallon mark) 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 packet Lalvin 71B yeast S.G. = 1.042 Mixed all ingredients and let degas. Pitched yeast dry. 4/15/24 (Day 2) 1 tsp Fermaid-O 5/1/24 (Day 18) Racked into clean vessel. S.G. =.996 …
Started this book on 4/17/24. Not sure if I’ve read anything by her yet. Looks interesting. So I finished this book today. 5/1/24. 15 Days. I really enjoyed it. Rosemary is a down and out on her luck woman. She’s got a menial job. Her sister Wendy is living with grandma. Parents died. Rosemary tries …
2/2/24 (Day 1) 1 Gallon Batch 2.8 lbs Kroger Clover honey 25 oz Torani Classic Caramel Syrup 1 tsp Fermaid-O 1/4 tsp wine tannin Lalvin QA23 yeast 1 gallon spring water from dollar tree Mixed all ingredients together and pitched dry yeast. S.G. = 1.110 or about 12% ABV if it goes dry 2/3/24 (Day …