First Mead of 24!!!! 1/4/24 (Day 1) 2 lbs Golden Lake Honey 1.95 lbs Maple Syrup from farmers market (Left some for back sweetening) 1/2 tsp Tannin 1/2 tsp Fermaid O Lalvin QA23 Yeast (rehydrated in spring water) Spring water S.G. = 1.100 (13.3% if it goes dry) So I originally had this in a …
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MRM ~ Tatum’s Black Currant Masterpiece #5
10/16/23 MRM ~ Tatum’s Black Currant Masterpiece #5 1 Gallon batch recipe: 28 oz Rebina Black Currant concentrate 1 tsp acid blend 1/2 tsp wine tannin 3 lbs plain white sugar Lalvin RC212 yeast (16% tolerance) Crystal Gyser water Mixed all ingredients and topped to 1 gallon with water. O.G. = 1.140 (potentially 18.8 if …
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Natalie Barelli ~ Finders Keepers
Must be an Amazon First Read. It’s not in Caliber library. First time reading the author. I just finished Mike Omer’s “Please Tell Me”. Starting this book on 1/24/24. 2/4/24 and I finished the book. 12 Days Rose, the troubled youth (but not really) is in love with one of her teachers. She’s keeping a …
MRM ~ Schneider’s Strawberry Pt.1
12/1/23 (Day 1) 4 lbs Frozen Strawberries 1/2 tsp Pectic Enzyme 1/2 tsp Wine Tannin 1/2 tsp Acid Blend 10 grams Fermaid O 5 lbs Golden Lake Honey 2 tsp Bentonite clay 1 packet D47 yeast O.G. = 1.080 10.6% ABV (possible if goes dry) Mixed all ingredients. It’s a little more than 2 gallons …
Mike Omer ~ Please Tell Me
Amazon First Read. Started on 1/15/24. I really like his style of writing so I think this may be a good one. 1/24/24 and I finished the book today. I couldn’t put it down. It got to the sweet spot where everything started coming together and just WOW! Robin, a single woman therapist, is helping …
MRM ~ Nelson’s Chocolate Orange
12/1/23 (Day 1) 2 lbs Golden Lake Honey 2 tsp Sweet orange peel 4 g Fermaid O DV10 yeast O.G. = 1.074 9.8% possible Spring water up to (a little more) a gallon Mixed all ingredients, shook the bejesus out of it and pitched yeast. 12/4/23 (Day 3) I added 1/2 tsp yeast nutrient and …
James R Benn ~ Death’s Door (Book 7)
Started on 1/1/24. Back to an old friend. 1/14/24 I finished the book. 14 days. Billy, Kaz and Big Mike are sent to the Vatican. There was a murder of a priest. Billy has to rescue Diana, find the killer and stay alive. He does a great job of all three of those. This was …
Gillian McAllister ~ Wrong Place Wrong Time
Started this on 12/21/23. I think I should be able to finish this before the end of the year. I’ve only been reading one night and I’m already about 15% into the book. Is she having De Ja Vu or is she a time traveler? I finished on 12/31/23. 10 Days. Not to shabby but …
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MRM ~ BlackBerry Jelly Roll Morton
Original creation day is 10/16/23. This is a split from John Handy Traditional 11/5/23 (Day 1 of split) 1 gallon yield This is the split mead. I used Lahua honey for a traditional mead and separated a gallon off of it. I added 2lb frozen black berries and 1 oz American Oak and .5oz whiskey …
MRM ~ Roland’s Ancient Orange
10/26/23 (Day 1) 3lbs Menards Honey 3 lbs Sam’s club Honey 2 Navel Oranges 2 Cinnamon Sticks 3/4 tsp Ginger 3/4 tsp Clove 2 tsp bread yeas 2 Gallons Spring water I mixed all the ingredients. In the original JAOM recipe it says mix and let sit. No gravity, no swirling, nothing…That’s what I did, …