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 …
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MRM ~ The Square “Root” of the Sun…..Ra
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 …
John Marrs ~ The One
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 …
MRM ~ Karma
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 …
John Sandford ~ Certain Prey (Book 10)
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 …
MRM ~ Dizzy’s the Doctor
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 …
Rebecca Kelley ~ No One Knows Us Here
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 …
MRM ~ E.S.T. Smooth Caramel
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 …
MRM ~ Basie’s Spicy Pumpkin
2 Gallon Recipe 2/2/24 (Day 1) 2.26 oz Great Value 100% pure pumpkin 64 oz Tazo Pumpkin Spice Latte tea mix 2 lbs Great Lakes Golden Clover Honey (I think it’s from Kroger) 1 lbs Honey (other honey from Missy I think) Lalvin D47 yeast Mixed all ingredients together and pitched yeast. Using the new …
Gillian McAllister ~ The Choice
TikTok recommended book. Started on 3/30/24. I’m pretty sure I’ve read another one of her books. OMG I could not wait to finish this book. I didn’t like it at all. She rambled in her head waaaaayyyyy to much for me. Conversations were stupid, crime was unjustly punished and there was no “meat” to this …