November 2, 2015
Who says you have to use cloves sparingly. New year, new mead, and Tarou and I decided to do separate batches. For Tarou’s new mead of the new year, he decided to go with Desert Honey and cloves, with the ratios based on his previous Sweet Mead. 17 gm bottle of Whole Cloves 4.5 lbs […]
November 2, 2015
In fine tradition, new mead for a new year. This year Tarou and I decided to do separate batches, based on the recipe for his Sweet Mead. I decided to use raw honey and strawberries. 2 lbs frozen strawberries 6 lbs Aunt Sue’s Raw Wild Natural Honey 14.5 cups hot water 1/2 tsp Red Star […]
November 2, 2015
Another year, another mead. After the first mead was good but dry, this time Tarou decided to try for sweeter. Out of my own curiousity, instead of clover honey this time I got orange blossom honey mostly because I personally like the flavor better. 5 lbs orange blossom honey 1/2 tsp Red Star yeast 12 […]
November 2, 2015
So once upon a time, I had this idea of making plum wine. So I looked up how you make plum wine, and found out that it was sadly pretty boring. Umeshu is its proper name, and it isn’t wine at all, but fruit in distilled liquor. So if one had access to ume, one […]
August 20, 2014
By the time I decided I wanted to take something to Yule, it was too later to start sake. After some looking at various things, I learned cider wasn’t hard to do and only took a short time. With that in mind, I attempted an apple cider with a cinnamon and clove taste. 1 tsp […]