BEER (and apparently, WINE)

[LordVreeg]

Damiliano Barolo 04 tonight... Yummy, with good acid balance,ending with some tar/chocolate followed by cassis.    Yummy

[Griznuq]

I have made several batches, one 6 gallon, and 2 1 gallons. Made them all the same day. The recipe calls for 2.5 lbs honey for the 1 gallon, and between 9 and 15 lbs for the 6.

The single gallons, I did one with Apple's and peaches, the other with blackberries... the blackberries clogged the airlock, and blew it off, spraying my ceiling...

The recipe calls for fermenting until 2 weeks after bubbling stops, racking (moving to a new container) every 2 months, for a whole year. ...curiosity got the better of me. I drank the single gallons after about 6 month, and honestly, they really weren't bad, particularly the berry one.

The 6 gallon batch I added oranges... which was stupid, because I don't really care much for orange juice to begin with, and I left the skins on... which was really stupid, it overtook the flavor.

my comment about not liking mead wasn't so much because of the taste, but the time investment. ...cider is muuuch faster.=)

[LordVreeg]

Saperi Barolo 05 tonight, brownish tinge color, lead and leaf and cinnamon on the nose, flavor starts with older berry, then a wash of dry tannin followed by a bit of sur an baking chocolate

[LordVreeg]

2005 Arnaldo-Caprai Sagrantino di Montefalco Collepiano    yummy, tight, long lasting,   with tart berry and tobacco flavors. 

[Humabout]

I have recently acquired a bottle of Bluemoon Meed from Royal Manor Vineyards and have to say it is awesome.  It is 2/3 blueberry fermented with 1/3 honey.  It has a strong floral bouquet and a very sweet taste (it's meed, after all). Totally worth trying if you ever get the chance!

[LordVreeg]

very cool, Huma...very rpg