Archive for the ‘Beverages’ Category
Apfelwein III
Apfelwein III ( 3 gallons ) Ingredients: 1 gallon100% apple juice (No preservatives or additives) Tree Top 1 gallon apple juice – RW Knutsen Organic apple juice 1 gallon apple juice – Tree Top 3 apple blend 1 pound dextrose 1 five gram packet of Montrachet Wine Yeast. First sanitize the carboy, airlock, funnel, stopper [...]
Apfelwein II
Apfelwein II Ingredients: 3 gallons 100% apple juice (No preservatives or additives) Tree Top 1 gallon apple juice – RW Knutsen Organic apple juice 1 gallon apple cider – Fred Myer apple cider 1 pound dextrose 1 five gram packet of Montrachet Wine Yeast. First sanitize the carboy, airlock, funnel, stopper or carboy cap. Pour [...]
Barking Spider Cider
Barking Spider Cider Ingredients: 5 Gallons 100% apple juice (No preservatives or additives) I use Tree Top 2 cans of frozen apple concentrate, Tree Top again. 1 five gram packet of Lalvin #EC-1118 Champagne Wine Yeast. First sanitize the carboy, airlock, funnel, stopper or carboy cap. Pour all but one quart of the mixture of [...]
Edwort’s Apfelwein ( Hard German Apple Cider )
I use the following recipe as the base for my variations. Edwort’s Apfelwein Award Winning Apfelwein Recipe (German Hard Cider) Apple Wine Recipe Placed 1st in the Cider & Apple Wine category at the BJCP sanctioned Alamo Cerveza fest (out of 11 entries) and took 2nd place for Best of Show for the main category [...]
Christmas in September?
Ok, as a firm believer of “no things Christmas” until the day after Thanksgiving, there are exceptions to any rule. The main exception is the making of the best beer in the history of the world. That may be a little exaggerated, but you make some and decide for yourself. Now is the time to [...]
How to brew a batch of ale
Making beer or ale is fairly simple, once you have all the equipment. And you don’t need a ton of fancy equipment either. You need a brew pot ( at least 2 gallon ). A 6 gallon, food grade plastic bucket, with tight fitting lid and hole in lid for air lock. Search online for [...]
Fresh snow this morning
Woke up to about a inch of new snow this morning. Color me surprised! Ok not really. Late afternoon, after I got home from work, I went out back, where the green things grow, or try to anyway, and noticed the hop plants were starting to poke out of the ground. All’s they need in [...]
First Street Ale
This is a really good, potent beer, balanced and tasty. You should give it a try. O.G. 1.058 F.G. 1.010 Ingredients 3 lb Light Dry Malt Extract -Your favorite, I used Breiss Brewers Gold Light 1 lb Dark Dry Malt Extract – Your favorite, I used Briess Dark 2.5 lb Local light honey ( gives [...]