More apocalypse, less angst
On the Mead front: After one week (in my case 8 days) of sitting in the primary (the plastic bucket) – it’s time for racking the mead. First I sanitized my siphon hose and pump and the 1-gallon jar. Removing the bag of fruit… Continue Reading “Blueberry Lavender Mead Step Three”
I was out in my garden earlier this evening – doing some after work weed pulling – and I noticed that my massive sage bushes are in full flower right now. In previous years I’ve thought it might be nice to harvest some of those… Continue Reading “Sage Flower Jelly”
I don’t quite know what got into me but this year for Brian’s birthday I decided to make an ice cream cake. From scratch. As you can see from the photo, and we had the pleasure of tasting last night, this turned out to… Continue Reading “Now that’s an ice cream cake!”
Step two in the mead-making process happens 24 hours after the campden tablet is added to the honey-juice. The recipe in True Brews calls for a liquid mead in a tube, but I ended up with a different mead yeast that was liquid but… Continue Reading “Blueberry Lavender Mead Step Two”