Brewing
Homebrew recipes, fermentation logs, and brewing notes.
My Brews
Active batches in progress and completed brews ready to drink.
Cherry Mead
A sweet cherry melomel recipe using wildflower honey, frozen cherries in a mesh bag, and Red Star Premier Blanc yeast with double fruit addition for flavor.
Strawberry Wine
A fresh strawberry wine recipe using pureed fruit, a Camden tablet to kill wild yeast, and Red Star Cote Des Blancs. One-gallon batch ages a year at 11.3% ABV.
Blackberry Mead
A deep purple blackberry melomel fermented dry then back-sweetened and bottle-pasteurized. Lessons from a first attempt: take gravity readings and weigh honey.
Dandelion Mead
A bright floral mead brewed with foraged dandelion petals and Ambrosia honey. Red Star Premier Cote ferments clean, leaving herbal tea notes in a golden pour.
Brewing Articles
Articles and notes about brewing techniques, equipment, and experiments.
Mead Water Chemistry
A comprehensive guide to water chemistry for mead makers — from ion fundamentals to building custom water profiles for different mead styles.
Intro to Making Mead
A complete beginner's guide to making mead at home, from equipment and ingredients through fermentation, back-sweetening, pasteurization, and bottling.
Fueling the Fermentation: Supporting the Brewing Journey
Support my brewing experiments via Ko-fi. Contributions fund quality honey, specialized yeast, and rare fruit additions for detailed mead-making findings.