Just heard of Cyser, a cider and mead hybrid. Giving it a try. My buddy Gary came over to help. Ingredients 1 gal water 1 gal organic apple juice – $8 5.5 lb local wildflower honey – $35 ½ tsp pectic enzyme 1 ½ tsp yeast energizer Yeast: Red Star Premier Blanc (champagne) – $1 Research: This is a low flocculation yeast. Interested in finding a high ABV, high flocculation yeast. Notes…

Finally sharing some of my pickle adventures in detail so others can try things out. 1 cup daikon radish sticks 1 cup carrot sticks 6 cloves garlic 1/2 tsp cumin 1 tsp peppercorns sea salt spring water Peel the radish and carrots then cut into sticks. Put about 6 cloves of garlic into the bottom of a clean 1 qt canning jar and pack it full of daikon and carrot. You want…

Ingredients 15 lb Fuji apples – $22.50 2 gal organic apple juice – $18.00 8 oz date sugar Yeast: Red Star Premier Blanc (champagne, up to 17% alcohol) – $1.00 Notes I did not use pectin enzyme For > 10% alcohol, need 1.1 OG (https://www.omnicalculator.com/other/alcohol-by-volume) OSG: 1.0666 (1.064, add 0.0026 due to 80 F) FSG: 0.999 (measured at 58 F) Final ABV: 8.79%! Ph 3.65 Why secondary fermenter?  To get it off…