Anyone here into home brewing beer? Mead or wine?
I've been brewing ales now for about 3 years. My first two attempts were kits and both failed miserably. But nearly everything since has been good enough to compete with typical beers of their styles with a few that were better and some that were worse. Only one was dumped. My mash temp got away from me and left me with a sickly sweet oatmeal stout. I finished my 47th brew last night not counting the kits that failed.
I've been wanting to try making some mead, and recently had a dry hopped mead that was outstanding.
SWMBO has made 2 wines (apple and cranberry), but she'd lazy and they've just sat there. She's tried to bribe me to bottle them for her, but I feel it needs to be her baby since she was the one who made them. She quit helping me bottle my beer loooong ago.
We tried them both when she transferred them, and they were both pretty good actually. However she has left them in their Better Bottles and we moved, which had to have sloshed them around in the 2 hour drive. I figure they are likely oxidized now, and may not be worth keeping around. Maybe I'll inherit all of the wine bottles, corks, and corker when I finally jump into the meads. And maybe I can just make her a few wines (I don't often drink wine, and when I do I prefer a Shiraz or Chianti).
I've been brewing ales now for about 3 years. My first two attempts were kits and both failed miserably. But nearly everything since has been good enough to compete with typical beers of their styles with a few that were better and some that were worse. Only one was dumped. My mash temp got away from me and left me with a sickly sweet oatmeal stout. I finished my 47th brew last night not counting the kits that failed.
I've been wanting to try making some mead, and recently had a dry hopped mead that was outstanding.
SWMBO has made 2 wines (apple and cranberry), but she'd lazy and they've just sat there. She's tried to bribe me to bottle them for her, but I feel it needs to be her baby since she was the one who made them. She quit helping me bottle my beer loooong ago.
We tried them both when she transferred them, and they were both pretty good actually. However she has left them in their Better Bottles and we moved, which had to have sloshed them around in the 2 hour drive. I figure they are likely oxidized now, and may not be worth keeping around. Maybe I'll inherit all of the wine bottles, corks, and corker when I finally jump into the meads. And maybe I can just make her a few wines (I don't often drink wine, and when I do I prefer a Shiraz or Chianti).
