Erisian Brewer's Cadre. Or: How I saw the Goddess in the first place

[Choptop]

Yep, I'm very pleased.  If I had known how easy it was, I would have been making mead and/or cyser long before I started brewing beer.  Looks like I'll have something tasty to keep me warm now that NC has finally gotten coooold.

[Choptop]

PLUS, I'm planning on brewing an American IPA extract kit Saturday.  I was originally aiming for Friday after work (I get off early afternoon on fridays) but one of the local breweries is doing a tour day that afternoon, so I'm gonna go drool over their gear.

[Precious Moments Zalgo]

Yep, I'm very pleased.  If I had known how easy it was, I would have been making mead and/or cyser long before I started brewing beer.  Looks like I'll have something tasty to keep me warm now that NC has finally gotten coooold.

What part of NC are you in?  Are you a member of any homebrew club?  There are several throughout the state.  I'm a member of Carolina Brewmasters in Charlotte, and also Cabarrus Homebrewers Society in Concord.

[Choptop]

I live sort of in the middle between Burlington and Mebane.  I've been to a couple of the Durham homebrew club's events, but I'm too lazy to drive out there every week.

[Precious Moments Zalgo]

Yeah, that would be a bit of drive for you.  There's also a club in Greensboro, but that's probably even further for you.

I'm about the same distance from the Charlotte club as I am from the Winston-Salem one.  It's kind of a hefty drive, but our meetings are only once a month.  I don't often make it to many of the other events.

[Eater of Clowns]

This honey is premium uncut shit, man, it's high quality product.

PMs have been sent to those who ordered.  My father is requesting that I stop selling it because apparently when he said "sell as much as you can" he wasn't exactly expecting that I could probably get rid of his entire harvest in a week.  Once he gets a count of the jars he's sold and the ones that he'll be giving away for Christmas, he'll probably open back up.

ETA:  I just got a chance to taste this year's harvest.  Previous description does not apply.  This one seems a bit more standard fare fresh as hell honey than the spicy oddness of the last batch.

Also, he didn't apply labels.  Which means I get to apply my own.  MUAHAHAHAHA.

[Jenne]

about the labels!  Hey, read my 2nd pm!

NM, reading your reply now.   

[Precious Moments Zalgo]

My Belgian Strong Golden ale with Strawberries took 2nd place out of 15 in the Belgian and French Ale category yesterday.  w00t!

[Suu]

Excellent!

Mine is for the most part ready to go this weekend. I don't think I'll win anything, but it should be a good time.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

My Belgian Strong Golden ale with Strawberries took 2nd place out of 15 in the Belgian and French Ale category yesterday.  w00t!

Holy shit! That's awesome!

[Richter]

Excellent!

Mine is for the most part ready to go this weekend. I don't think I'll win anything, but it should be a good time.

It's all about the drinking and BS'ing anyways.

ALSO:  NOt quite a brew, but I've mixed up 2 batches of caribou.

#1: The quickie
1/4 gallon burgundy (carlo rossi)
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup Tomatin Scotch

- Actually works!  The stuff tastes like a heavy mulled wine, with a bit of smokiness from the scotch.  Using a canadian whiskey with a lighter flavor is likely best to avoid this.  As much as I'd like to play with the flavors, I'm not wasting good scotch on the endeavor.  I also just mixed up and drank this stuff, and didn't let it sit like I've heard you're supposed to.


#2 The real shiz.

In a 1 Gallon jug:

1 1/2 cups maple syrup
750 ml Canadian Mist whiskey
Carlo Rossi burginy to top up the jug

- Much smoother flavor than the version above.  Having never drank candian mist before I tried some straight.  Not bad, but didn't stand out as an "OMG flavor" experience like scotch, or "ARG I HATE MYSELF" like a drinkin' whiskey. 
This gallon is agiing until 12/19-ish Moosemass 

[Jenne]

Honey has arrived.  Is very awesome.  Y'all be jealous! 

[Suu]

Winner, best Beer/Cider = Richter, with his Armor Cleaner Mark 2 Cyser

Winner, best Mead= Suu, with her Short n' Spicy.







....I also accidentally work this morning. 

[Precious Moments Zalgo]

Congratulations to both of you.

[Suu]

I was pretty surprised, the competition was tough. There were a lot of entries...Hence why when I got up at 7 to go to work, I was like, "Um, no."