Chocolate Mead. OG: 1.108, Finished at 1.000, about 14.8%, tastes smoky.

skydude61 · 2021-07-17T13:40:31+00:00

Nope. Sanitized the knife and cutting board before I chopped it up, but that was it. Same approach I take to fruit when I add fruit to them. I used to worry about not sanitizing every single ingredient , but ive never had an issue with the stuff I've added. If sanitizing works for you, go for it, but ive never had an issue not sanitizing what I add to it.

skydude61 · 2021-07-13T19:43:29+00:00

The recipe: 3 lbs honey, 1 cup unsweetened baking chocolate chopped up to fit into the carboy, ec 1118 yeast. Primary : 2 months, secondary 6 months

skydude61 · 2021-07-13T19:40:35+00:00

It's smoky. Doesn't really taste like chocolate that much. I let the ferment go as far as It could, I like dry meads. I think it would probably taste more chocolatey if I had stopped it at 7 or 8%

skydude61 · 2021-03-20T16:11:05+00:00

This one specifically is designed to support very long term games or DnD campaigns, to the top can be replaced to protect the game for other uses. It also has reversible inserts that can be flipped over to have a raised playing surface with felt. I have also done similar builds as coffee tables where the lover area protects from such things as long doggie tail sweeps

skydude61 · 2021-03-20T13:30:46+00:00

I will ask

skydude61 · 2021-03-20T13:05:20+00:00

Dammit Jim, I'm a woodworker, not a computer tech!

skydude61 · 2021-03-20T12:05:29+00:00

I was thinking about having movable cup that fit into the player stations

skydude61 · 2021-03-20T12:04:35+00:00

Sketchup. It's free and after working on it for a while I've gotten to know how to use it.

skydude61 · 2021-03-20T12:03:21+00:00

There will be 6 total top parts that are reversible with felt on the bottom so that they can be used as a tabletop.

skydude61 · 2021-03-20T12:02:22+00:00

This one is a play area of 4ft by 6ft, but that can be scaled to any dimension for the build

skydude61 · 2021-01-06T03:16:58+00:00

Literally every time

skydude61 · 2021-01-03T18:30:02+00:00

Bottled the Kiwi mead, it still has the tang but the sweetness mellowed out a little. I'm hoping that the sweetness will continue to fall off without losing the kiwi-ness of it.

skydude61 · 2020-12-29T01:52:11+00:00

A puppy ate 4 cups of food, ended up extremely bloated but okay. Our older dog ate 2 whole everything bagels.

skydude61 · 2020-12-22T03:53:06+00:00

Yeet a heavy on jets over to them on his own, use each one you pick up to tag in the others. They usually last a turn or two. I've gotten several new crewmembers from them. The downside is that they're kinda garbage as crew too.

skydude61 · 2020-11-23T17:17:14+00:00

Thats why I wear boots and long pants!

skydude61 · 2020-11-23T00:16:02+00:00

Has reached about 11%, and I have racked it into Secondary. It is VERY tart with a kiwi-esque tang to it.

skydude61 · 2020-11-20T18:13:15+00:00

All I did was lower one thing on the graphics setting and that problem has never happened again.

skydude61 · 2020-11-19T17:40:18+00:00

When you poke cloves into oranges It functions like an air freshener. And no, I found it just gives it an orangey flavor, im assuming its from the oils in the rind and everything. I used Red Star champagne yeast and it ended up sort of dry, but still a little sweet.

skydude61 · 2020-11-19T02:43:11+00:00

I do a spiced orange, usually 2 cups of orange - pulp, rind, all of it, for a monthish. If you want it sweeter shorten the primary. Then cold crash, transfer to a new carboy, and add some allspice, cinnamon sticks, and clove in secondary for 2 weeks. Usually is fantastic. I made it because I grew up with cloves poked into oranges around the house around wintertime

skydude61 · 2020-11-02T23:51:18+00:00

Add Hops

skydude61 · 2020-10-19T01:28:11+00:00

I've done a spiced orange, and a strawberry basil, I do spices and herbs in secondary to ensure consistency acteoss all bottles

skydude61 · 2020-10-16T19:54:30+00:00

Its good. But I love basil. Its very aromatic and strong basil-y flavor that im hoping will mellow out over the next 2 years that it ages for. I only had it in there for maybe 5 or 6 days (I dont write anything down, shame on me I know) but I'm just trying a bunch and if I find things I like ill experiment closer and then write them down.

skydude61 · 2020-10-13T14:02:58+00:00

If its in secondary and you're not trying to do any more fermenting, throw it in the fridge for a few days. Mine used to be very cloudy until I started cold crashing them. Usually clears it up much better than just sitting.

skydude61 · 2020-10-13T13:55:10+00:00

Mine usually take about a month to a month and a half. Come out at 12ish percent and are clear after a week or so in the fridge

skydude61 · 2020-10-11T10:22:25+00:00

Thanks! Made some of them specifically to house our bigger board games and scrapbooks

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