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**dbray45** · January 20, 2025, 07:33 PM

I am having an organic apple Meade that I make myself. It is Gluten Free and smooth

**dbray45** · January 20, 2025, 08:48 PM

It’s easy,

6 gallons organic pasteurized apple juice
3 lbs organic turbinado sugar
3 lbs organic raw honey
1 teaspoon Nottingham yeast

sanitize everything
dissolve the sugar into the apple juice
do not heat the honey

put all into fermenter, let it sit, should start bubbling in 24 hours. When the bubbles slow down, around 3-4 weeks, I put it into the kegerator and enjoy.

the longer it sits, the better it gets. You could let it sit for several months, some tell me a couple of years.

the nice thing about this, you can change everything about it. Change the yeast, the sugar, amount of honey, type of honey, length of time, it’s all good. You could hop it, add fruit, anything, if you choose.

if you add anything that is not pasteurized, you will have to do that without boiling the juice. Can’t heat the honey over 120.

I don’t have bottles so I can’t tell you how it will do or how much pressure it will build.

**dbray45** · January 20, 2025, 08:52 PM

I also make Gluten Free beer but that is far more complicated.

**dbray45** · January 21, 2025, 01:17 PM

Forgot to mention the for 6 gallons, you need a 7 1/2 gallon fermenter

**surfdog** · January 21, 2025, 07:34 PM

Tonight it’s margaritas. :-)
Though I did have one of those imperial stouts earlier when I was pretending to be productive. LOL

And yeah, that’s Maldon Chili Sea Salt on the rim. Not for the timid…it packs a fair punch. But it is tasty.

**Mosca** · January 21, 2025, 07:55 PM

My Wegman’s was closing these out (several different flavors, not this one) at $2.22 each so I bought a dozen of them. I can’t drink regular tea, this stuff is delicious though.

**dbray45** · January 22, 2025, 10:29 AM

For all of you that want to make your own hard cider/Meade etc….

Like my smoking, woodworking, brewing, I have a substantial investment in all of these rabbit holes.

The other thing, like smoking meats, once you start making good brew, everyone will want to enjoy it. 5+ gallons will not last long.

**Mosca** · January 22, 2025, 02:29 PM

fzxdoc Here's a photo of the one I actually got on sale:

I used to buy rooibos in bulk, and steep it using a basket, but for some reason I stopped and now I can't find it locally.

**surfdog** · January 22, 2025, 06:49 PM

Oh look, it’s another margarita. What are the odds? LOL

I’m sure I’ll be switching it up later though…
Haven’t done a “whisky sour hour” for quite some time. And there’s also some rum calling my name. ;-)
Just like guitars, there’s so many choices.

**Purc** · January 23, 2025, 05:02 PM

A Rusty Nail as I prep the Weber and Vortex for chicken quarters for dinner.

**radiodome21** · January 25, 2025, 08:47 PM

Bought this over a year ago and completely forgot I had it. I’m on a Jesuit retreat this weekend so I brought it. While I’m not a huge stout guy I do enjoy this.

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