Recent content by Grymhammer

Perhaps Shiner Beethoven?

Any tried and tested GF Irish Red recipes? I personally love the beer, I'm an amateur homebrewer, and I'm struggling to find a recipe. Hoping someone might point me in the right location?

Just came across this, diagnosed gluten intolerant 2 days ago. Struggling. One of the many thing I was told not to have is malt. I saw your note above on malted grain. My understanding(very little) is malted barley is a big no no?

Perfect, how long have most of you let this sit and age after you're done before its best to drink? I had a cider (dry) that took near 6 months, but I can crank out a quick mead in 60 days.

Ok, as I don't often get a chance to brew in 5 gallon batches, any help on making this a 3 gallon batch?

Well the few ciders I have made are maybe 4-6% overall depending, the cider I buy are Strongbow, Hornsby and Woodchuck.

So I've been brewing meads for a long time, no expert, but familiar with them. I've been drinking ciders for a very long time, I'm an expert at consumption. I want to try beers, but I have issues. I love the smell of fermentation, the aroma of many beers is very appealing, but two things...

Thank you for the yeast information, yes that helps. I enjoy the kick, however I am not a sipper of Mead, but a drinker, so I prefer a larger quantity of lower ABV Mead for the job. :cross: Because I did not have a lower ABV yeast, I went with my usual Lalvin 71B-1122 and after only 5...

What is, if anyone can compare, homebrew hard cider suppose to taste like? I made a 1 gallon with 100% cider, and it fermented out in 3 days, I then racked it to a secondary and it was darn clear in less than a week. All excited that I was I took a sip and almost heaved. It's been almost...

Hello all, semi-first time mead maker here. I started my first batch of traditional sweet mead about a month and a half ago, passed primary, been racked once and collecting sediment as I type! I just came across the forum here. I am also hoping to start a pumpkin & brown sugar sweet...