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Finally got some time to work on a label. This one is for my latest batch of mead.

Thanks for this.

P.s. Thanks for the input.

I did purge the carboy with co2 before racking, but I guess that didn't work too well. It still smells like cider so I guess that's a plus. I guess I'll treat it and rack it into a smaller carboy and see how that plays out.

Or maybe it's lambicus?

So, I picked up a little infection in my cider this year. I was just wondering if someone could help me identify it and how long I should ride it out before bottling. It looks like a lacto infection? Thanks in advance.

Hoping for the Irish Red All Grain. Thanks.

Although I didn't know him, I did appreciate his posts. RIP Jinks.

Azacca Pale Wheat

Well sounds like it'd be worth a try. Thanks for the suggestion.

I have been looking through vintage English beer recipes and have noticed an occasional reference to CDM. I'm curious if this was just a very dark caramelized sugar or if there was something more to it. I have found the advertisement attached below for this product. Anyone with knowledge on...

Thanks. The labels were designed in Photoshop, laid out in MSWord, and printed on light card stock with a laser printer. Cutting them out with scissors is a pain in the a$$ but luckily I don't have to cut too many of them. Originally I had designed the labels for bottles, but I usually...

Dapper ESB ready for sharing.

Next weeks beer.

Here's a nice link that might help you figure out how to utilize it as a Solera brew barrel. It looks like he was pulling about half out of the barrel and then replenishing it with fresh. http://byo.com/videos/item/2957-solera-homebrew-last-call Also a link to his blog...