BellaDonna Brews

Wine and Mead Making at its Most Experimental (at least until I figure out what the heck I am doing!)

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If you need help feeding a family healthy delicious food on a shoestring budget, I'm your girl, errrr, mermaid. Tiny budgets deserve better than the drive thru, and I'm here to help give you the tips and techniques to help you succeed. I am currently a full time student and single mother of two, but I have been responsible for feeding a family of six, including 4 adults on a regular basis. The kinds of tips I'll be sharing will cover big families, small families, even singles!

3.06.2007

Bottled some more Cinn

Mmmm. When last we touched the Holiday Cinnful Cyser, it was just past Thanksgiving and the smells emanating from the bottle were amazing. Tonight we bottled them, and 4 months of aging has done them nothing but favors. Seriously, this stuff is so yummy, I just finished a glass. We decided that one of the bottles just doesn't need to be corked. It will be gone by the weekend.

Both ended up around 1.014 FG, nicely spiced, and a beautiful clear amber.

We also racked the Cranberry melomel. OMG, this stuff is going to be amazing. After 3 months, the SG is 1.080, and it tastes lovely sweet and crisp at the same time. I want to wait another 2 months, rack it again, and maybe rack it a third time if it isn't "read newsprint through the beautiful claret colored liquid" clear. And then bottle it once it is a year old.

Patience is such a virtue. I am going for another glass of Cinn.

1 Comments:

Blogger Joseph Kubik said...

I should probably get some sort of new geek award. I just read your entire brew blog.

You may be interested in my brewing website (doing much of what you are) http://www.kestrelshrike.com/

I am definitely going to have to try the JAO recipe you have out.
-Joseph-

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