An old friend, “S”, who recently returned to the area of my home town and I have been trying to meet up for an outdoor activity. I get the text: […]
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Cider #22: Kitchen Sink
The kitchen sink is where a lot of the homebrew magic happens including cleaning, sanitizing, and rinsing. For this cider we pulled all the stops, using several methods to make […]
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Cider #19: Cheerbringer
This cider was the favorite drink of Olaf Cheerbringer, a sorely missed childhood Dungeons and Dragons character. Olaf was a lute-playing bard who sadly never made it past level 1. […]
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Cider #18: Self-Powered w/Grape
This naturally fermented cider was bicycle-foraged using apples picked from the tree growing in front of Hannaford Supermarket and grapes picked from the Clifton Gardens wild grape vine. The cider […]
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Concord Grape Wine #2
This is an attempt to reproduce last year’s concord grape wine which was possibly one of the best homebrews I have made, albeit in a small quantity. Last year I […]
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Mulberries: Berry Season Begins
While riding around my neighborhood I came across an area of bike path where there was a thick layer of overripe mulberries covering the ground: I think of mulberries as […]
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Dried Reishi Tea Powder
I found some really nice Reishi mushrooms. I chopped them up into small pieces, and processed them in the food processor. It happened to be an unusually sunny and arid […]
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Mt. Colvin Rainbow
While hiking Mount Colvin today, the clouds parted just long enough to expose this rainbow. I’ve never seen anything like it, looking down on a huge rainbow with no sky […]
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Signs of Life in the Garden
The garden is finally showing some signs of life:
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Cider #16: Parmesan Cider
Yup, you read that right. I put cheese in this batch of cider at the bottling stage then let it sit at room temperature for several months to age. What’s […]
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