#bottling

[yourdailyjormy]

Bottled the rest of the blackberry wine/ale.

There is a HUGE colour difference between the top half of the bucket (left glass) and the bottom half (right half) because obviously all the yeast and must settled at the bottom. But they actually both taste pretty good so I'm keeping the three bottles that are totally opaque, lol.

[doctoreveel]

Silver Bullet Collection;

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[thistavernservesmead]

Bottled my traditional mead. It slowly fermented to a semisweet 13%. It should have fermented to dry 14%. As much as I want to use raisins as a yeast nutrient to keep it simple, it just doesn't seem to be cutting it.

It has a slight bready aftertaste, probably because the yeast refuses to fully clear and I don't like to use filters. But letting the mead air for a few seconds after pouring seems to help. Though not exactly what I was going for, I think it's tasty. But I can never tell if my preferences are average.

I normally wouldn't bottle this since the yeast could potentially continue fermenting in the bottle, but:

1. It has very little sugar left that could ferment

2. It's been sitting for months with almost no movement on the air lock

3. Most importantly, I'm planning on sharing this at an SCA event so it should all be opened and drank by the end of the week.

[ladytabletop]

first cider of the year, inspired by my favorite game of the year

Fuji | Honey Crisp | Peaches | Spice Blend | Brown Sugar

[everydayhalfling]

Finally uploaded a new video!

[kim-poce]

CW: past trauma, breakdown.

There is no orange juice.

Life is fine, Whumpee wake up at the same time every day, takes a shower, and meets the team, everyone is kind, Whumpee can't possibly want anything more.

There is some apple juice, tho.

The accident was a bad experience, it hurt and left some scars but that was all of it, Whumpee is fine, they are safe now, it was all a bad experience, just a bad experience.

Apple is good but not quite what I want.

They don't need to talk about it, the nightmares aren't even that bad, it's not like it left a trauma behind something, Whumpee is stronger than that, something as simple as an accident wouldn't give them a trauma, that's impossible.

I mean- it's all juice, right?

Whumpee was tired again that morning, they were always, but it's fine, they just work too much, it's just work, it's just that they love what they do too much.

The flavor doesn't matter, Whumper thought raising their hands to get the juice when their vision blurred, what? They touched their eyes and it was wet there were tears.

Why am I- why, their legs became too weak, their knees lost strength, Whumpee fell, they couldn't see anything through the tears, they felt something snapping inside of them and suddenly everything too much.

I'm fine, they told themselves, I'm fine, they lied again, I'm... I'm not fine, they started to sob uglily, I'm not. I'm not. I'm not- They hugged their knees and felt themselves break.

[bluedesignwall]

While I was out Twitcher Running, it's a new thing, Hubby was at home digging his beetroot. He has a fabulous no mess recipe which has a nice mix of spices to give it a wee kick. He made 3 jars but one went home with Daughter this evening.