This used to be one of my favorite parts of watching Cobes. I distictly recal his beer+monster pan fried (more like boiled) steak he did for himself and a friend. It was top shelf kino to watch.
COOKIE MONSTER MEAD
No major mead updates today. Still absolutely no activity from the airlock or any surface tension bubbling.
Still has the opaque milky yellow color, but looks slightly darker.
A strong smell is starting to come from the airlock area, like wet mold, cayenne pepper, and rotten fruit, but there is a slight "fermentation" odor as well, so perhaps there is some alcohol in this monstrosity.
I wont be home to post updates on the mead during the weekend, but will be back early monday. I'm alittle bit afraid to see what I come back to.
Since fermentation seems essentially "done" at this point, so I may finally open the jug to test for alcohol content and have someone taste it either on tuesday (Halloween) or Nov on thursday (Day of the Dead) in tradition with being a cool Gothic bad boy.
HARD CIDER
This is doing beautifully. Airlock is still going strong, the yeast are begining to settle on the bottom of the jar, and the very top surface of the liquid is already starting to regain a bit of clarity