The Grant Clan Brewers Log

Author: Jeremy Grant

  • Rich & Chocolatey Homemade Irish Cream Liqueur with Whiskey and Honey

    Rich & Chocolatey Homemade Irish Cream Liqueur with Whiskey and Honey

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    Long before diving into fermenting hard ciders and fruit wines, homemade liqueurs were a staple in my home bar. Coffee liqueurs, fruit cordials, and especially Irish cream have been in regular rotation for years. While store-bought bottles like Baileys are widely popular, crafting it from scratch at home allows you to elevate the flavors, boost…

  • How to Make Homemade Strawberry Wine (Melomel with Honey)

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    When venturing beyond traditional grape wines, berries are one of the most rewarding fruits to ferment at home. Strawberries deliver a vibrant color, bright aromatics, and a naturally crisp profile. Rather than using standard white cane sugar, this recipe uses pure raw honey as the fermentable backbone—technically making it a strawberry melomel (a fruit-infused mead). Brewing with…

  • Homemade Coffee Liqueur with Real Vanilla Bean & Espresso

    Homemade Coffee Liqueur with Real Vanilla Bean & Espresso

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    Commercial coffee liqueurs are staples for classic cocktails like the White Russian, Black Russian, or a simple pour over ice. However, mass-produced versions often rely on artificial flavorings, high fructose corn syrup, or mystery additives. When you make your own coffee liqueur at home, you have complete control over the quality of your ingredients, sweetness…

  • Honey Ginger Hard Cider: Simple 1-Gallon Recipe Using Ginger Juice

    Honey Ginger Hard Cider: Simple 1-Gallon Recipe Using Ginger Juice

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    For years, my go-to honey ginger cider recipe involved prepping, slicing, or grating fresh whole ginger root. While the flavor was always great, working with fresh ginger root can be messy, unpredictable in strength, and awkward to siphon around. Recently, I began drinking pure ginger juice mixed with carbonated water and decided to test it…

  • Mountain Dew Mead Recipe

    Mountain Dew Mead Recipe

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    Looking for a unique, citrus-forward brew with a fun twist? This Mountain Dew mead recipe combines mild honey with a full bottle of SodaStream Mountain Dew syrup to create a crisp, refreshing 1-gallon batch. Through multiple trial batches, I’ve found that using a light, high-quality clover honey—specifically Wyandotte County honey from WyCo Woods Apiary—is key.…

  • Brown Sugar Cider

    Brown Sugar Cider

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    Brown sugar apple cider makes for a very tasty cider with the added molasses flavor. This recipe shows how I make a brown sugar apple cider.

  • Honey Apple Cider

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    Honey Apple Cider is one of my favorites ways to make cider. This recipe shows how I make a honey apple cider.

  • How to make a basic hard cider

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    Making cider can be really easy and does not require much equipment to get started. This recipe shows what I see as the basic to getting starting making cider using the jug that the cider comes in.