As Kyoto says, the lemon or orange is usualy added to decrease the ph and add some acidicness to balance the sweetness of the mead and add complexity. Acid...
I'm normally quietly sucking in information from others on this list, but there are 6" of new snow on the ground, I'm working from, home, and I feel like I...
Renee offered some excellent advice, thanks. I just wanted to offer a few other opinions. I dont disagree with anything she said, just want to share my...
Thanks for all the great advice. The easier the better is my motto soo...I love the idea of using the juice from Plastic lemons so hard work trying to Zest and...
As a near neighbor of Chavah I have to agree about the water (and the snow), if you have tasty water like we have here, definitly use it. As far as yeast,...
Hi all, I bought two products here to clean my equipment one was called Sparkle brite and you had to use warm water and let everything sit overnight then rinse...
Greetings Lord Nathi of Rio de las Animas Perdidas, Wow thats a long title! I haven't come across any of the Yeast Lalvin 71B, here where I live they sell a...
... Just remember not to grate the plastic Lemon. IT may not taste quite well in the end <G> j/k ... If you ever get the chance to cros the border you can buy...
Thanks for the Laugh! :) ... Its so expensive to get off Vancouver island its not funny. I'll have to make the trip down this year hopefully. I hear I need a...
If you can get 1118 that is from the same producer as 71B, Lalvin, so, ask the brewshop owner to order you up some and I am sure they will be willing to with ...
Greetings! As it was said, there are as many opinions on how to brew as there are brewers! As I was reading, I found that I gave some instructions without ...
Oh, I forgot to mention. Irish Moss is normally used for beers and ales, and is used to clarify. I've never used it for a mead, but I suppose one could. ... ...
... I was always under the impression that the citrus fruit and tannins were added to give the yeast needed nutrients which honey lacks and yeast need. Have I...
Bob Davis
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Mar 1, 2002 11:27 pm
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Yes, acid and taninis are not added for nutrients, there are nutrient the yeast need and honey is a poor source, but those arnt really going to come from the ...
In a message dated 3/1/02 10:36:28 AM Central Standard Time, ... Whatever yeast you use will add its own character to the mead, just as the choice of yeast...
In a message dated 3/1/02 11:44:16 AM Central Standard Time, ... Victoria, huh? I knew it was a cool place!! The nearest u brew store to me is 80 miles away...
In a message dated 3/1/02 1:36:54 PM Central Standard Time, ... That's appalling! Has anybody else heard that? Will I have to have my passport with me to...
In a message dated 3/1/02 11:40:38 AM Central Standard Time, ... IIRC, both of these are for *cleaning*, not sanitizing. You should see how beautifully clean...
In a message dated 3/1/02 5:28:45 PM Central Standard Time, brewer@... ... The usual limiting nutrients for one-celled aquatic organisms in a natural...
In a message dated 3/1/02 4:50:30 PM Central Standard Time, ... *I* enjoyed your rambling rant, and encourage you to speak again. Scotti Knowledge is never...
In a message dated 03/01/2002 6:53:57 PM Central Standard Time, ... Blame 9/11 for it. I think at the moment it's not required to have a passport between the...
Seriously ... maybe... because if you can not proove you are a US citizen, and there is another mad arab crashing aplane, you WILL be kept out of the USA....
I'm from Montreal, we crossed towards Vermont twice these last few weeks and
didn't have any trouble. The driver was asked to show his driver's licence
when...
Ok, so maybe I can't keep my nose out of it. Re: sanitizing, The metabisulphite solution that one can use to sterilize equipment does not impart sulphites to...
In a message dated 3/2/02 9:32:15 PM Central Standard Time, ... me ... involved, ... TOO ... when ... adding ... You ... gone ... How do you air dry the inside...
HI all I'm Deborah, UK born (and currently living), Dutch raised but spent time in Ohio and fell in love with enactments there... I have been brewing since I...
Calibrid, If you want all natural recipe's, see if you can aquire any of the peggy hutchkinson books. She's pre-isbn, but very good! no campden tablet, ...
... I am glad you are alive, I worry about sharing my brews with the dead. ... Hello back! I started with my Mom's Sisters Husband, ( circa 1970 something)...
... There are several sanitizers that will air dry just fine, in addition to metabisulphite. Iodophor is another. I choose to rinse all sanitizers as a...
In a message dated 3/3/02 1:11:57 PM Central Standard Time, ... Are you SCAdian? The Society has many members in England. ... books, ... Welcome aboard,...
