Hello, I'm Aninha, from Brazil, São Paulo. I do part of a group that studies the Middle Ages. We are trying to reproduce somethings of this period. We already...
Welcome to the list! The following link http://sca_brew.homestead.com/files/library.html might have the information you need. Ld. Einarr. ... ===== "Giving...
Hello Mark, Thank you very much!!! I will read this, and any doubt I will ask to you and to other people of list. Kisses, Aninha Mark Davis <the5@...>...
Hell Aninha, I am also new to the list, but I have been brewing mead for some 5 years now. It sounds like you have a good mead experiment going. Depending on...
Hi Anniha, I've not been brewing for all that long myself, but I'm learning. When I made my first two batches I heated and skimmed the mixture. When I made my...
Hello Keith, Thanks very much for the tips. I didn't know that it takes 5-6 months to completely ferment out...I have thought that we have to wait 3-4 months...
Hello Kilmye, Thanks for the tips too... A question: at the second batch, didn' t you heated neither the water?? Let's see if i have understood: you heated...
Hey Gang! I just wanted to tell you all that the IKBG is set to happen on August 15 (Sunday) at 2.00 in A+S tent 13. This should be the same tent as last...
Now that you mention it, I entered a couple of wines in a IKBG contest at Gulf Wars. When will the results be given? I don't have any idea how I scored. ... ...
... Hello Aninha! Liquid yeast from the US or England probably would be hard to get to you in time to be useful, but a better alternative is to order dry yeast...
Results are now available online. This link will show the results from what we have on file for all events. It still might have a few bugs, but we are...
I have never used regular bread yeast to make mead, I am sure you will make alcohol, but probably not very good tasting. You are right, the wine/champagne...
Aninha, Well, I heat the water a little just to get rid of chlorine etc, then I let it cool back off. I live in a city and our water comes from a big plant. I...
Before I'd use bread yeast I'd try a batch with just the wild yeast already in the honey. You can't boil if you use this method or you'll kill it all, and the...
Kiley, Why do you not heat your honey? Thalia kilmye@... wrote: Aninha, Well, I heat the water a little just to get rid of chlorine etc, then I let it cool...
You have answered my question, I have never tried it that way. Thalia kilmye@... wrote: Before I'd use bread yeast I'd try a batch with just the wild yeast...
... Thalia, You don't need to heat with cultured yeasts either. I used to pasturize my musts, but on a recommendation tried using a plaster paint mixer instead...
I have always cooked mine to get the wax and bee parts out of the honey and then add a controlled yeast. Do you get a clearer and cleaner mead buy not...
... It all seems to drop out just fine for me. I get crystal clear meads. From what Ive read, the main advantage you get from heating is a slight increase in ...
Thalia, Well, it's supposed to damage the taste to heat the honey. That's not to say that it'll taste bad, but it won't taste the same. You will loose some of...
Lady Thalia, Good luck with the bees! Bees and hives are high up on my wish list, Oh, and enough land to put them on. We are looking at moving in the near...
I don't pose here much, but this thread got me thinking. I never sterilize my airlock. And of course my first reaction (since I haven't been doing this very...
I do sterilise my airlocks, and suggest doing so. I do so because it is possible, and at times likely, that my must ( or wort, depending on the week ) will...
Personally, I sterilize everything, including my airlock. In fact, I've seen airlocks growing mold on them. I wouldn't want mold anywhere near my mead. Besides...
Always, Always sterilize EVERYTHING. I made the mistake once, just once, of not sterilizing everything. I'll tell you now I'll never skip that again, it was...
Hi, I'm the exception to everyone else here, it seems. I never sterilize anything and I don't use an airlock. I just wash well with hot soapy water and then...
Jason, I sanitize my airlock, and then use vodka in it. I figure it's a simple precaution. I don't know if it's helping, but it probably can't hurt. Kiley...
Imaigne, Don't underestimate the value of hot soapy water. I know a Dr who performs surgeries in extremely rural conditions in Africa with nothing but soap and...
