yeah, it's been a day and I have noticed that the first half inch is significantly clearer already. There are little islands of foam on the surface, but they...
A concern, in a word; Oxygenation. I hope to brew in a more period, or all natural process, I want to stay away from modern chemicals. Other than adding...
Purge the canisters you are racking into with CO2, and/or just try not to splash very much. From what I've read, oxygenation isnt much of a concern until after...
Don't forget, the yeasty beasty in your brew needs food and oxygen to do its job. That's why you must aerate your wort prior to pitching the yeast. When...
Damion
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Jan 2, 2006 6:18 pm
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Don't use campden. In addition to being non-period, it contains sulphites, which at best will negatively alter the flavor and at worst will cause someone who...
... if you have something that vigorous & throwing foam through the lock, it will clog any lock & you need to use a blow off tube. I have had one of these...
I use a heavy ten gallon stainless steel pot. It was not cheap, but it's the best tool for the job. In order to acutally boil this I also use a single burner...
I apologize for cross-posting and to those who may see this message more than once, but I wanted to get the news out: A new list has been created for the...
Gee and thats what I thought this list was for.... But for everyone SCA wide... Charinthalis Del Sans of the portable Chariot Chass Brown Muddeler of Mead,...
Sure, but sometimes people may wish to coordinate who will be attending a local event, advertise a local guild meeting, or solicit A&S class instructors for...
On-line registration is up and running. here is the link. www.ansteorra.org/acceps/ Register soon and often. And bring a brew to enter in the IKBG competition ...
Being a future Aethelmarcker (military retirement is just 13 short months away), I think it's a great idea. There is nothing so tedious as pounding through 40...
Greetings All, I have a question regarding bottling of Metheglin. We made our Metheglin 5 days ago using a recipe out of Sir Digbies book for white metheglin....
Personally, if your airlock is still bubbling fairly rapidly I would let it go just a little longer. When it slows down you can rack it, but even then I would...
Technique only, but I never bottle an active ferment. --Madoc ... From: Cheri <celticcheri@...> Greetings All, I have a question regarding bottling of...
Wait on it a bit longer, at the vey minimum until it stops bubbling. If it's bottled with some fermentation going on, you may or may not pop a cork, but you...
maybe the yeast used on it die off easily, say around 4% like beers and such. And possibly, didn't grow to a very large population either. What yeast did...
What grade maple sugar have y'all used for your mead making? I'm wondering if a lower "utility" grade (read: cheaper) could be used if one could find it. ...
B, C, etc, work great for mead making. The lower grades tend to have a stonger taste. ... -- My Moon-based death ray Panics the people of earth Mock my...
As many have said before me...Please forgive my cross posting this to many lists, but we want to get the word out as widely as possible. In the Shire of Caer...
when using fresh cranberries in the must, should you remove them before putting the must in the primary fermenter or wait and just rack them off? Also, will I...
One of my current projects is a cranberry wine in which I left the fruit in the primary. I had no problem with acidity inhibiting the yeast. On the other...
Jehan --my regrets that I will be unable to attend this year, as I am currently deployed to the horn of Africa. However, keep my email for future use, since I...
