I thought champagne yeast was only available in France. On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 2:10 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> ATTA BOY > > I just bottled up a mead. It had been fermenting for two months and was > still active, but the flavor was just right. WIth the champagne yeast it > will carbonate into a very fine sparkling wine. > > clay > > On Apr 8, 2016, at 5:08 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: > > > A few weeks back I made a ginger brew, something like 4-5lb of ginger > root I shredded up in the food processor then boiled it in a coupla gallons > of water for an hour or so with 4-5lb of dark raw sugar. Put it in the > fermenter with some champagne yeast for about 10 days then put it in some > 1L soda bottles and left it sit for 2 weeks. > > > > Tasted it and it had a little bit of fizz but no sweetness -- I guess > all the sugar had been fermented. It tasted kinda like a ginger wine, was > good with a very good ginger punch. Not bad but no sweetness. I made some > dark n' stormies with about 1/2L out of a bottle and a bit of simple syrup, > then added some simple syrup to that bottle, it has sat for a week and > fizzed up a bit more but is sweeter now, more like a ginger ale/beer. > > > > Made a cocktail tonight with some Goslings and my sweeter fizzier ginger > brew and WOW!!!! is it good. I think the ginger brew has a pretty good > ethanol level now too. I gave 3L away and have 9L more, so need to work on > it! More Goslings needed! > > > > OOOPS my cocktail is gone, buhbah!!!! > > > > --R > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
