Not "Veldar"? On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> It's the Beldar brand > > --R > > On 4/9/16 6:06 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > >> 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 >> >> >> > > _______________________________________ > 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
