Re: [MBZ] OT Ginger Brew

Just to inform this informed group, I am on my second Dark n Stormy (the ginger brew and Goslings Black Seal rum). It is really good. I opened another liter bottle of the brew and used that for the first one, it was a bit puckery so I made some simple syrup and added that to the bevvie, then

Re: [MBZ] OT Ginger Brew

Diverting from the initial OT, I recall a girl in my elementary school class, who lived in the neighborhood too, whose father was a missionary in Africa, and I think she and the fam lived there for some time when she was a bit younger than when we were in class together (we also went to HS

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Andrew wrote: > Must have tasted "off". > Brew it, drink it. End of story. Yep mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

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Fiji went from cannibalism to Methodism virtually overnight back in the 1870s after one of the chiefs killed and his village ate a missionary who had offended him. Must have tasted "off". On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Mountain Man via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Andrew wrote:

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Andrew wrote: > Scr*w science. Brew it, drink it. End of story. I agree. But... What about bad stuff that "science" protects? I thought you guys were all careful "science" against bad bugs, lawyer-up, etc. i.e. no docs, no vacs, come what may, enjoy. mao ___

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Did you ever hear what the Fiji king (prime minister) had to say about that? Some of those South Sea islanders are ferocious. You got out just in time. Gerry Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > A company I helped found while in the Peace Corps (Fiji) made WINE from > locally grown limes and ginger root,

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Scr*w science. Brew it, drink it. End of story. On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 10:34 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I have the technology, I just never pay attention to it. I just brew it > and drink it! > > HyGrometer. > > --R > > > On 8/3/16 7:15 PM, Curley McLain

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I have the technology, I just never pay attention to it. I just brew it and drink it! HyGrometer. --R On 8/3/16 7:15 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: Brix is easy to measure with a hydrometer with a brix scale. About $15 from your FLWS (Friendly local wino supply) or presque Isle

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Brix is easy to measure with a hydrometer with a brix scale. About $15 from your FLWS (Friendly local wino supply) or presque Isle piwine.com. You just drop it in the brew, let it stabilize and read the brix number. Floyd Thursby via Mercedes August 3,

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I put about 5lb of sugar in my 2-2.5gal batch, I think it all got eaten by the yeastie beasties, mostly as there was still a bit in there for fizz after I bottled it. Putting some simple syrup in a bottle after I drank a bit got it nice and sweet and fizzed up about right, so I guess that got

Re: [MBZ] OT Ginger Brew

A company I helped found while in the Peace Corps (Fiji) made WINE from locally grown limes and ginger root, using frozen Dutch yeast and unrefined sugar. We gave several bottles to the Prime Minister, and after I left the PC and returned to NYC the bottles started popping their corks, with

Re: [MBZ] OT Ginger Brew

For naturally fermented bubbly: In order to have sweetness left at the end of fermentation, you need excess sugar beyond what is needed to produce the alcohol level that will kill the yeast. In other words, if you use red star champagne yeast, it will die off at about 16%, give or take,

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ercedes > Sent: Saturday, April 9, 2016 5:24 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Reply To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Rich Thomas > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Ginger Brew > > It's the Beldar brand > > --‎ > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com &g

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From Remulak. Rick  Sent from my BlackBerry Z10   Original Message   From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes Sent: Saturday, April 9, 2016 5:24 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Rich Thomas Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Ginger Brew It's the Beldar brand

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Are you consuming mass quantities? Dan > On Apr 9, 2016, at 6:23 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes > wrote: > > It's the Beldar brand > > --R > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

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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,

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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 wrote: ATTA BOY I just bottled up a mead. It had been fermenting for two

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I thought champagne yeast was only available in France. On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 2:10 PM, clay via Mercedes 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

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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

[MBZ] OT Ginger Brew

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