I lowered the specific gravity of my must and the yeast came to life ( Read more... )

So, still not much happening with the must (Evidently, I've been using the term mort, when I've been meaning must. must: (n) in brewing, the mixture ready to be fermented until bottling). Steve at work suggested that the PH could be too low, and I might want to add some calcium carbonate (funny, isn't that the active ingredient in Tums? So I can ( Read more... )

So, I decided that - with no signs of life (literly) - I'd add some more yeast. It's not like if I'm wrong it'll kill the batch or something. Naturally, when I talk to the guy down the hall at work today, he mentions that if the PH is too low, it could be weeks before I see much activity :/ Oh well. I'll never know.

I made contact with a old friend :)
Shouts out to HAVEN!

OK. so 1 quart of honey is 1 1/4 lbs, not 2.something. so I went back to the market to double my supply ( Read more... )

well, my yeast is incubating ( Read more... )

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So I go to Harris Teeter to get some things tonight; some chips and dip, random other munchies... breakfast products... normal stuff. So I pick up a six pack of hard cider ( Read more... )

To: Phillip

Subject: Re: Down time

Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 11:39:15 -0500

From: COLTS Mr. Jones ( Read more... )

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