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  1. Ty520

    Third time's the charm - Root Beer mead

    Good to hear. It looks like it has flocculated well. You could Probably go ahead and rack now There is ample room to play with the tea mixture to suit your taste. It wasn't until the third iteration that I found the one I liked best.
  2. Ty520

    Third time's the charm - Root Beer mead

    Howd it turn out?
  3. Ty520

    What's for Dinner?

    Meat prices are skyrocketing across the board. And it isn't just from recent inflation and supply issues either. The Big Four producers are re- allocating focus on synthetic meat, but since we won't voluntarily take the bait, they've decided we need some coercion
  4. Ty520

    What's for Dinner?

    Not particularly elegant, but comforting, which is what I needed... Homemade red beans and rice,with greens, and homemade andouille
  5. Ty520

    What's for Dinner?

    Decided to try a spin on tandoori chicken. Marinated the whole bird, then applied with additional rub before smoking. Served with saag paneer made with homemade paneer. Have to admit I wouldn't do it this way again. Flavor didn't really penetrate despite 24 hours of marinating and because i...
  6. Ty520

    Mead Call For Recipe Please - Your Favorite?

    Semi related - been meaning to share this makeshift tool i came across while working on my root beer mead, and is great for metheglins in general: A reusable coffee filter works great for removing spices that aren't in ground powder form. Many mid level coffee makers come worth them now...
  7. Ty520

    Mead Call For Recipe Please - Your Favorite?

    Yeah, no way, lol. By the end of my first year i had 14 separate gallons in my closet at one stage or another. I'd keep it simple at first. Traditionals first, then maybe move into melomels
  8. Ty520

    Book on food and wine pairing

    If there was only one book on food and wine pairing you could choose, which one would you recommend?
  9. Ty520

    Vikings blood.

    the added pressure can force a bunch of excess sediment and pectin through the filter back into the wine and make it that much harder to clarify. If left long enough, you should be able to extract everything you're wanting without the need to squeeze - especially with berries - they'll start to...
  10. Ty520

    Vikings blood.

    it could take much longer than a week to clear up
  11. Ty520

    Vikings blood.

    You should never squeeze the fruit when you take it out. That was probably the biggest issue. Did you also use pectic enzyme? If not, you can still add it but it will not be quite as effective as if you had added it in the beginning. That being said it should still clear up with time. The dried...
  12. Ty520

    Third time's the charm - Root Beer mead

    Honestly, you could probably just forgo the wintergreen. Many of the other ingredients have similar qualities
  13. Ty520

    Third time's the charm - Root Beer mead

    Oils would need to be added in secondary. IMHO, once you start dabbling in oils,I feel it's close to cheating. May as well just get root beer extract and call it a day. Also, getting all of the essential oils would probably be quite expensive. The first root beer mead I ever had was made with...
  14. Ty520

    Third time's the charm - Root Beer mead

    Yes it should be dried leaves
  15. Ty520

    Frozen fruit

    The other thing to ask yourself is, is it *really* a concern? The yeast will almost certainly out compete any wild yeast,and I have yet to actually have an issue from other bacteria being introduced
  16. Ty520

    Frozen fruit

    i would hit them with Kmeta a day before pitching - flash freezing doesn't kill wild yeast or bacterias.
  17. Ty520

    Water wine

    as mentioned above, this is typically just used as a basis for making a "wash" for distilling spirits. I use it for gin in particular, minus tannin and acid balance, as they don't matter at that stage.
  18. Ty520

    Third time's the charm - Root Beer mead

    I used dark brown; i would go with at least medium. i cut my cinnamon stick to 1 ounce
  19. Ty520

    Third time's the charm - Root Beer mead

    I got all the ingredients at Mountain Rose Herbs. Many come in various sizes ranging from ground powder to large whole pieces - make sure to get the smaller pieces, but not ground.
  20. Ty520

    Third time's the charm - Root Beer mead

    Yes I think the coffee blossom honey would work well. It would have been about 72 degrees
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