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• Posted in thread: Accidentally GF mega swill? on 09-02-2012 at 04:23 PM
  I just tried the Omission and Daura GFs. I was thrilled to find that GF barley beers were
  available here, as in Europe. Those are labeled as gluten parts per million.I don't have
  Celiacs per se, but I...

• Posted in thread: Robust Oat Porter on 09-02-2012 at 03:48 PM
  Link to my Oats and Sugar recipe, etc: Five gallon batch, 4# oats 4# sugar. My thought was
  "Sugar is no problem for wine brewing, why should it be a problem in beer? ". And I proved that
  point o my ow...

• Posted in thread: Robust Oat Porter on 09-01-2012 at 01:44 PM
  Interestng recipe. I like those flavors. EKG and molasses are my standbys. How long to settle
  in secondary? I tried a mostly-oats GF recipe that took months to clarify. I used the oats for
  body, flavo...

• Posted in thread: Omission Beer on 09-01-2012 at 01:27 PM
  I haven't made the time to cook up a batch of my oatmeal and sugar GF, so I stopped at the
  BevMart, and bought a sample pack each of Ommissions and Daura, all of the barley GFs they had.
  I realy didn'...

• Posted in thread: Terrible year for my fruit wines.... on 02-22-2012 at 11:19 PM
  Yup. The vinegar is awesome. I let it settle until now, RDWHAHB. It cleared up nicely. Seems to
  have less acid than store bought distilled stuff, but my reading says that is SOP for
  fruit/wine vinegar...

• Posted in thread: using a refractometer to determine ABV on a dry wine on 02-22-2012 at 10:57 PM
  I recall the refraction of alcohol is so close to water as to be inconsequential. I just plug
  the refractometer readings into a sheet removed from one of many broken hydrometers. Or, merely
  take the d...

• Posted in thread: Agave wine issues on 02-22-2012 at 10:54 PM
  Check the Agave syrup bottle for ingredients? Like "to retard spoilage" ? I've brewed several
  batches of Prickly Pear Wine, from my own fruit. No problem with fermentation.

• Posted in thread: Show us your labels on 02-10-2012 at 07:37 PM
  No digital files, but I took a pic of the bottles:

• Posted in thread: Show us your labels on 02-10-2012 at 06:34 PM
  Darn computer ate my print shop files. No "Peachy Ass" or "Prickly Pair" to be found. Just this
  less creative Lowquat:

• Posted in thread: Agave wine...not fermenting? on 02-10-2012 at 06:29 PM
  Try a 'starter' on the next package of yeast. Get it going in sugar water first.Also, read the
  ingredients carefully- is there anything added that might inhibit 'spoilage'. like the way
  yeast spoils s...