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• Posted in thread: 1904 worlds fair sourdough yeast starter for a mead? on 11-01-2012 at 02:06 PM
  Alright guys, sorry to leave anyone waiting with bated breath, but I've been on nights for
  tempest couple of weeks and haven't gotten on here... Moving forward with the Mead, as sad as
  it is to say, I...

• Posted in thread: 1904 worlds fair sourdough yeast starter for a mead? on 10-13-2012 at 08:33 PM
  Well the intention is to use the historic yeast, the sour is an undesired quality, which I will
  just have to back sweeten to offset for. No big deal.

• Posted in thread: 1904 worlds fair sourdough yeast starter for a mead? on 10-12-2012 at 12:07 PM
  Bugs? As in bacteria? I plan to shoot for a lower ABV, but wouldn't the alcohol killing the
  bacteria be ideal? I figured most bacteria that is present in yeast had a decent alcohol
  tolerance if it was...

• Posted in thread: Newbie needs help, brew advice, Q and A talk. on 10-12-2012 at 12:23 AM
  Thank you, and I'll do some looking around then.

• Posted in thread: Newbie needs help, brew advice, Q and A talk. on 10-11-2012 at 11:55 PM
  Well... It's done!!! It came out nicely just enough sweet to balance the bitter, slight coffee
  taste that blends awesomely with the hops, and the sweetness to lend a unique flavor I've never
  experienc...

• Posted in thread: 1904 worlds fair sourdough yeast starter for a mead? on 10-11-2012 at 12:42 PM
  And utilize that yeast in primary to render a sweet mead to start, taste test, and in secondary
  add the sourdough yeast, (as is common in malolactic fermentation) and any fruit I decide to
  use (I want...

• Posted in thread: 1904 worlds fair sourdough yeast starter for a mead? on 10-11-2012 at 12:29 PM
  Alright guys, after extensive research on several of the points presented, namely the process
  of malolactic fermentation mentioned by Illuveatar, and practical mead making/ blending/
  generally trying ...

• Posted in thread: 1904 worlds fair sourdough yeast starter for a mead? on 10-10-2012 at 10:22 PM
  I'm all for that idea, being that this is my first ever mead, i dont have necessarily high
  expectations, nor will i be TOO upset if things dont work out.. but what is really the worst
  that can happen?...

• Posted in thread: 1904 worlds fair sourdough yeast starter for a mead? on 10-10-2012 at 04:09 PM
  I've googled and researched the topic pretty thoroughly over the past day or so, I think I'm
  just going to take a sample to my friend and have it examined... Maybe from there we could work
  out a syste...

• Posted in thread: 1904 worlds fair sourdough yeast starter for a mead? on 10-08-2012 at 05:23 PM
  Again guys, thanks for all TE great responses, I DO have chem professor I know at a local
  community college, I'll give him a call.. And thanks @biochemed, I am pretty much on the same
  thought process ...