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Forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum 01-21-2011, 09:54 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 695
Posted By armorshell
It's vitamin C.

It's vitamin C.
Forum: Cider Forum 06-03-2009, 05:03 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 5,157
Posted By armorshell
Bottling mine tomorrow, will report back with...

Bottling mine tomorrow, will report back with taste notes
Forum: Mead Forum 05-30-2009, 04:55 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 2,299
Posted By armorshell
I've already chased down all those leads, the...

I've already chased down all those leads, the only thing that comes close is Marshall's, and there's no way I'm paying $88/gallon for wildflower honey.
Forum: Mead Forum 05-30-2009, 04:09 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,013
Posted By armorshell
I was going to ask if they were Rainier cherries....

I was going to ask if they were Rainier cherries. Great label art, is that homebrewed as well?
Forum: Mead Forum 05-30-2009, 04:07 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 2,299
Posted By armorshell
Anyone have a good source in the SF Bay area?

Anyone have a good source in the SF Bay area?
Forum: Mead Forum 05-26-2009, 04:58 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 582
Posted By armorshell
Ah, good ol' norcal "Wild Mountain" Safeway...

Ah, good ol' norcal "Wild Mountain" Safeway honey
Forum: Mead Forum 05-20-2009, 03:30 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 488
Posted By armorshell
Strawberries were $1/pound last weekend in LA, if...

Strawberries were $1/pound last weekend in LA, if I had my wits about me I would have bought 20lbs and frozen them.
Forum: Mead Forum 05-18-2009, 08:18 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,801
Posted By armorshell
I used hightest's recipe from the sticky to the...

I used hightest's recipe from the sticky to the "t", scaled down to 2 gallons (All I could handle at the time).
Forum: Mead Forum 05-18-2009, 02:38 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,801
Posted By armorshell
My first mead was a mesquite medium show mead. I...

My first mead was a mesquite medium show mead. I bottled it in February and after only 3 months it's already mellowed out enough to serve to friends, who can't get enough of it. I wish I made 5...
Forum: Wine Making Forum 05-11-2009, 01:19 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,375
Posted By armorshell
Whatever man, if it's natural it must be good. ...

Whatever man, if it's natural it must be good. Like, you know, Belladonna, dart frogs and poison sumac.
Forum: Wine Making Forum 05-11-2009, 01:17 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,375
Posted By armorshell
Not trying to insult you or anything, but...

Not trying to insult you or anything, but personal anecdotes are generally regarded at the worst kind of scientific evidence. If it were the case that isolated events that only happen under certain...
Forum: Cider 05-11-2009, 12:49 AM
Replies: 2,213
Views: 433,286
Posted By armorshell
Done and done. 3oz torrified wheat 3oz...

Done and done.

3oz torrified wheat
3oz Crystal 60l (LHBS milled them together while I wasn't watching, doh!)
5g Mott's
3lbs Amber Malt Extract

.65oz Kents Goldings
Nottingham
Forum: Mead Forum 05-10-2009, 02:38 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 694
Posted By armorshell
I'm assuming that by saying complex, OP meant...

I'm assuming that by saying complex, OP meant something more along the lines of 'uncommon' or 'exclusive" like trehalose, maltobiose or maltulose.

My only comment (Still a newb to brewing) is that...
Forum: Wine Making Forum 05-08-2009, 03:33 PM
Replies: 11,220
Views: 1,769,628
Posted By armorshell
I've done 1 batch and am coming close to bottling...

I've done 1 batch and am coming close to bottling a second. I used 6g better bottles for both, works fine. You could just scale the recipe up to 6 gallons...

My latest batch I used a small...
Forum: Cider Forum 05-08-2009, 03:22 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,202
Posted By armorshell
In the lab I used to work in we used sterilized...

In the lab I used to work in we used sterilized Reynold's Wrap to seal off our giant culture flasks, which is more or less what a carboy is.

I like airlocks though, since the give me the...
Forum: Mead Forum 05-06-2009, 02:09 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,046
Posted By armorshell
Seems right that part of the fermentables should...

Seems right that part of the fermentables should be agave nectar
Forum: Soda Making 05-05-2009, 03:36 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 30,446
Posted By armorshell
The body can digest HFCS normally...it's just a...

The body can digest HFCS normally...it's just a supersaturated solution of fructose and glucose in almost exactly the same concetrations as most honeys. The reason it's problematic from a "diet"...
Forum: Mead Forum 05-04-2009, 11:49 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,046
Posted By armorshell
Did I miss something? What happens in 2012? ...

Did I miss something? What happens in 2012? Nuclear meltdown? Aztec calender runs down? Dogs and cats living together?
Forum: Mead Forum 05-04-2009, 07:27 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,071
Posted By armorshell
Do you have a link for those corks or do you get...

Do you have a link for those corks or do you get them from a LHBS? Is there another way you like to bottle other than 750ml? I've done a few batches now and I'm thinking of switching to a smaller...
Forum: Mead Forum 05-04-2009, 12:27 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 797
Posted By armorshell
It does, thanks for indulging my noobiness.

It does, thanks for indulging my noobiness.
Forum: Mead Forum 05-03-2009, 10:29 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 3,282
Posted By armorshell
You've got an S. cerevisiae infection ;)

You've got an S. cerevisiae infection ;)
Forum: Mead Forum 05-03-2009, 06:11 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 797
Posted By armorshell
Mind if I ask a noob question? What's the...

Mind if I ask a noob question? What's the impetus behind any aeration or stirring after the initial introduction of oxygen? Is the goal to get the CO2 out of solution? I just can't wrap my head...
Forum: Mead Forum 05-02-2009, 05:31 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 3,282
Posted By armorshell
Wrong as wrong, it's full to the brim with mold...

Wrong as wrong, it's full to the brim with mold and that's what's keeping the fruit from spoiling. Well, sort of. It's nice and infected, but with the good kind of mold, the established colonies of...
Forum: Wine Making Forum 04-05-2009, 05:49 PM
Replies: 4,831
Views: 238,197
Posted By armorshell
12,115, 4 in bottles, 1 aging on some oak chips

12,115, 4 in bottles, 1 aging on some oak chips
Forum: Wine Making Forum 02-09-2009, 04:05 AM
Replies: 11,220
Views: 1,769,628
Posted By armorshell
My girlfriend came home from a weekend trip and...

My girlfriend came home from a weekend trip and thought I left the fridge open and a bunch of eggs went bad...go Montrachet go!
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