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I did not think you were being strong worded (no matter what your wife says :) ), I just thought you were correcting me, and I WAS wrong on that point. Its all good. I just wanted to make sure that it was understood that I was making a point about the finished product being robustly stable, and...

I stand corrected on the process, I am not a kraut or pickle maker (although I do make pickles the modern way, by just adding vinegar to reach the proper acidity). The point I was trying to make was that these processes, kraut/pickle, beer/wine, making etc. are all bio/chemical processes that...

We must realize that back in the day, this was THE WAY (and the ONLY way) to store your produce long term, like through the winter. There was no option to can it in jars, or put it in the refrigerator (yes, you could put it in the root cellar and that would help, but it's not quite the same)...

From the OP I see that they are talking about using calcium from dietary supplements, which is usually Calcium carbonate which DOES react with acids and release carbon dioxide, just like Sodium bicarbonate. Keep in mind that there are other forms of Calcium that may be used in dietary...

1> No it is not too coarse you can press whole apples if you want. 2> The determining factor on yield will be the pressure you can apply to the press (and the amount of juice in the apples of course). But coarser apples may limit the yield per batch in the press (ie. how many apples you...

I am watching a show on History channel called Apocalypse PA. They are building a still and making gunpowder and bullets. They built a pretty good looking still, then used an old corn sheller to shell the corn and made a grain grinder from a push lawnmower - drilled a large (2 inch ish) hole in...

I agree with this. But in the interest of science i would have to vote for 4 batches - 2 dry hopped, 2 not dry hopped.

I don't think a wild yeast would make it smell really bad, slightly off at most. I am currently stepping up a wild yeast that I harvested from apples off our backyard tree and it smells like yeast (well actually it is starting to smell like yeasty cider since I used apple juice for the last 2...

I just picked a couple of the last few apples (golden delicious) from my moms backyard apple tree (trying not to touch them much) and put them in a new unsealed ziplock bag on top of the kitchen fridge for a couple of days. In the meantime I made a wort with water, table sugar, honey, a bit of...