Recent content by jaybee

>> "I'm pretty sure the nettles were the bittering/flavoring agent--I do know that nettles are supposed to be bitter." Flavoring agent - yes. Bittering agent - no. Nettles have a savory, slightly salty flavor, but they are not bitter. Depending on how they were grown/harvested/dried, they...

>> "You have brewed a medicine not a beer." Nettles have been eaten as a vegetable through most of human history. While they do contain anti-inflammatory compounds, so do hundreds of other common fruits and vegetables. I think the fusel oil theory or the food allergy/intolerance theory are...

The alcohol laws in most places are incredibly arbitrary. So are the conceptual classes of beverages - for example, calling sake 'rice wine' even though it is from a grain, which clearly makes it a beer (or a 'malt liquor' in some places, even though rice is not malted). I doubt that they...

Methanol is a result of pectin breaking down into galactose units. Pasteurizing the cider and not adding any pectinase enzyme generally reduces the methanol in hard cider. Here is a link to some research on the topic: ScienceDirect - Bioresource Technology : Influence of apple cultivar and...