Recent content by Merl

I would be very careful about that idea. You would be under the ATF and they have nailed (at least one) shop for doing much the same thing on the firearms side. Shop provided materials and machines to make a firearm, no longer in business. That said, doesn't sound like a bad idea. deposit...

dont see anything on wiki about it being a strong preservative. I put some cran-raspberry with that in some apple juice and it is bubbling away happily. "It is generally used as a substitute for tartaric acid and occasionally in place of citric acid, " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumaric_acid

From "The complete meadmaker" "In addition, prickly pears must be boiled for half an hour or more before adding to your fermentation, or they will become a bubbling, foaming, slimy, and difficult-to-clean mess. If you can press or otherwise extract the juice, it can be boiled on its own"