Recent content by sarsippius

Hi all, I was born with celiac disease and lived with it the 1st 27 years of my life (and now 10 years without it thanks to acupuncture, believe it or not). I can sympathize with anyone with gluten intolerance of any kind. Literally the 1st thing I learned how to read was the ingredients...

Sorghum syrup won't spoil as long as it's good and thick-- not enough water left in the syrup for bacteria to be able to do much with the sugars. I have some in my cupboard that's at least 2 years old now with no mold or bad flavor. Think of it as molassas . . . what are you going to do with...

Pappers, I'll definately malt the barly if I can't use it otherwise-- that or feed it to my chickens, but I'd much rather drink it! It would be a pain to malt 100lbs at a time, though, with only household equipment to work with. Topher, wow that is quite a thread. I've made sake before, and...

Hi all, new to the forum, been brewing about 6 years now . . . Have been doing 5 gallon all-grain batches for about 2 years now and am now getting the gear together to move up to 15 gallon batches. I have a friend who grows barley and is giving me 100 pounds of unmalted barley. I'm looking...