Recent content by wrpikor

I'm not following any specific recipe. I brought 5 gallons of spring water to a boil and added 3 lbs of berries and 4 oz elderflowers and attempted to keep it at pasteurization temperatures. It was around 170f for about 30s before it overheated on me. Then I shut off the heat and dissolved 13...

So I had a batch of mead turn into vinegar in the past and was paranoid about bacteria hanging out on the blackberries I was adding making their way into the brew. I decided to try and pasteurize my blackberries at a low temperature. Essentially I blanched them, but the water got a bit hotter...