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Shelf life has to do with a lot of factors ... pH, sulfites, the amount of tannin, the amount of residual nutrient left in the cider (& filtration), exposure to light once bottled, oxygen getting in once bottled, oxygen introduced to the must before bottling and during handling...

With additional malic acid you could risk malo-lactic fermentation which will lower the acidity back down. While MLF is not a certainty, it could undo much of your having added that additional acid for taste in the first place (other spoilage issues too, potentially). You are at higher risk for...

You can add tannin both before and/or after. Adding tannin in cider is similar to adding tannin in wine. There are two types of tannins and both have their place ... one is the type of tannin from grapes and the other type is from wood - usually oak. The tannin powder most people get from the...

At home by myself, often a jar If I have friends over, or at certain events, often ... Glass around this time of year ... a glass boot around Oktoberfest ... a Mas (maskrug) otherwise, often a pils glass or a weizen

It is believed that the name "Dixie" is derived from Jeremiah Dixon, the English-born surveyor of the Mason–Dixon line, which defined the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania, separating free and slave states subsequent to the Missouri Compromise.[24] Evidence shows that 'Dixon' became...

YES ... yes, I'm familiar with it. That is an elephant dish with a beurre blanc sauce with tri-color peppercorns, lemongrass and flamed with brandy. Excellent. VERY popular with some old-school jazz musicians. Ohhh ... he must have really loved that dish to name his child after it ... :drunk:

Yep. Benzoate is not the same as trying to ferment with sorbate ... sorbate is much tougher For example, when making cranberry wine, cranberries have the issue of naturally high levels of benzoic acid. Benzoic acid is a close cousin of the preservative Sodium Benzoate ... but is even a bit...

Ah yes, one of those girls who somehow ends up on a tube site ... "... what do you mean relax? ... Oh my god, I can't believe I did this ... this is SO bad ... my BOYFRIEND is down in the CAR - waiting for me and ... !!! ... I didn't mean to - I mean, it was a calendar right? ... oh noooo -...

The title of this thread, "The Feral Rooster" might make a good name for a restaurant. That or a pub ... one could hang a nice painted sign with wrought iron mountings out front like British pubs do with a rooster painted on it. "The Feral Rooster" sounds better than "The Wild Cock" anyway...

It would seem the medication names need to be 3 syllables or less. Dilantin Ativan Paxil Risperdal Pristiq Allegra Lipitor Keflex Lanoxin Not a med, but here's one for the "what were they thinking?" column for baby names. Placenta Placenta Johnson

Many medication names make good, modern child names. " ... I'd like to introduce my daughters, Levitra and Viagra ..." Levitra Johnson ... yeah. Has a nice ring to it.

Why do I think of the Michael Jackson "Thriller" video when I see that pic of the Pres with a selfie stick? Dunno. Music works perfectly though.

I saw. :-)

Very kind of you. The only "palm tree" I got here in Michigan has to do with the palm of my hand. Hey! Thank you. Thank you very much

My other half would never sit in the garage in the cold, having a beer and keeping me company while brewing (or anything else) ... way too roughing it for her. She passionately hates the cold and is practically a teetotaler; though she will on rare occasion drink a small glass of cider. <sigh>

Au contraire, mon frère; I was!... with those boots and blond hair, she ought to be the scandinavian beer model on the bottles of mc's cherry wheat ... and in that cute floppy ear hat thing on the floor next to her too. (edit - ok strike the floppy ear hat idea ... on second look maybe the...

Holy Cats, mc8045 !!!!!!! You're beautiful!

They've got Doppelbock paired with duck ... the other rich, fatty bird. That sounds wonderful too.