Mead Lovers Digest #0033

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Mead Lover's Digest #33                     Thu 12 November 1992 

 
        Forum for Discussion of Mead Brewing and Consuming 
               John Dilley, Digest Coordinator 

 
Contents: 
  Cyser/Cider (Daniel R. Pomplun) 
  Need help signing up (Phillip Seitz) 

 
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 09:02:35 -0500 
From: Daniel R. Pomplun <danp@sabre.bellcore.com> 
Subject: Cyser/Cider 

Two items: 

(1)  I'd like to thank everyone involved in the discussion about S.G. 
     of honey.  I managed to hit my O.G. target for my latest batch 
     of cyser. 

     1.046 S.G. of the cider I bought 
     1.44 S.G. of honey (from discussion) 
     target of 6 quarts (a 1 gallon jug and a 1.5 qt extra jug for 
       the first racking--save those tropicana twister bottles! :-) ) 
     target O.G. 1.128 
     the formula says about 4.75 quarts of cider and 1.25 quarts of 
       honey (3.6 lbs) 
     O.G. 1.128 is what I got! 

(2)  Has anyone noticed that cider/cyser ferments faster than just 
     about every type of mead/melomel/cyser/etc?  My most recent 
     batch is easily bubbling at a rate of 240 bubbles/minute 
     in a 1 gallon jug (yes, I use the Great Fermentation's Mead 
     Nutrient).  This is significantly faster than anything else 
     I've ever tried. 

 
Daniel Pomplun, Bellcore, danp@sabre.bellcore.com 
Phone:  (908) 758-2740  Fax: (908) 758-4268 
331 Newman Springs Rd, Red Bank, NJ 07701-7020,  MS: NVC-1E246 
        "Entropy is not what it used to be." 

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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 23:46 GMT 
From: Phillip Seitz <0004531571@mcimail.com> 
Subject: Need help signing up 

Well, I'm not a mead-hater, but I'm writing for assistance getting 
a friend signed up for the mead-lovers digest.  His coordinates: 

Pascal Mertens 
GEMOSTUD@BNANDP51 (this is a bitnet address) 

He tells me he tried to send a message, but got a reply that @nsa 
didn't exist (perhaps this stands for National Security Agency?). 
Anyway, I'm sending this to the digest rather than to the request address 
because I'm assuming that the latter is screened by computer, and the 
goal is to get HIM on the mailing list, not ME. 

For any that are interested, Pascal is a Ph.D. candidate in molecular 
biology in Namur, Belgium, and also has his own bees.  I'm not sure what 
he's working on for his dissertation, but I'm pretty sure he knows a  
great deal about yeasts.  Can some friendly folks (or sysops) help 
him out? 

Thanks, Phil Seitz 

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