Mead Lovers Digest #0097

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Mead Lover's Digest #97                     Sun 14 March 1993 

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

 
Contents: 
  A few beginner questions (Gregory Owen) 

 
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Date: Sat, 13 Mar 93 04:41:56 EST 
From: gowen@cs.tufts.edu (Gregory Owen) 
Subject: A few beginner questions 

 
Hi there, meaders! 

I would like to try homebrewing, both mead and beer, but mead first. 
I would like to ask you all for some advice on setting up: 
1) The brew-supply catalog I have lists a "five gallon beer brewing 
   kit" with a 10 gallon primary fermenter, 5 gallon glass fermenter, 
   lock, syphon and blowby, hydrometer, and assorted ingredients.  The 
   recipe I plan to follow for mead asks for 2-5 gallon carboys (from 
   the _wassail_ book, by Gayre and Papazian).  I assume the 10 gallon 
   is one of those white plastic buckets.  Is this acceptable?  Can I 
   use the plastic bucket for the first stage, and the carboy for the 
   second?  vice versa? 
2) Will the beer ingredients (can of malt, dried malt, water salt,  
   hops and yeasts) stay well?  i.e., can I take a few months to make 
   mead and still have the stuff be good?  I'm assuming so, but am not 
   sure. 
3) Will an ordinary cooking thermometer, like the one used for making 
   candy, do?   

I appreciate any help you can give me. 

greg 
gowen@cs.tufts.edu, gowen@jade.tufts.edu 

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