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Mead Lovers Digest #0140
Mead Lover's Digest #140 Thu 27 May 1993
Forum for Discussion of Mead Brewing and Consuming
John Dilley, Digest Coordinator
Contents:
t vs T/YeastLab yst/bat sto ("Daniel F McConnell")
Retrieving the Lost Rubber Bung (Michael Ligas)
Re: how much acid, '94 conference (Steve Dempsey)
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Date: 26 May 1993 08:48:56 -0500
From: "Daniel F McConnell" <Daniel.F.McConnell@med.umich.edu>
Subject: t vs T/YeastLab yst/bat sto
Subject: Time:8:39 AM
OFFICE MEMO t vs T/YeastLab yst/bat stopper Date:5/26/93
>From Russ:
>One quick question Dan,
>>honey, 0.4 t/gal malic acid, 0.4 t/gal tartaric acid, 0.4 t/gal yeast
^^^^^
>is that teaspoons or tablespoons?
>Actually 2 questions. Where is the 1994 conference to be held? ;-)
teaspoons..... ie 2 teaspoons in a 5 gal batch or 3 teaspoons in a 7.5 gal
batch.
The 1994 AHA will be held in Denver. The last time Karen Barella was
contacted she had not yet firmly nailed down the dates, but Ken Schramm
was told *probably the third weekend in June*.
WARNING- DO NOT MARK YOUR CALENDERS BASED ON THIS INFORMATION
and then Mark asks:
>guess that the main question would be has anyone tried the GW Kent
>yeast culture for making sweet meads and if so are there any caveats
>associated with its use?
Please see my long winded post in MLD #138 for a REALLY BASIC show mead.
Yeast Lab Sweet Mead has a somewhat low alcohol tolerance, giving up at about
13% alcohol. As far as I know there are no other caveats other than to make a
starter. I'd use honey at 5 teaspoons in 2 cups and a little nutrient or malt
extract.
And while I'm at it...from Pete:
>Does anyone have a clevver way of getting the stopper out ?
>(I have since siphoned my mead out to a different carboy)
Well, you could always break the carboy ;-> but I have heard that a
little luck and long needlenose plyers work if you can manipulate the
small end of the stopper toward the opening.
DanMcC
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Date: Wed, 26 May 1993 10:23:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Michael Ligas <ligas@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca>
Subject: Retrieving the Lost Rubber Bung
WRT Pete's dilemma: tie a knot or two at the end of a piece of string and
then lower the knotted end into your carboy. Turn the carboy upside down
so the rubber bung ends up at the neck. Keeping the carboy upside down,
start to pull out the string. The knots will catch the edge of the bung
and you can gently work it out of the neck. This also works with corks
trapped in wine bottles. Good luck.
- ML -
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Date: Wed, 26 May 93 08:37:27 -0600
From: Steve Dempsey <steved@longs.lance.colostate.edu>
Subject: Re: how much acid, '94 conference
>>honey, 0.4 t/gal malic acid, 0.4 t/gal tartaric acid, 0.4 t/gal yeast
> ^^^^^
>is that teaspoons or tablespoons?
Must be teaspoons; 0.8 tablespoons of acid is quite a lot for one gallon.
>Actually 2 questions. Where is the 1994 conference to be held? ;-)
It will be in Colorado next year. Current thinking is Denver, though
some lobbying is going on for Fort Collins. We have 3 micros, 1 brewpub,
and the A-B factory, and we're close enough to Denver/Boulder for a day
trip to pubs there.
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