Mead Lovers Digest #1611

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Subject: Mead Lover's Digest #1611, 26 November 2012 
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Mead Lover's Digest #1611                                  26 November 2012 

                      Mead Discussion Forum 

Contents: 
  Mead directly from a Carboy or beverage container (Henry Murray) 

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Subject: Mead directly from a Carboy or beverage container 
From: Henry Murray <henry.h.murray@gmail.com> 
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:06:06 -0500 

As I am washing wine bottles for bottling two 5 gal. batches of mead I got 
to wondering if anyone has tried a system similar to kegging beer - where a 
5 gal batch can be stored all at once in a stainless steel beverage 
container and be delivered a glass or two at a time. 

I called a local gas supplier and they do sell nitrogen gas in "5 lbs" 
containers.  The CO2 regulator needs an adapter but can handle nitrogen as 
both are non-flammable. 

Any one have experience with mead in a stainless steel beverage container 
for say 6 to 8 months - or what ever length of time it takes to consume a 
batch of mead? 

Is there an adapter or system that allows deliver of mead directly from a 
carboy - after the last racking of course - perhaps with a small bit of 
nitrogen pressure. 

Bottom line, trying to get away from washing those wine bottle that I 
recycle. 

Happy Thanksgiving. 
Hal Murray 
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Hal Murray 

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