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Other Fermentables / Re: Cider ressurection?

« on: March 23, 2010, 01:29:04 PM »

Off the wall idea, but here it goes.

One of my favorite accidental cider experiments I did that requires a metric ton of patience was my cyser port.

I made a cyser with fresh juice and honey. Fairly strong - 1.100 or so. Damn thing stuck at around 1.040. Pitched multiple pitches, swirled it, warmed it, nutriented it, yelled at it, sang lullabies, but nothing worked.

And then one of our club members, Bruce Brode - master judge and everything - told me he was thinking of making a mead port. Since I knew I already had a bottle of Mexican Cana in the closet, I dumped it into a 3 gallon keg, racked the stuck cyser in on top. Shook it and walked away from it for 3-4 years.

Pulled it out of the closet for the Oakland conference and people went bat s*** crazy for it. Definitely needed the age.

So maybe for you - couple cans of apple concentrate plus some sorbistat to prevent re-fermenation to boost the gravity and then a strong booze addition to "fortify" and then let it age.

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All Things Food / Re: Hard boiled eggs...what is your secret?

« on: March 22, 2010, 10:08:31 AM »

Well that just confusing didn't it?

In my experience I've had better luck with older eggs due to a weaker membrane.

My method - Eggs into cold water. Bring to a boil. Turn off heat and cover for 15 minutes.

Although I'd really love to have one of those immersion circulators so you could really set the temperature of the egg and get the perfect just set egg.

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The Pub / Re: House cat jumps claim to zymurgy collection

« on: March 21, 2010, 10:16:03 AM »

Hmm, seems like flickr won't give you the direct url to the image itself (not the page that holds it, but the actual image)

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Ingredients / Re: Bulk Simcoe hops

« on: March 21, 2010, 10:13:05 AM »

http://www.nikobrew.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&product_id=98&category_id=5&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=7

Ain't cheap, but it'll do

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Higher SG than OG?

« on: March 19, 2010, 10:26:09 PM »

Well, you probably are having a funky ferment which did successfully finish the stirring process. Give it more time and come back to it.

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Fermenting Times

« on: March 19, 2010, 06:14:48 PM »

You'll be fine.. hell, when I used to bottle it was

1 week primary
2 weeks secondary
2 weeks bottle and go!

Later it become 1-1-2

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General Homebrew Discussion / What's Brewing This Weekend - 3/19 Edition

« on: March 18, 2010, 09:28:35 AM »

Break it out and tell it true - this weekend is going to be a hoppy saison.

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The Pub / Re: Well that will certainly keep you awake.

« on: March 16, 2010, 10:03:39 AM »

Quote from: theDarkSide on March 16, 2010, 07:05:21 AM

You live in CA, right? I thought 4.4 was like a mosquito bite to you guys.

Yeah, but normally they're also not quite that close in to the city. Sharp and just long enough to make you wonder.. huh, is this going to keep going?

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The Pub / Well that will certainly keep you awake.

« on: March 16, 2010, 04:17:22 AM »

Just preparing to go to bed at 4 PDT when suddenly 15 miles away.. a 4.4 magnitude.

Knocked a couple things off the wall and pretty much scotched the idea of sleep anytime soon.

http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/ci14601172.htm

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