http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/ This is a list for Brewers throughout the SCA to discuss issues, events, competitions, brewing and anything else of interest. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:28:27 GMT Caley Woulfe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8379 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8379 ... Apple Liqueur 1 ½ cup honey 1 ½ cup water 2 ½ lbs green (not quite ripe) apples 1 teaspoon lemon zest ~1" piece of cinnamon stick 3 cups vodka Bring Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:57:36 GMT AvriC http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8378 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8378 Sister gave me a bag of apples and not sure what to do with them..I don't eat sweets so figured I could make a drink with them..Any suggestions? Thanks, Elena Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:00:13 GMT jennifertrethewy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8377 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8377 Teachers! Estrella Arts and Sciences Collegium needs you! Estrella is a great place to meet other artisans who share your passion and to learn from each Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:59:55 GMT Bob Davis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8376 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8376 ... Let me state from the outset I don't know beans about wine. But I flatter myself I know a thing or two about brewing. "Leave it alone" is a good rule of Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:45:06 GMT Cranium@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8375 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8375 Jeff, I am interested in what sources your information is from; is it from Brewing or Vinting books? The reason I ask is not to be argumentative, but my Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:35:29 GMT Master Barat FitzWalter Reynolds http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8374 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8374 Aggitation is needed to get a fermentation going well. If it's already vigerious agitation serves no useful purpose. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 1, 2009, at Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:08:13 GMT Jeff Sandison http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8373 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8373 Really, because that is at odds with everything I've ever read, I've always been told to vigorously agitate for the at least one minute every day (preferably Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:42:56 GMT Ludwig@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8372 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8372 Oxygen is necessary for the initial reproduction of the yeast. But reproduction happend very quickly then yeast cycle go to eating sugar and producing alcool. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:36:20 GMT leaking pen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8371 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8371 it will agitate itself just fine. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:30:21 GMT Master Barat FitzWalter Reynolds http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8370 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8370 Leave it be. With a mead that is fermenting well there is no need to agitate. Master Barat, OL-Brewing Barony of Namron, Ansteorra Sent from my iPhone Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:52:34 GMT ozmodiusnc http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8369 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8369 Greetings all, Ive been lurking here for a bit, so I guess I should introduce myself... Michelangelo Giacomo Mastrogiovanni here from Barony Hawkwood in Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:43:35 GMT bob http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8368 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8368 Replied privately. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:59:58 GMT Keith Howard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8367 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8367 Dorigen - I mention Odwalla only because it is a company that has (and had) very strict sanitation procedures and vendor requirements for their raw Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:18:24 GMT Don Sutherland http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8366 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8366 I've also brewed kvass with various add on flavorings such as birchbeer extract, mint, wintergreen oil. It has never tasted quite like the stuff I purchased Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:05:12 GMT Carraig Mac Cosgraigh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8365 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_brew/message/8365 Yahoo has been doing terrible things to my emails on this list :-(   It managed to delete the half of my last post where I concurred that you could sulfite