Recent content by SVEN

Do you add Fermx yeast nutrient along with the additional yeast you add half way through the primary?

jswordy: The 2 attached recipes have satisfied my family and hunting buddies for 50 years. I think you will enjoy them as well. Best, Sven

Välkommen from Eden Prairie, MN! Yust a great group of folks on da WMT forum, ya know!

The other day I was reading an article in the online Swedish Newspaper, Svenska Dagbladet. The article spoke about a fascinating discovery in the northern reaches of the Bottenviken or the Bay of Bothnia, between Finland and Sweden. A group of archeologists had come across a remnant of an...

Hi Bob! Wow, quite a few folks from Minnesota! I am Sven and live in Eden Prairie. I make several apple wines, ciders and honey/apple-modified meads. I use Minnesota Harvest in Jordan, MN for all my juice. The contact there is Peter Water - GM. For the honey, I purchase from Forest Meadow...

Jovimaple: Welcome! Very knowledgeable participants in the forum. Always something new to learn! If you have any wine in the garage, bring it in as it going down to a balmy -25F this evening. Sven (from Eden Prairie, MN)

True to BernardSmith's comments: Mead, and its variations, is a fermentation with global roots. BUT it is also true to say that the Viking culture pationately-embraced the aura about MEAD. See the attached for background. A brief discussion on Asgard, Odin and Valhalla: *Asgard is one of...

Being from Minnesota, we do not have easy access to fresh grapes but we have a plethora of apple orchards and apiaries. As a result, most of my fermentations revolve around hard cider and mead. Completely agree with the previous threads here: A good mead gets increasing-better with...

Sorry if this is too technical. It is a serious character flaw I have. original specific gravity - final specific gravity (1.05*/0.8**) (100) = % ABV * = molar mass of ethanol/molar mass of carbon dioxide ** = density of ethanol

Sorry if this is too technical. It is a serious character flaw I have. :sh original specific gravity - final specific gravity (1.05*/0.8**) (100) = % ABV * = molar mass of ethanol/molar mass of carbon dioxide ** = density of ethanol

Here is a basic formula for a 1 gallon carboy: Formula and Process Procedure: *Strained juice of 4 limes/lemons/oranges *1 whole orange peel from juiced orange *6 g coriander seeds *Water *1730 g Salimo wildflower honey *125 g brown sugar or maple syrup *5 g EC-1118 yeast *10 g Fermax yeast...

Plastic bottles....good idea. I will adopt 1 or 2 plastic 'control' bottles to assess the degree of CO2 generation. When the bottle becomes hard I will degassing it along with the rest of the snap-cap glass bottles.

Anxious to hear how your hard kombucha turns out-->ABV, pH, T.A. Thanks!

Water kefir grains....hmmmm. I have not explored the use of these. I believe they are used for producing carbonated, probiotic beverages. Will have to design an experiment for use in producing alcoholic beverages. I am quite immersed in high alcohol, 14-16% ABV, meads and ciders. Thanks for the...