Mead Lover's Digest #0236 Mon 29 November 1993

 

Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and Consuming
Dick Dunn, Digest Coordinator

 

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Did you get #235 (note from moderator)
Fermentation trouble? (Carl Anderson)

 

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Subject: Did you get #235 (note from moderator)
 From: Dick Dunn <rcd@eklektix.com>
 

We seem to have had another email spat, this time with gatech. If you
didn't get the previous digest (#235), or if you got something bizarre
(like a disembodied header or an error message from Mongo) please let me
know, either personally (rcd@eklektix.com) or just by reply here and I'll
sort it out. The last month has seen a remarkable mess!

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Subject: Fermentation trouble?
 From: Carl Anderson <canders@isr.harvard.edu>
 Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1993 16:49:15 -0500 (EST)
 

I have long made mead by boiling the honey and liquid, but decide

to have a bash at the "campden tablet method". I dutifully ground up five
tablets for a five gallon batch as the people at my store recommended. I
blended the honey in warm water, added to the carboy, dropped in my campden
powder, and waited 24 hours. Then I added two packets of champagne yeast.

 

It's been nearly 72 hours and there has been remarkably little

activity. Has something horrible happened? Were my instructions faulty?
I even left a blow-off tube in the stopper to allow the sulfur dioxide to
escape ….

 

Cheers,
Carl

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End of Mead Lover's Digest #236

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