All Natural Show Mead. Is it possible?
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Well using Deuterium would be one way to make a batch of rocket fuel. 
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Corbomite? Dilithium crystals?
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Hmm maybe I made a literal translation then...
Yes, I meant with lots of minerals. Water from an underground spring to be exact. The water would have needed to go trough several layers of bedrock
Now that I think of it that packet of "wine nutrient" which I bought for $500 did seem rather odd, especially considering it was glowing
We have our own well, great heavy water, its loaded with minerals, might be why we dont have the wicked pH problems others have getting their meads stuck. WVMJ
I know a beekeeper in the south that makes mead using polen as nutrient source. The water in south is hard ( and maybe heavy
), with high mineral contents (mainly calcium) and he use dark honey ( erica spp.) from cappings.
He usualy ends with a sweet mead , around 7 ~ 8 % alcool, sometimes less, sometimes more, with a little bitter taste and sometimes it ends in vinegar...
One problem with polen is the wide range of protein content. It may have as little as 10% or less or as high as near 30 %, depending on floral origin. Nitrogen content of proteins are about 16 %, but how much of this nitrogen is usable by yeasts ???
The 30 g / litre of polen pointed by GK may be more than enough, but may also be very short. How can we know ?
), with high mineral contents (mainly calcium) and he use dark honey ( erica spp.) from cappings.He usualy ends with a sweet mead , around 7 ~ 8 % alcool, sometimes less, sometimes more, with a little bitter taste and sometimes it ends in vinegar...
One problem with polen is the wide range of protein content. It may have as little as 10% or less or as high as near 30 %, depending on floral origin. Nitrogen content of proteins are about 16 %, but how much of this nitrogen is usable by yeasts ???
The 30 g / litre of polen pointed by GK may be more than enough, but may also be very short. How can we know ?
I agree, antonioh. Bees worldwide have not adopted a quality control standard (to my knowledge) so the resulting pollen will inevitably vary. Still, its good to have some guideline, and 30 gr/liter at least has some scientific validity
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Well GK, we can get a little closer of protein contents
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As I was informed that you are planning to became a beekeeper, here is a very interesting article about bee nutrition and, in the end, it has a list of several plants and the protein content of its polen.
https://rirdc.infoservices.com.au/downloads/05-054.pdf
.As I was informed that you are planning to became a beekeeper
, here is a very interesting article about bee nutrition and, in the end, it has a list of several plants and the protein content of its polen.https://rirdc.infoservices.com.au/downloads/05-054.pdf
antonioh...NOW I know what you mean! You mean MINERAL water. Heavy water (D2O) is one of several commonly-used moderators found in nuclear reactors (others include graphite, beryllium and light--i.e., ordinary--water). That's why we were trying to figure it out LOL. I am sure I would make similar funny mistakes when I speak "Portuñol" with my next door neighbor Brazilian friends. I can sure make them laugh with my mistakes! LOL
No Mannye, you are right . Heavy water is heavy water even in portuñol (or portunhol in portuguese). With so many uranium going around... maybe water is now made with deuterium or better, with tritium.
See kids? Don't drink and post!
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But mamma, that where the fun is! [queue chopsticks]
Sorry all the talk of deuterium got me thinking fusion, which is blinding!
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Sorry all the talk of deuterium got me thinking fusion, which is blinding!
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::goes to find Manfred Mann album:: and those little paper squares I had somewhere around here.....
