Cherry Melomel Anyone?

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Miriam said:
OK, TBD, let's just say it out loud together - you never know what it might do to the brain cells. Ready? Chap... chapital... chapitalization. Ow! I dunnit.

Miriam
kind of disappointed that nothing weird happened
;D


LMAO...you go Miriam...I Reckon us humble country boys in these parts can learn a big $2.00 word after all.... ;D....Thank you Madam...:)
 
Miriam,

Now look what you've done!!

They'll be impressing their friends at the next mead party with their new big word.

OR WORSE, something like "you want to come to my place and taste my chapitalization" ;D
 
So, would it be okay to steal "chapitalization" for mead making purposes to refer to feeding the yeasties after the initial must has been whipped-up, or incrementally? I love impressing my friends and neighbors with my vocabil...vocalab...vocoloco...words!

-David
 
Oh, cool! Looks like something weird is happening after all.

Miriam ;)
 
Chapitalization, from the Latin . . .

chapulere: to chap one's lips when adding sugar or honey to grape must. Greek capiolos the sound made from licking ones lips in anticipation.

Common usage:
I chapilize
You (familar) chapilate
You (formal) chapilate
We chapilize
He, she, it chapilates
They chapilate

Vocative usage:
I didn't chapilate that wine!
We were all chapilating our wine!
If John chapilated that wine he never told me about it!

Slang:
John chapped that wine real good.
If Penelope hadn't chupped that wine we'd have all been in trouble.

Ebonics:
I tol' you I didn't chapamalate dat damn wine.

Texas:
I was jest fixin' ta chapamate that wine.

California:
Dude, was that wine, like, chapalated?

Anyhow, couldn't resist.

cheers,

Oskaar
 
Oy, it just got weirder. Only erudite weird. Take it slow, now, chaps...

Miriam
 
Re: Chapitalization, from the Latin . . .

Oskaar said:
chapulere: to chap one's lips when adding sugar or honey to grape must. Greek capiolos the sound made from licking ones lips in anticipation.

Vocative usage:
I didn't chapilate that wine!
We were all chapilating our wine!
If John chapilated that wine he never told me about it!

Hmm... I woulda thought the vocative would have been:

(You) Chapilate!
(We) Let's chapilate!
(Ya'll) Chapilate!
 
Re: Chapitalization, from the Latin . . .

Oskaar said:
Texas:
I was jest fixin' ta chapamate that wine.

Just a minor correction, we Texans tend to "chapamatate".

Hey, y'all done chapamatated this 'n real good like!

:D

Yee-haw!
Kirk ;)
 
Sorry, I should have specified that I was talkin' fer East Texas. LOL Round Tyler, TX Ed is a two syllable word.

Ehhh-yAyD. I used ta could chapamate at first Mondays in Canton, but Monday-week thayn't gonna be one. I might-should call up MeeMaa and git me the truck ta head fer Coffee City and the all ya kin eat Crawdaddys. Then head over the line and git me some beers.

Cheers,

Oskaar
 
I have a black cherry melomel that I made a couple of months ago. I used black cherry nectar and white honey with just a little spice as to not impinge on the cherry flavour. Sorry I cannot give you any specifics about S.G. and O.G. as I don't bother with these readings. I am more of a hands on kinda mazer. I treat mazing like cooking, I go with what I like and adjust as I go. I do document all my batches so I can either re-create or adjust recipes as I go. It has worked for me so far.

John