LOR, looking forward to reading it, as I have said before I wish though it was a standard technique for many yeasts vs the technique for one yeast. WVMJ
Curious about Mead, from a brewer's perspective.
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It is my standard technique for ALL the yeasts I use. It has not failed to give fast ferments for 1388, Wyeast Dry Mead, 71B, EC1118, KIV, D21, D80, and countless other yeasts. If you are referring to time to drinkable, that's a yeast genetics kind of thing. You get what you get on that.
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Have you tried RBS133 yet? Fast to compact and clear, might be a good candidate for the fast tasting also? WVMJ
I haven't tried it, but I'll give that one a go. What has been your time to drinkability on that one? I've been building a wish list of yeasts to try for a side by side test so thanks for that one.
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I dunno. To make a good dandelion wine I think you need to pick the flowers early in the morning. Waiting for the BBQ,I suspect the flowers picked may be second tier... and that will result in a second tier wine... and dandelions - I think - are a powerful diuretic... In other words, dandelion wine is a lot like beer. You don't buy beer in a pub or bar . You rent it.
From looking at a few recipes online time is two years give or take a few months. Dandelion winos can teach us a thing or two about patience.
I found a great website with 30 different recipes which I will post as soon as I get home.
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Bernard, as I mentioned a few posts ago, the leaves are a powerful diuretic, but have lots of potassium to keep you healthy.
The roots are liver-aid. A good thing to have in a session brew.
I'm not sure without consulting the book again just how much diuretic is in the flowers
The roots are liver-aid. A good thing to have in a session brew.
I'm not sure without consulting the book again just how much diuretic is in the flowers
Dandelion a diuretic? Is it ever! Its old English names included 'Pissalin' and 'Pissabed' and 'Peeabed'. There's a common theme there....
Makes sense that the best time of day to pick dandelion is morning (possibly evening, too) - when the sap's most active. You pick elderflower in the early morning and evening on a warm, sunny day for that reason.
Makes sense that the best time of day to pick dandelion is morning (possibly evening, too) - when the sap's most active. You pick elderflower in the early morning and evening on a warm, sunny day for that reason.
I recommend steeping your flowers on a very nice day when you can open up the house. Simmering dandelion flowers have a nasty smell. Simply nasty. Almost impossible to think you can get a drinkable beverage out of it.
I have one batch that a year later was still pretty unpalatable, but it's still in the cellar awaiting another taste test. It's three or four years old now; I might be sampling another bottle this winter if I get daring enough. I've been told that it needs at least that much time before it becomes the thing that everyone fawns over.
I have one batch that a year later was still pretty unpalatable, but it's still in the cellar awaiting another taste test. It's three or four years old now; I might be sampling another bottle this winter if I get daring enough. I've been told that it needs at least that much time before it becomes the thing that everyone fawns over.
