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Eliminating air when racking

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Resilient, pretty close!

Nothing wrong with wanting to be anal for sure, heck I've grown lax and need to become stricter with my processes again! I sometimes warn newbies off certain paths off analness because I think it's unnecessary and might distract/discourage them, but certainly nothing wrong with doing it anyways!

EDIT: the other reason I discourage being too paranoid about oxidization is that some newbies are afraid to aerate, to rack, to stir, to do pretty much any of the things that will help the mead improve!
 
Side note: PLEASE correct me if my grammar or anything is incorrect. I don't take offense, I don't go "whatever", and I actually like getting better. There's always room for more foreign languages :)

I aerate like crazy. Don't have anything to attach to my drill yet, but I'm actually working on a design that I'll share with you if it works. If so, it'll even work in carboys...I'm just afraid that everything will look good, taste ok, then wait for almost two years only to find it spoiled :S
 
AToE said:
Frankly your English is better than many native speakers.
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Yeah it is. I didn't meet a single person in Norway who didn't speak excellent English (even the guy from Texas ;)). Granted, I was only in 3 cities, but I was impressed nevertheless.

And if it's any consolation, my son's learning Norwegian, and having a hard time of it. :)
 
Thanks, but...if you catch anything, please let me know :)

Wildoates: if he needs any help, tell him to ask me. I'd say my Norwegian is decent ;)
 
Chortle! He brews, too, beer, not mead. With the price of potables in Norway, he's very popular with his friends. He's always on my case about how I brew the mead, because he's used to beer, which is more persnickety about things like oxidation. He is sure I'm going to ruin a batch someday, and if that ever happens (so far so good), I daren't tell him for fear of having to listen to him say "I told you so, Mom..."

I really miss him, and his lovely lady. I wish Oslo weren't so far away.
 
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