Comments on: Barncast 79 — Mead http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/08/12/barncast-79-mead/ Two geeks move to rural Indiana...what could go wrong? Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:25:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Nathan Lindorff http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/08/12/barncast-79-mead/#comment-30057 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:19:03 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/08/12/barncast-79-mead/#comment-30057 Hi Guys, Love the podcast! You may also be interested in another brewing podcast in which they talk (and show in their vodcast) about mead as well as beer. Basic brewing radio - www.basicbrewingradio.com Keep up the good work, and enjoy your break!! Nathan Canberra, Australia Hi Guys,

Love the podcast! You may also be interested in another brewing podcast in which they talk (and show in their vodcast) about mead as well as beer. Basic brewing radio - www.basicbrewingradio.com

Keep up the good work, and enjoy your break!!

Nathan
Canberra, Australia

]]> by: andrew http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/08/12/barncast-79-mead/#comment-29923 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:17:20 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/08/12/barncast-79-mead/#comment-29923 Thanks Libbye, that's really interesting about the horns. Ah ribbon colours in writting, good to know. :) Thanks for the info John G, -Andrew Thanks Libbye, that’s really interesting about the horns. Ah ribbon colours in writting, good to know. :)

Thanks for the info John G,

-Andrew

]]> by: Libbye http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/08/12/barncast-79-mead/#comment-29921 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:18:08 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/08/12/barncast-79-mead/#comment-29921 If you band Shetland ram lambs as babies, they don't seem to grow horns. At least my half Sheltands didn't..except the one I missed a testicle on. Prize ribbons...first is blue, second red, third yellow, forth white. Some answers for the week. If you band Shetland ram lambs as babies, they don’t seem to grow horns. At least my half Sheltands didn’t..except the one I missed a testicle on.

Prize ribbons…first is blue, second red, third yellow, forth white.

Some answers for the week.

]]> by: John Glasscock http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/08/12/barncast-79-mead/#comment-29919 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:11:00 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/08/12/barncast-79-mead/#comment-29919 Saaz hops (Humulus lupulus var. Saaz) are a Bavarian/Northern Czeck type of hop with a low IBU (International Bittering Unit) content, usually about 3.7. It is the hop in Pilzner Urquel beer. Hops are also a preservative. The bubbles are CO2, the byproduct of fermentation. Secondary fermentation is good for clarity. Capping order doesn't matter. The dextrose should be mixed BEFORE bottling to the whole batch, not to each bottle. Adding per bottle is inviting the occasional explosion and under-effervesced variation. 20 year member of the St. Gabrinus Brewing Society. Saaz hops (Humulus lupulus var. Saaz) are a Bavarian/Northern Czeck type of hop with a low IBU (International Bittering Unit) content, usually about 3.7. It is the hop in Pilzner Urquel beer. Hops are also a preservative. The bubbles are CO2, the byproduct of fermentation. Secondary fermentation is good for clarity. Capping order doesn’t matter. The dextrose should be mixed BEFORE bottling to the whole batch, not to each bottle. Adding per bottle is inviting the occasional explosion and under-effervesced variation.

20 year member of the St. Gabrinus Brewing Society.

]]> by: John Glasscock http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/08/12/barncast-79-mead/#comment-29918 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:11:49 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/08/12/barncast-79-mead/#comment-29918 http://www.realmilk.com./ Wisconsin allows raw milk sales, so Tom probably had fresh, not pasturized, milk. Much different taste! In Indiana, you can get raw milk for "pets". You can also do cowshares. Trader's Point is starting a cowshare program. http://www.realmilk.com./
Wisconsin allows raw milk sales, so Tom probably had fresh, not pasturized, milk. Much different taste! In Indiana, you can get raw milk for “pets”. You can also do cowshares. Trader’s Point is starting a cowshare program.

]]> by: John Glasscock http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/08/12/barncast-79-mead/#comment-29917 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:00:34 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/08/12/barncast-79-mead/#comment-29917 "Why do you preserve food?" "Because we can!" “Why do you preserve food?”
“Because we can!”

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