We're back inside this week, it's just too hot outside and after working outside most of the day in the hot kitchen it was nice to sit down in the cool living room and do a show. This week we look at what to do with all the extra honey we're getting. Making Mead is something anyone can do at home, it's not very expensive to get setup, a lot of fun, and the end product isn't bad at all.
In the show this week:
- Farm Phone: 206-202-GOAT. 3 calls, pickles, sheep, barbeque, and goat milk
- Round Up: Selling Patra, Rabbit Won 1st place, Bees, Garden
- Farm Section: Mead, just getting started
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That's all this week. More pictures can be found at HERE.
John Glasscock on 2007-08-15 22:11:00
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.