DarwinCatholic: A Brewing We Shall Go

Saturday, November 19, 2005

The Darwin family with assorted monkeys and stuffed animals in tow is off to Houston for the day to brew beer and mead.

Anonymous said...: Yum. May I have some?; 11/20/2005 11:31 PM
Jenny said...: Mr. P and I went to our club's Big Brew yesterday, but didn't have time to brew there. You are definitely on my list of daily reading. Not only are you Catholic, science-based, and fellow homebrewers, but I love baking and two months ago I fell in love with the "Little House on the Prairie" tv show on TVLand. scary.; 11/21/2005 4:33 PM
Jenny said...: BTW, if you want a good tip to cut down the ferment time on a mead, add 1/3 of a pkg (8 g total) of Fermaid K to the mead each of the first 3 days of fermentation. Did it to our last batch and it was done and clarified in 3 months instead of 12. (I also find 15 lbs honey per 5 gallons and White Labs Sweet Mead Yeast gives the best results. Of course, I like my meads sweet.); 11/21/2005 7:47 PM
Anonymous said...: I may have to do a mead sometime... possibly when the local wild blackberries are ripe. I had a blackberry mead recently, and it was excellent, albeit a commercial offering.; 11/22/2005 2:55 PM

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