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    Quote Originally Posted by Nellie View Post
    DR the official recipe is:

    3lbs of honey
    1/4 of a mug of stewed tea (for the tannin)
    1/2 teaspoon of yeast extract as a nutrient
    5ml of lemon juice (citric acid?) I used a couple of old limes in mine rather than chuck them out.
    Yeast as per instructions which seems to be typically 1gram per demijohn if you buy a 5gm packet
    top up with water to fill.

    That's what I'm working from and playing around with
    Nellie thanks a lot I started some today but didn't remember your recipe as well as I thought I had .
    so it contains 3lbs of honey (ok there)
    57ml of lactic acid (had that for making flower wines) eek!!
    1 cup of lemon tea oops!!
    some yeast nutrient (don't know what that does) from Ebay
    1 packet of yeast (turns out thats way too much)

    Tasted like nice lemonade before the yeast went in
    So all in all I expect the airlock to clog and a jolly big bang landing me in trouble again LOL!

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    Nellie
    Bubbling now

    How many days before we can drink it ?

    Can a high dose of lactic acid be fatal

    I should have written your recipe down

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Drone Ranger View Post

    Can a high dose of lactic acid be fatal
    Surely you could use Tonto as the first volunteer for working out the LD50 for lactic acid.

    PS. None of your old cups of tea for me, you can get it all here. The ingredients are quite inexpensive.

    http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Home-Brew-Online-Shop
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jon View Post
    Surely you could use Tonto as the first volunteer for working out the LD50 for lactic acid.

    PS. None of your old cups of tea for me, you can get it all here. The ingredients are quite inexpensive.

    http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Home-Brew-Online-Shop
    Tonto can't drink.
    One ginger beer and he's gone on the warpath.
    Besides it's going to be too good for the likes of him.
    But you right I might just give him a dose of lactic acid and check what happens

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    Should knock all the mites off him.
    He'll emerge in spring like a new man.

    The ethanol is a good internal cleanser. You should encourage him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jon View Post
    Should knock all the mites off him.
    He'll emerge in spring like a new man.

    The ethanol is a good internal cleanser. You should encourage him.
    Is that the antifreeze the Italians were putting in their wine a few years back Apparently it makes it really sweet but all your hair falls out and your gums bleed a bit.
    still it's cheaper than adding sugar

    By the way they have a nice still at the website
    What do we call distilled mead again
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nellie View Post
    DR the official recipe is:

    3lbs of honey
    1/4 of a mug of stewed tea (for the tannin)
    1/2 teaspoon of yeast extract as a nutrient
    5ml of lemon juice (citric acid?) I used a couple of old limes in mine rather than chuck them out.
    Yeast as per instructions which seems to be typically 1gram per demijohn if you buy a 5gm packet
    top up with water to fill.

    That's what I'm working from and playing around with
    Hi,
    got 20 liters on the go just now (but with lots of spices/chilli/ginger), going to have a crack at this today, any recommendation on what honey to use (or not)?
    Have some rape honey I am keen to be rid of...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Calum View Post
    Hi,
    got 20 liters on the go just now (but with lots of spices/chilli/ginger), going to have a crack at this today, any recommendation on what honey to use (or not)?
    Have some rape honey I am keen to be rid of...
    I used the stuff I had handy including half a jar I use at breakfast
    I am slightly regretting that now though 'cause there was a little bit of toast floating on the top this morning.

    Rape honey should be very popular with your customers but I'm sure you can sacrifice a bit for the greater good
    Heather honey has protein so might be difficult to get clear (just guessing)

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Drone Ranger View Post
    Heather honey has protein so might be difficult to get clear (just guessing)
    Pectolase will clear pectin haze and amylase will clear a starch haze.
    I bought 500g of pectolase to add to my apple wine.

    http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/problems.asp

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    My guess would be that any haze in mead wasn't pectin - that is part of the plant cell wall and pulpy fruits have quite a bit. Heather honey has other proteins.

    Isinglass might do it (if there was a problem), but that would be an issue for vegetarians perhaps. Anyway, who wants to make mead from heather honey?!

    My one and only large batch of mead was made from oilseed rape honey, set and dissolved out of scraped comb in water. There was some pollen which might have added the nutrients which I didn't bother with. The mead was delicious (after a year or two). Time I repeated the experiment.
    Last edited by gavin; 01-10-2011 at 07:28 PM.

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