tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post6142540888184782720..comments2024-02-23T15:34:32.816-05:00Comments on The Mad Fermentationist - Homebrewing Blog: Buried Treasure (Orange-Cranberry Mead)The Mad Fermentationist (Mike)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07379932734747507258noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-2170040673552732642021-04-16T08:17:51.509-04:002021-04-16T08:17:51.509-04:00You have to unearth them!You have to unearth them!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08185185791224003394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-85275777000204000562019-01-25T09:18:19.384-05:002019-01-25T09:18:19.384-05:00There still down there...There still down there...The Mad Fermentationist (Mike)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07379932734747507258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-84199920821798726232019-01-21T23:00:54.567-05:002019-01-21T23:00:54.567-05:00Any movement on the rest of the bottles?Any movement on the rest of the bottles?Mike Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01061001254630193852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-46710866444817196162016-04-30T18:43:25.825-04:002016-04-30T18:43:25.825-04:00Maybe three years ago? It was already tasting a bi...Maybe three years ago? It was already tasting a bit oxidized, so difficult to muster the effort for an afternoon of digging! Maybe I'll get around to pulling the remaining bottles this year.The Mad Fermentationist (Mike)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07379932734747507258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-5201318489296297422016-04-26T11:21:40.770-04:002016-04-26T11:21:40.770-04:00Did you pull anymore of these bottles lately? Did you pull anymore of these bottles lately? Pewtherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00309813808120721777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-77442451233310088422012-07-27T09:21:25.934-04:002012-07-27T09:21:25.934-04:00Usually preservatives are only effective at killin...Usually preservatives are only effective at killing/inhibiting microbes at some certain concentration. Usually diluting a small amount of something with preservatives into a batch of beer/mead shouldn’t be an issue. In your case it sounds like the fermentation from the sugars in the concentrate were enough to lift yeast/trub/gunk from the bottom of the carboy. Odd that it took two weeks to really get going, you might want to mix the syrup with some warm water next time before mixing it into the mead.<br /><br />I would be worried doing something like this orange/cranberry mead with juices containing preservatives, just not enough dilution to make me feel safe.The Mad Fermentationist (Mike)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07379932734747507258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-3207960828848850962012-07-27T00:35:39.789-04:002012-07-27T00:35:39.789-04:00Hey,
First of all I want to thank you for a very ...Hey,<br /><br />First of all I want to thank you for a very cool and informative website. I started brewing mead 5 years ago, and moved into beer about 1 year ago. Brewing and or reading about it, is taking all my spare time now, and I thoroughly enjoy reading your site.<br /><br />I have a question about brewing with juices, more specifically if you can ferment sugars with preservatives. And are there other issues I should be concerned with, when adding something with preservatives to a brew.<br /><br />I have made a christmas ale with some prune juice, (without preservatives) which went quite fine. <br />But I have also made a mead once with some elderflower concentrate (with preservatives) that I added after the boil. The two liquids wouldnt blend for the first week - after a week a greyish liquid started floating on top of the mix, (along with the grey yeast on the bottom). Finally after two weeks, the airlock just starting puking all the grey stuff out :P<br />The mead turned out pretty good, but it still needs a little more age:)<br /><br />Thanks again,<br />Thomas Nichols<br />- DenmarkTicholshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02319025563859342314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-45163114571580289982012-04-26T11:10:26.877-04:002012-04-26T11:10:26.877-04:00You can take a hydrometer reading of the juice if ...You can take a hydrometer reading of the juice if you want to know the gravity. Then just figure out the difference between what it is and what you want, and add enough honey to get you there. Pretty much all of the sugars in fruit juice are fermentable.The Mad Fermentationist (Mike)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07379932734747507258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-8221666531795253852012-04-26T10:55:30.794-04:002012-04-26T10:55:30.794-04:00How do you determine the amount of ferment-able su...How do you determine the amount of ferment-able sugar in Cranberry and Orange juice? I'm thinking of scaling this up to 5 gallons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com