Greeting brewers. Some time ago in a land far away, I purchased a gallon of honey to turn into mead. Now, almost two years later, I finally the time to make...
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Linda Short
carter_linda_l
Jul 5, 2009 7:42 pm
What turns honey bitter? -Linda-...
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Alex V Flinsch
avflinsch
Jul 6, 2009 1:00 am
... I have tasted odd flavored honeys before, but none of them I would have considered to be bitter. What kind of honey is it? do you know the floral source,...
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Michelle
thora_michelle
Jul 6, 2009 3:57 pm
It was supposed to be sourwood. I talked to a local bee keeper, and he said that at the same time the Sourwood blooms, another tree blooms… I think he said...
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Rurik
vocteach69
Jul 6, 2009 4:29 pm
One thing that you might be able to do is make a methyglyn out of it. Something heavy in cinnamon and clove might be enough to compensate for that less than...
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sorchaprechan
Jul 6, 2009 5:55 pm
I've tasted honey that was both sweet and bitter. It had to do with the base crop (of course). I look forward to seeing what suggestions everyone has - ...
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Carraig Mac Cosgraigh
carraig1014
Jul 6, 2009 8:45 pm
I have worked with 13 or 14 different varieties of honey. None of them ever tasted "bitter". Tulip Poplar has a very dark brown color, but is actually very...
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Willum
mikemojc
Jul 6, 2009 11:24 pm
I once ran into a honey had had a lot of 'bite' to it. I traced back to the apiary and discovered the bees were working a large hop field about the time she...
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Diane Taylor
dianet_write
Jul 6, 2009 11:52 pm
Has anyone made the attempt of brewing with regular granulated white sugar? I know it's sort of *gasp* Modern.. but I'm just curious. I have a batch going...
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NINacide@...
ninacide
Jul 6, 2009 11:58 pm
what I've read is that it'll definitely give you plenty of off flavors and a chemical taste. If you really want to do this, try sugar in the raw. ...
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Ingvarr Ørrabein
orrabein
Jul 7, 2009 12:14 am
I have. Had no problems at all. Ingvarr ... From: Diane Taylor To: sca_brew@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 4:52 PM Subject: [SCA_Brew] Regular...
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scott horner
zippyfix
Jul 7, 2009 12:17 am
white sugar is period belive it or not. It was just very expensive. I've used it to no ill effect although it does have a very distinct flavor. Honestly if I...
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William Wagers
william_of_b...
Jul 7, 2009 12:40 am
When I make cider, I use 5 gallons of fresh-squeezed apple cider, and pour in a 5 pound bag of white sugar. It works very, very well to make a very lovely dry...
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david.gillam@...
dpgillam
Jul 7, 2009 12:57 am
2. What does one do with a gallon of bitter honey? Send it to me! If a noob like me screws up, nobody complains. And if I do well, nobody's sober :) ... From:...
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david.gillam@...
dpgillam
Jul 7, 2009 12:58 am
Just a noob, but I do it quite often. I use Brown sugar for a more robust, molasses for smooth with a bite, and honey if I want it sharp and crisp. Cane sugar...
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leaking pen
the_leaking_pen
Jul 7, 2009 1:13 am
It works better if you invert it, that is, boil the sugar with lemon juice until th eliquid turns yellow golden, then water down. higher than a 10 percent...
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Eadric Anstapa
uisge77362
Jul 7, 2009 1:22 am
Refined granulated white sugar itself should have essentially zero flavor and you should not be able to taste the difference in REFINED sugar from beets, cane,...
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Eadric Anstapa
uisge77362
Jul 7, 2009 1:29 am
Invert sugar doesn't ferment so when adding invert sugar you add residual sweetness without adding alcohol. Yes, in general the higher the alcohol the more...
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leaking pen
the_leaking_pen
Jul 7, 2009 1:34 am
umm, invert sugar ferments BETTER. Rum producers always invert their brown sugar / molasses wort before brewing. Breaking down the glucose into sucrose and...
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Rurik
vocteach69
Jul 7, 2009 2:25 am
Here's the part where I always get the hairy eyeball from listeners.... I use white sugar when ever I am making a batch of habenero wine....and have had...
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W LEHMAN
morrigan508
Jul 7, 2009 2:47 am
PERFECT! I just put down one saterday. I will report when it's ready... 11 lb grain bill, 10 lb honey, pitched with scottish ale yeast, will re pitch with EC...
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W LEHMAN
morrigan508
Jul 7, 2009 2:48 am
buddy of mine did a batch just for gigles...Cidery, but drinkable. Morrigan Graham Islam delenda est. To: sca_brew@yahoogroups.com From: dianet_write@......
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Eadric Anstapa
uisge77362
Jul 7, 2009 3:32 am
Ummm, I just reread what I wrote. What I sent is not what I intended to write. There area few sentences missing from that paragraph. Now it is going to take...
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leaking pen
the_leaking_pen
Jul 7, 2009 3:46 am
Doh, typos all around. Yeah, surcose to glucose and fructose. my bad. (And im the organic chemist who can build you a model of sucrose and the breakdowns....
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donald st. jean
scapup
Jul 7, 2009 4:58 am
Well met, I too am a noob to this. BTW I am Gerhard der Rote von Ulm formerly of the Kingdom of the East. I am currently using a recipe one that uses homemade...
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David H. Hemmer
jaltona73
Jul 7, 2009 5:47 am
Greetings everyone, In my previous life, I was a beekeeper who gathered honey from his own hives to make the drinks that I do now. One thing I can say about...
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Robert Wenzlaff
robert_wenzlaff
Jul 7, 2009 12:53 pm
... Yes. Inverting sugar is where you take a disaccharide (Sucrose, in the case of white sugar) and break it apart into monosaccarides glucose and fructose....
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Rurik
vocteach69
Jul 7, 2009 4:37 pm
I am Master Rurik Petrovitch Stoianov from the Barony of An Crosaire within the Kingdom of Trimaris. I have received requests through private emails, so I'll...
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warpspeedbandit@...
warpspeedbandit
Jul 7, 2009 8:48 pm
Greetings from a once seller of honey and apitheripist. A 'Final Jeporady' question ten years ago--What is the only kind of food that can 'keep' for 200 years...
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James Brown
dragonoake
Jul 8, 2009 12:50 am
... Arbutus (AKA Cane Apple or Strawberry Tree) honey has a bittersweet taste and is used in Mediterranean (and presumably, Irish) cooking so that might make...
