Pezza
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| posted on 6/8/07 at 05:28 PM |
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Got bored today so.....
..... I made a gallon of mead 
Nice and simple to make.
3lb of honey dissolved thoroughly into three quarters of a gallon of water.
Pop a sliced orange and some sultanas into the demijohn.
Pour in the honey water.
Add yeast and shake vigorously for 5 mines to well oxygenate the water.
Top up with a little more water.
Stuff in a bung and air lock.
Shake vigorously twice a day for the first 3 days to give the yeast plenty of oxygen.
Leave alone for 6-8 months!
Also knocked up 5 gallons of Porter Ale
Should be ready in a month
Ben
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bob
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| posted on 6/8/07 at 05:32 PM |
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Nice
All over at yours next month then 
And the mead for easter
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 6/8/07 at 05:44 PM |
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Mead will get you out of your tree in no time!
What is porter?
In the old days it was a nice word for slops (spillage) from the pump trays, all mixed together (bitter, mild etc.). People who were too poor to buy
beer pulled from the pump used to drink it.
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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Pezza
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| posted on 6/8/07 at 05:48 PM |
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Strong dark hoppy ale 
Gonna raid the local car boots etc soon for more demijohns and get a load of stuff brewed up
Apple wine next I think as we have about 10 apple trees in the garden.
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millemg
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| posted on 6/8/07 at 05:55 PM |
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I made 5 litres of Plum Gin last year, nicely matured and ready to drink now, and the plum tree is laden again for this years batch !!!
Hic
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bob
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| posted on 6/8/07 at 06:04 PM |
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I binned 8 demijohns last year as nobody wanted them..... bugger
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t.j.
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| posted on 6/8/07 at 06:43 PM |
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We just buy our beer in a store.
It is really plenty availble
 So you don't have to make own brew..
[Edited on 6/8/07 by t.j.]
Please feel free to correct my bad English, i'm still learning. Your Dutch is awfull! :-)
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viatron
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| posted on 6/8/07 at 06:55 PM |
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used to make industrial quantities of cider in Saudi, very very naughty stuff, just apple juice, chopped apples and bakers yeast then cleared it with
raisins, usually took a couple of months to get a good 5 gallon plastic container ready for a party.
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dave r
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| posted on 6/8/07 at 07:59 PM |
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if that mead starts working well, you havent left enough room in the demijon!!
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DIY Si
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| posted on 6/8/07 at 08:19 PM |
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Last mead I had was some Russian stuff my dad brought back with him when he was last working out there. Nice stuff, but no-one else liked it, so I
ended up drinking 8 pints of the stuff! I could barely see the next day! 
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Pezza
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| posted on 6/8/07 at 08:20 PM |
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Yeah I might have to siphon a bit off.
Tis my first time making mead, and from what I read it ferments alot slower than beer etc.
You couldn't pwn your way out of a wet paper bag, with "PWN ME!!" written on it, from the "pwned take-away" which originally contained one
portion of chicken tikka pwnsala and the obligatory free pwnpadom.
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indykid
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| posted on 6/8/07 at 08:33 PM |
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i've got 8 demijohns sat in the front room waiting to make mead in my student house next year
might start it before we move in but we're gonna have some wild parties at christmas!
most of the online sources i've found say it should be good to go in about 3 months after fermentation's stopped. should take about a
fortnight to ferment.
incidentally, where are you getting your honey from? asda seems to be about the cheapest i've found so far. about £4 for 3lbs
i have plans vague plans for crunchy nut cornflake wine too. the guy i got the demijohns off says it's really nice.
tom
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MikeR
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| posted on 6/8/07 at 09:27 PM |
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so how do you do the cider then? I love the stuff (hate beer) and haven't found any "brew your own" stuff.
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Pezza
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| posted on 6/8/07 at 09:29 PM |
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I just went for sainsburys pure honey, think it was around a fiver for the 3 jars I needed.
Yeah i've read you can drink it after fermentation, but it's meant to get much better the more you age it.
Crunch nut cornflake wine sounds interesting!
Got plenty of fruit grows in our garden and field so i'm gonna make lots of different types this year
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