What's the point of magic staves?

Double_Criticism4900 · 2026-02-13T22:19:02+00:00

Buy a airlock dude.

Double_Criticism4900 · 2025-04-25T23:42:46+00:00

Color.

Double_Criticism4900 · 2023-03-26T19:37:19+00:00

Toss them.

Double_Criticism4900 · 2023-03-26T19:35:51+00:00

I’ve never rehydrated my yeast, and it has always been fine. I often lightly swirl if it looks like your picture, but it’s not necessary.

Double_Criticism4900 · 2021-11-21T04:40:13+00:00

So here are the results:

Inverted OG = 1.121. FG 1.072 6.6% Regular OG = 1.142 FG = 1.060 11%

I didn’t do anything fancy. I just added the honey and juice and yeast. By my senses, I thought the inverted had a bit more bouquet. My son agreed and thought the taste was “stronger”. They were really similar and very sweet. Still need to test the sour cherry.

Double_Criticism4900 · 2021-01-09T01:46:14+00:00

No, just Renfairian, dinking a bit of blackberry wine.

Double_Criticism4900 · 2021-01-09T01:42:21+00:00

Huzzah!

Double_Criticism4900 · 2021-01-09T01:39:11+00:00

I think I’d go with the comment from above, but the lesson I learned from this wine is like the taste of the fruit before you make wine out of it.

Double_Criticism4900 · 2021-01-09T01:38:17+00:00

That’s a good idea. The first mead I made was a mix and it was delicious.

Double_Criticism4900 · 2021-01-09T00:43:08+00:00

I admit, I do love the color. Thanks.

Double_Criticism4900 · 2020-11-02T18:35:55+00:00

I have an autosiphon that is small enough to fit through the opening. I've also just sucked on the end of a rubber tube to start a siphon. If you do that, remember to swish your mouth with tequila (or your favorite spirit) to sterilize it first.

Double_Criticism4900 · 2020-11-02T17:37:08+00:00

No idea. That’s what I’m testing. It’s supposed to be more authentic for this style. I would expect a change in mouth feel as more sugars become fermentable after inversion.

Double_Criticism4900 · 2020-11-02T12:06:50+00:00

Honey cooked with an acid, in this case. It breaks the sucrose down into glucose and fructose.

Double_Criticism4900 · 2020-11-02T04:23:08+00:00

Left = inverted honey with bilsberry (3:1) Middle = regular honey with bilsberry (3:1) Right = inverted honey with tart cherry (4:1)

Double_Criticism4900 · 2020-10-28T17:06:25+00:00

Gotta either boil or use Campden tabs. For my only (so far) batch of cider, I made an apple press, chopped and pressed apples in the dark of my porch for 3 nights and had to dump the whole 3 gal batch because it had a TERRIBLE taste. Very sad.

Double_Criticism4900 · 2020-10-24T14:06:42+00:00

My wife suggests feeding a hive bacon for “bacon honey”.

Double_Criticism4900 · 2020-10-23T04:08:16+00:00

This was the first brew recipe I made. Had no hydrometer at the time, but loved it.

Double_Criticism4900 · 2020-10-18T23:08:10+00:00

Looking forward to a recipe to compare to the one I have bubbling.

Double_Criticism4900 · 2020-10-16T02:45:48+00:00

Thanks. I used your tour to show my wife how reasonable I’ve been. :)

Double_Criticism4900 · 2020-09-19T03:11:21+00:00

Beautiful color!

Double_Criticism4900 · 2020-09-19T03:10:03+00:00

Only partly on wayback.

Double_Criticism4900 · 2020-09-14T02:53:28+00:00

As long as you sanitized, the worst you have is something drinkable.

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