Sealing ferment with a layer of OIL - seems like a clever idea. According to: HYPERLINK ...
John Draper
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Sep 1, 2006 11:37 am
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Yeah, I read about that a while back, but never decided to try it. It does seem like a good idea, doesn't it? Let me know how it goes if you do it. I might...
... I am pretty sure ... Hi Dave, This is one of the recipes I have for making it at home. If you want a olde fashioned recipe, then I can give that to you. ...
Hi Dave, Here is the other page http://www.greydragon.org/library/brewing_root_beer.html http://www.homemade-dessert-recipes.com/ginger-beer-recipes.html ...
In cooking you'll see several times where they use a fat, oil or wax to seal out air...like pesto, kraut, jelly, or the food placed in the oil like sun dried...
If you are making homebrewed beer & wine you will probably end up with only the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as the organism unless you are intentionally...
... be healthy like home brewed lactofermented drinks? You may have answered my question. Does kefir beer have any significant amount of alcohol? ... The...
... does ... it. I ... didn't seal ... just do ... I tried it. Works fine, albeit I don't like olive oil in my kimchi. It's really good for tomato sauce...
... Choose the ferment carefully. It works well on fermented salsa, but I wouldn't like it on kraut or kimchi - not meant to be oily! Urgh! It doesn't work on...
I made that "Sweet Potato Fly" in the WF book (interesting!) and am trying to carbonate it like one does with ginger beer. Didn't add the full amt of water to...
Hi Nance, I was just answering about this on another group so I'll go with my momentus momentum and throw you a bone too :~) Provided that you have an active...
... ferment in the bottles for 2 weeks, then warns of extreme carbonation when opened. (I've seen that - when my husband made ginger beer 34 yrs. ago and 1/2...
Hey Heidi, You mention how the soda you used to make with LOTS of sugar didn't over-carbonate..that is odd.. Hmm well, sugar is a preservative and pretty much...
So I was just slicing up a cabbage for sauerkraut, with me handy-dandy V-slicer, but I started on a big piece without using the guard - and sliced off the top...
... No, Ross, you aren't alone. I did the exact same thing with a mandolin, so my dh bought me a cutting glove. I'm not sure what's available Down Under or...
... Excellent, and I think I may have seen them in my local kitchenware emporium. Goodie, another excuse to visit that toy shop :) thanks, Ross. -- Ross McKay,...
I am looking for all types of Ferment pictures the good, the bad and the ugly to post as a helpful refence for brewers. Please help as you can and include...
Patrick, I was browsing the photo section and ran across your kombucha pictures. I do recognize that as non-productive kombucha but I was wondering if you...
... Hope you found something while you were there, glove or no. :) I'm wondering if you need to tweak your sig line now: "Let the laddie play wi the v-slicer...
Hey Heidi, You mention how the soda you used to make with LOTS of sugar didn't ... Hmm well, sugar is a preservative and pretty much un-fermentable at really ...
... Ooohh .. no forgiveness for the pun! And yeah, mead is in order! I've not sliced my tips off, but I did hit my toe with a hoe (cute rhyme, huh?) and took...
Ah yes, that makes complete sense.. Ginger must have some serious yeast nutrients.. I have kombucha going and sometimes bottle it with a ginger slice or ...
Hello Heidi, Please explain more about this to me, "go dry" and measured amount of sugar...more about how to do this. So much appreciate hearing about the...
Hi Beau, Oh, now that sounds like what I was asking Heidi about. I need to practice using that hydrometer I bought too. Audrey <snippet> ... taking ... plastic...
Hi Heidi, Oh, now I need to go recheck what the brew shop lady sold me, for making ginger ale, root beer...think I have yeast nurtient in there also. Audrey ...
Your so bad Ross, heh, tips & mead. Well I was concerned about even using the hand grater to shred, compared to hand slicing very thin. Audrey <snippet> ... ...