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Haha, prions in wine, imagine that... Mad Vintner's disease... :shock: Actually the hospital sterilising departments don't claim to be able to destroy prions, although they do state that the equipment they prepare is sterile. If surgical equipment is used for a patient who could have been...

I put 500g of Rauchmalt in an extract brew christmas ale I made a couple of years ago. Was very disappointed that the flavour was totally lost under all the Crystal, Chocolate and Black malt I put in there - I love Rauchbier.

Go for it! Get cracking sooner rather than later as well, it takes a while. Best of all, get a batch on every month, that way at some point down the line you'll have a well stocked mead cellar and you can drink plenty while still letting some mature - strong, sweet meads are built for the long...

I used to make elderflower to a recipe similar to that - massive elderflower hit when it's young, and it often had a nailvarnish remover edge to it because of the high alcohol content - I expect that was the yeast getting really hammered and making a hash of the last stages of fermentation...

I've been doing some ginger beer, actually bordering on wine, this batch, OG was 1070 and I fermented with beer yeast. I used a kilo of fresh root ginger to make 10L... There's no intention of letting it mature - I'll serve it cloudy straight from stone cider jars on a camping trip in a couple...

Hi all! My name's Basil, I stumbled across this site looking for some hints on lagering and it seems quite good. Thought I'd better join so I can contribute, I've got quite a bit of experience so hopefully will have something useful to add. I've been brewing since I was 14, used to make all...