Recent content by jaydventer

Nice dog @Yooper. Here is one big Chihuahua or one small Tombstone.

Made a 5 gallon batch last night Total thread size = 9,768 gallons !!

haha! they shouldn't be allowed to bull **** people like that.

Here in South Africa they've launched "Foundry Premium Cider". This is what they say in the ad: "Brewed according to age-old cider making traditions, the master brewers follow a meticulous and time-consuming 871 step process to ensure that every drop meets with their high standards."...

okay, i will do a sugar/water/yeast mix and split into 2 bottles, just to make sure the xylitol doesn't have some weird catalyst effect!! damnit, yes, the laxitive effect is a bit worrying... haha

Objective: To see if xylitol can be used as a non-fermentable sweetner or if xylitol kills (brewers)yeast. Method: i had 3 bottles in which i put: Bottle 1: water + yeast + sugar Bottle 2: water + yeast + sugar + xylitol Bottle 3: water + yeast + xylitol i then put balloons on each...

haha! that's a mighty interesting idea!

this stuff smells nasty! like ass actually, but what does it taste like? i was actually a bit too scared, but finally tried it: it smells kinda like fermented pineapple, it tastes a bit sour. i would not drink this for fun, only if there were really NO other beer anywhere! the...

Okay, so tried my hand at the traditional(-ish) Zulu Beer. as found in most South African grocery stores the malted sorgum and yeast the mash, malted sorghum enzymes turn maize starch into sugars then you wait a day and boil it, wait a day, filter and bottle (or actually put in...

yep. so essentially its a bit of a waste of product, instead of just including a packet of yeast, they just mix it with the malted sorghum. that means, you probably kill the first half of the yeast when you mix it with the boiling water in step 1)...although, when i came back from work the next...

Here in SA we've got King Korn (malted sorghum and yeast). it's availible in the shops and the instructions go like this: Bjala bja setso: African beer 1kg King Korn Mtombo (ready-crushed sorghum malt with yeast) 500g maize meal (flour) 13 litres water Mix 500g of King Korn Mtombo...

what would happen if i just put milk powder in there? probably not even sweet enough and full of fat or something.

hehe, i live in Durban, South Africa, i dont want to order from overseas, takes too long and it's gonna end up being expensive with the postage and all. i've tried the healt food stores. oh well. guess the worst that can happen is i'll have flat beer! thanks guys