Month: maj 2015

2014 batch 3: Bochet (9) – Bottling the Blackberry Bochet

11. maj 2015
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So, when I cannot bottle my currant mead, I will just start bottle the Blackberry Bochet instead. Same procedure. Washing bottles. This “Double Blast” bottle cleaner is worth its weight in gold. Also the “Fast Rack” frame in the back fits perfectly for my choice of bottles. The bottles were also sprayed with Star San and then rinsed again. Alle the gear was lined up All clean and ready The bottles were filled with my trusted siphon. Unfortunately I did not get a picture. Placing the black heat shrink capsules on top of each 0.5L bottle. This is also a presentable way of hiding the silver colored screw cap :o) […]

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2014 batch 2: Currant mead (14) – Still does not clear up

11. maj 2015
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I was actually planning on bottling my currant mead but it does not clear up. So I started shopping for equipment to try filtering the mead I will try to push the mead over the filter using vacuum on the collector side rather than pressurizing the mead. to push it through the filter. The idea is that it would be less risky to remove air/CO2 from the mead by vacuum rather than increasing the amount of air (+ air pollutants) by pressuring the mead The inspiration I got from YouTube. Here is part 1: And here is part 2: I like the concept of filtrating the mead rather than using […]

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