What’s everyone brewing?

I’ve just bottled something. Went for the parameters in beersmith of a wee heavy. Came out pretty nice, pre-carbonation.

  • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    12 hours ago

    I do hope not - for this batch I couldn’t get a lock on locally pressed juice so I went with a cider extract kit from homebrew supply.

    The idea was something cheap and cheerful, and it relied on a lot of polish wildflower honey from Aldi that other mead makers had mentioned favourably.

    I’m pretty sure it was just brewing too hot and I made some fusels. Hadn’t happened to me before but this was during the summer in an untested spot not far from the oven… 😑 This just occurred to me, I am a goon.

    I need glass, too. These plastic buckets are convenient but I’m wary.

    • Alexander@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      11 hours ago

      Well, it’s bad news, all those super-processed products almost always are treated with metabisulfite or something close enough, and only wine and a few other products require it to be listed on the label. It’s pretty much treated as part of detergent for washing fruits. Completely unjustified as product is sterilized later in turning it into extract, but it is simpler to keep buying this historically accepted mild bleach and treating all fruits with it anyway. Maybe increases their storage time in shipping pipeline. Something I do not wish to think about in great detail, for my first lab in Finland was in a rented fruit storage bunker and I washed it and dismantled control equipment myself. Could have been WW2 nazi camp facility for what it was worth.

      • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        11 hours ago

        Thanks for letting me know, it was my first time using apple juice extract. Probably won’t do that again. I’ve never had this issue with liquid malt extract though, do you suppose that’s not treated?

        • Alexander@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          2·
          3 hours ago

          Sure it is not, grain is not fruit after all. I think grain will turn into angry shoggoth if threated with metabisulfite. At least it would be a mess.