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From: jimf@cbnewse.cb.att.com (james.r.fehrenbacher)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
Subject: sweet wine/ dry wine
Date: 25 Aug 92 17:15:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbnewse.1992Aug25.171556.2665
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T


I have some info from a person who teaches winemaking. If the wine contains
any residual sugar or if sweetening is planned, you must add some stabilizer.
3 level tsps per 5 gallons.

Fruit wines which have completely fermented may taste flat and thin unless
sweetened a little. Small amounts of sugar syrup will round and increase
the flavor without any evident sweetness. A good dry wine does not 
necessarily contain zero sugar.

Before bottling
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sugar syrup: 2 parts sugar (volume) to 1 part water (volume), boil gently for
 5 mins.

dry: fruit wines - add 2-3 oz syrup per 5 gal
     winegrapes - add 0-2 oz syrup per 5 gal

off-dry: both types - add 3-8 oz syrup per 5 gal

medium or sweeter: both types - add 10-20 oz syrup per 5 gal

for more tartness, add acid blend to taste

for more fruit flavor, add fruit extract flavors

for smoothness to wines with >= 14% alcohol, add 4 oz glycerine/5gal before
  adjusting sweetness

for wines which are delicate or easily oxidized (apple, concord grape) or
  where aging temp. is above 65F, add 1 level tsp Vit C (no more) per 5 gal.
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
From: brown@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (john.carl.brown)
Subject: Mead
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 21:08:16 GMT

  Just to let interested parties know, there is an interesting
discussion of historical mead recipes and methods going on 
in rec.food.historic.
  Another mead note, a few weeks ago after I made up a batch
of Wit ale, the smell of the coriander overcame me and I decided
to try a wit-inspired mead as well with ginger, coriander and
aroma hops.  I'll post the recipe after I have actually tried
some in a little while.

John Carl Brown
From: slndw@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
Subject: eliminating roaches
Date: 2 Sep 92 20:03:05 GMT
Organization: Utah State University

Here is an ineresting alternative to eliminating cockroaches.
Make some malt auger plates, but add some nasty poisons to the plates
(nicotine, pyrethrums, DDT, whatever).  Leave these sitting around
for the little buggers to munch on.  This will also eliminate beer-bugs
(fruit flies). 

Another solution:
Get some spiders...big ones for the big f$@%*n' roaches.  Luckily
we live an an arid area, so roaches are not much of a problem here.
I am a bit concerned, however, as some of the beer flies seem
to have found my brew.  However, they could add some body....

-toot
From: edbu@pogo.wv.tek.com (Ed Burress)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
Subject: Jalepeno Beer Recipe Wanted............
Keywords: Hot, Spicy, Twisted, EPA, Hanford ...............
Date: 26 Aug 92 17:24:46 GMT
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.

I'm looking for a recipe for a jalepeno beer.  There is a place in 
Fort Collins, Co. that makes this stuff, but you can't find it in 
Oregon.  A friend of mine has a craving for it, and I thought I 
would give it a try.  Failing a recipe, I would offer suggestions 
of how to obtain that subtle "sneak up and grab you by the throat" 
flavor.  Should I add jalepenos to the boil, or use them like finishing
hops? Mabe use an extract?  Constructive advice only please......
flames will only be added to the beer. ;-)
I'll probably post a followup on the outcome of my little experiment
(assuming I survive)
Thanks a bunch.....  Ed

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From: brewer@meltdown.chi.il.us (Mike Wilson)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
Subject: Re: cost of a carboy
Date: 3 Sep 92 21:09:19 GMT
Organization: The Meltdown - A Team Star BBS

I bought a carboy at a flea market in NW Indiana for $6 US.  Normally I think
they go for around $15, filled with delicious(?) Hinkley and Schmidt water. 
The water is $6, I think, and the deposit on the carboy makes up the rest.  I
think.  At least, that's what they tell me.
  
Mike Wilson
brewer@meltdown.chi.il.us
From: slk6p@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
Subject: Re: sterilization with a microwave?????
Date: 4 Sep 92 01:57:05 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

In article <steeve.2.0@geosci.lan.mcgill.ca>, steeve@geosci.lan.mcgill.ca (Steeve McCauley) writes:
>>On water . . . What is the concensus on methods for removing chlorine?
>>I also have a salt-water tank, and every time I use Stress Coat (de-
>>chlorinizer with aloa) I ponder adding a bit to my brew water.  I live
>>in a rather large city with heavily chlorinated water, and sometimes
>>have batches that struggle to reach complete fermintation.
>>
>>Any Thoughts on either subject?
The thing you really want to avoid is adding UNBOILED water direclty to a
ferment (or pre-ferment).  Any water added in, then boiled will precipitate the
chloring, and it won't be a problem.  If you are one of them extracters and use
cold water to mix with your wort, you'll want to do something to that water. 
As is suggested-  leaving it out overnight (or in the fridge is good
(personally I don't have room for 3-5 gallons of water, cause my spare fridge
is filled with kegs and beer bottles!)).  

>>
>    The boiling point of Chlorine is -34.6C so I just leave my drinking water 
> sitting in the fridge over night - with the cap off of the bottle.  I'm not 
> sure where the eutectic lies for the H2O-Cl system but I believe that most 
> of the Cl does in fact boil off at STP (standard temperature and pressure) -

I may well be corrected (go for it!) but I believe that the chlorine
precipitates and becomes not a problem, rather than becoming volatile.
	if you can smell or taste chlorine in your tap water, then it's a
problem, if not I wouldn't be concerned.  Very low ppm of chlorine is
detectable by the olfactory system (ya'  nose)

> any chemists out there?  I don't use tap water for brewing (the only time I 
> did the brew tasted like shit) 
*i doubt the water could have THAT big an impact- alone....
but I didn't leave the water out to 
> dechlorinate so maybe this would work.  This is the easiest and least 
> chemical method to dechlorinate.  You might not want or be able to leave the 
> stuff in your fridge, but I think it would be ok to leave it sitting in a 
> carboy, or whatever (a small opening would probably be preferable), and 
> possibly cover it with some clean cloth or something to keep the dust and 
> other nasty air-borne particulates out.
*J. Wyllie   SLK6P@cc.usu.edu
> 
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> 
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From: slndw@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
Subject: Re: Rogue (was Re: Jalepeno Beer Recipe Wanted............)
Date: 31 Aug 92 11:31:12 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

In article <BtpMpJ.5pM@wrs.com>, gak@wrs.com (Richard Stueven) writes:
> In article 58487@cc.usu.edu, slndw@cc.usu.edu () writes:
>>The Rouge brewery in Newport OR makes a beer called Mexicalli Dead Guy.
> 
> Do you mean Rogue?  They're in Ashland OR.  (I was there a couple of weeks ago.)
> 
> Or is there a Rouge Brewery in Newport?  If so, I'll have to add it to
> my next tour...


Rouge's Newport brewery is called Bayfront Brewery and Public House.  The
brewers told me they brew more here than in Ashland.  Good stuff, too!!
> 
> ---
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> attmail!gakhaus!gak	Mittwoch nicht mehr in den Bach geschissen
> 107/H/3&4		werden darf.
> 


-toot
From: joseph@joebloe.maple-shade.nj.us (Joseph Nathan Hall)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
Subject: Re: Sassafras for Root Beer
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 22:12:08 EDT
Organization: 5 Sigma Software
Reply-To: joseph@joebloe.maple-shade.nj.us
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In article <1992Sep2.173205.3419@ddsw1.mcs.com> (rec.crafts.brewing), arf@ddsw1.mcs.com (Jack Schmidling) writes:
)  DDT and Alar are great examples of the hypocracy of the 
)  system as it is.  DDT is banned in this country but we 
)  export it by the mega tons and import food contaminated with 
)  it.  Do you know that the FDA does NOT test bananas for DDT?  
)  Why?  It is our biggest single import fruit crop.

Jack, Jack, Jack.  As I understand it, DDT is still the only sufficiently
effective mosquito control agent in many parts of the world.  Which
would you rather the folks in Sri Lanka had: malaria, or soft-shelled
bird eggs?

Personally, I'd rather they had a different mosquito control agent.
But until the ultimate "super guppy" is bred, folks whose lives depend
on it will continue to use insecticides with harmful side effects.
Most folks would rather their family members stopped dropping dead
before tackling more complex environmental issues and/or the preferences
of American consumers and/or bureaucrats.

)  I now eat only apples from my own trees but I suppose the 
)  lead from passing cars is more potent than the alar but at 
)  least I have my option.

Where is it that you, or anyone else, can buy leaded gas now?  I haven't 
seen it in a couple of years.

)  >Oops, bach to brewing subjects...

That might be a good idea.

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Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
From: carruth@mksol.dseg.ti.com (matthew carruth)
Subject: distilled water pro/con
Organization: internet
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 22:16:06 GMT

There is a lot of talk on removing stuff from water before it's
used.  Is using distilled water a better solution?  
Keywords: 


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From: jjc@mayo.edu (Jon Camp, 1-16 Med Sci, 4-3870)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
Subject: Re: Why Don't Women Brew?
Date: 28 Aug 92 14:40:22 GMT
Reply-To: jjc@mayo.edu
Organization: Mayo Foundation

alewife (1) n : a woman who keeps an alehouse

alewife (2) n : a food fish of the herring family....

Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary - 1973

No etymology on either.
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Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
From: julkunen@messi.uku.fi (Antero Julkunen)
Subject: Equipment for microbreweries
Date: 3 Sep 92 10:36:57
Distribution: rec
Organization: University of Kuopio, Finland


Does anyone know the best way to get information and equipment for
microbreweries in Europe? Manufacturers? Fairs? All information is
valuable.
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Antero Julkunen ----> Acta est fabula, plaudite <---- julkunen@messi.uku.fi
From: lac@rhino.key.amdahl.com (Larry Crosby)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
Subject: Re: HOMEBREW Digest #954
Date: 27 Aug 92 19:31:35 GMT
Reply-To: lac@rhino.key.amdahl.com
Organization: Sun Microsystems


I have a much better solution for siphoning - DON'T!! I use a plastic bucket with
a spigott at the bottom (available from any brewstore). All you have to do is
put the bucket on a table and open the spigott - no siphon required.

To get the brew from the carbouy into the bucket, I start the siphon by 
blowing into the other hole in the carbouy cap until the beer starts down
the tube.
From: djt2@po.CWRU.Edu (Dennis J. Templeton)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
Subject: Preventing carboy disasters
Date: 4 Sep 1992 19:32:55 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: djt2@po.CWRU.Edu (Dennis J. Templeton)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


Most of the recent stories of brewing disasters involve either moving hot
wort or transporting a full carboy.  Here is my contribution to avoid such
problems.

I now use a boiled (a keg) with a tap installed near the bottom.  This
allows the wort to be drawn off safely, and by tipping the keg near the end
of the flow the hop sludge can be left behind with minimal waste.

Since I boil in the backyard I have to carry the full 7 gallon carboy down
the basement steps.  I used a carboy handle for a while until it slipped
off once (a *near* disaster of its own).  Now I use a handle to help, but I
always transport the full carboy inside a 10 gallon Rubbermaid "Brute"
trashcan.  These things have sturdy handles, they absorb the occasional
bump, and in case of disaster will catch most of the mess... maybe. 
Anyway, it has changed my life.

dennis
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
From: drw@blink.att.com (Doug Woolley(x2405))
Subject: Re: Propane .vs Natural gas - PROs, CONs
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 17:30:44 GMT

homebrew@lupulus.ssc.gov writes:

>Can I use propane indoors?  Are there any problems with fumes from
>propane?  Do people convert to NG out of convienence of using gas lines in
>the house?  I would think that using propane tanks would be more
>convienent because you could move your cooker.

I was going through the same questions lately.  I was hoping to 
find a cheap (and safe) method to boil many gallons just using
the nat. gat in the house, but found the propane driven
King Kooker approach to be the cheapest and safest alternative.

Too many flames from any source inside is bad news unless you 
can vent it properly and nat. gas burners seem to put out much less
heat than the King Kooker.  I wanted to boil rapidly to cut down
my brewing  time and all talk about these items just kept
pointing to the King Kooker and boiling in the great outdoors 
(even in the winter) as the answer.

If you go with propane, don't spend more than $20 on a new tank
(ie don't go to Sears).

Born To Brew

Doug Woolley
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
From: James B. Wilkinson <wilkins@cs.cofc.edu>
Subject: Re: ROACHES !
X-Xxdate: Wed, 2 Sep 92 20:23:23 GMT
Organization: The College of Charleston
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 00:22:11 GMT

In article <1992Sep01.193459.27755@srg.srg.af.mil> ,
akerson@deimos.srg.af.mil writes:
>  BTW, roaches are primarily attracted to water, not filth or food as
most
>people think. You may have a plumbing problem.
Well I remember when one ate through the cellophane wrapper to get at my
Fig Newtons.  The sumbitch woke me up doing that.
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
From: gak@wrs.com (Richard Stueven)
Subject: Re: sterilization with a microwave?????
Reply-To: gak@wrs.com
Organization: Wind River Systems, Inc.
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 16:29:36 GMT

In article 17enr6INNn7t@darkstar.UCSC.EDU, wolfgang@cats.ucsc.edu (Robert F Dougherty) writes:
>
>Can a microwave be used for sterilizing smallish, non-metallic items?

This was covered pretty well in HBD a while back.  The "final" (ha!)
outcome of the discussion and experiments was that for a microwave to
significantly affect an object, the object must be at least as big as
the microwave's wavelength.  Bowls of soup are big enough; bacteria on
the surface of a test-tube are not.

Now, if you fill the test-tube with water...

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gak@wrs.com		Donnerstag Bier gebraut wird und deshalb ab
attmail!gakhaus!gak	Mittwoch nicht mehr in den Bach geschissen
107/H/3&4		werden darf.
From: scampbe1@metz.une.edu.au (Stephen Campbell)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
Subject: Pearl Barley
Date: 25 Aug 92 04:01:15 GMT

I gave a friend of mine some backissues of HBD to read, as he is a keen
brewer. He read an article back in June and wanted me to post the following.

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In response to a request back around June concerning pearl barley and its uses.

I have found it to be very useful indeed as an adjunct. It is easy to roast at
home and the end product is as good as the commercial stuff. In fact, in one
regard it is better as you can control the degree of roasting and thus the
degree of colour and of flavour. I used my product in Papazian's Dithyrambic
Brown Ale with appreciable success.

I roasted the barlet in a pre-heated moderate oven (180C) for 30 minutes. The
barley was spread out on a scone tray and turned with an egg flip every five
minutes or so. The aroma alone will tell you how the task is progressing and, with experience, will be a good guide to the flavour you can expect, e.g. an
acrid smell means an acrid taste.Watched carefully and not allowed to burn,
you can expect a mellow nutty undertone to your beer.

Many are the recipes calling for roast barley and it is essential in a Guiness-
type stout. If anyone has anny particular favourites though, please let me 
know.

Alastair Wallace
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If anyone had any replies please send to me and I'll pass them on (unfortunatelyvia snail mail)

Steve


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Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles,alt.sewing
From: fran@Cadence.COM (Fran Peterson)
Subject: Re: Sandwashed Rayon
Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 21:18:06 GMT

In article <SHAFER.92Aug18202549@ra.dfrf.nasa.gov> shafer@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) writes:
>I just went to my local House of Fabrics to get a bottle of tacky glue
>and some gold and silver trim (I'm making bargello Christmas tree balls).
>Somehow, I came home with 3-1/2 yards of purple sandwashed rayon (and
>pattern and notions).  I mean, I just walked by the bolt and it reached
>out and grabbed me and followed me home.


Gosh, I thought I was the only one that this happen too.  But watch out.
It happens to me in just about any fabric store that's around. !!

F [:)



Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
From: jbyrd@chpc.utexas.edu (Jan Byrd)
Subject: Re: Anyone Crochet?
Organization: Center for High Performance Computing, Univ. of Texas System
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 13:20:57 GMT

I love to crochet, but only during cold weather, and there's just not a 
whole lot of cold weather around my neck of the woods (Austin).

I've done a number of large projects (afghans, sweaters), but I'm always
on the lookout for small, *useful* things that can be mass produced and
given as gifts to everyone in my life.  This sort of thing can easily be
carried around with me in a small pouch and hauled out when I have to sit
for a spell (doctor's office, red lights :-)  One year it was crocheted 
slippers, but I did so many I got sick of them.  Now I've got relatives
asking for replacements for their worn-out slippers and I don't want to
make them anymore.

If anyone has any *EASY* instructions for quicky projects (and when I say
`easy', I mean items preferably made in one piece - my least favorite part
of a project is having to put a lot of pieces together; that's why I got
sick of all the things with granny squares), I'd love to hear about it.

Jan
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
From: esh2@po.CWRU.Edu (Evelyn S. Hlabse)
Subject: black baby weight yarn
Reply-To: esh2@po.CWRU.Edu (Evelyn S. Hlabse)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 19:54:27 GMT


I know this sounds strange but I am looking for baby weight
yarn in black.  I am knitting a wardrobe for a Barbie doll
(talk about not having enough to do) and it calls for a
black shawl to accompany an evening dress.  If I have to, I'll
make it in another color.  I've tried several yarn stores in
the Cleveland, Ohio area with no luck.  I also called
Mary Maxim who is usually able to provide anything and everything
I need with no luck.

Please e-mail replies.  I'll post responses if there is
sufficient interest.

Thank you.

Evelyn

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From: esh2@po.CWRU.Edu (Evelyn S. Hlabse)
Subject: doll clothes patterns
Reply-To: esh2@po.CWRU.Edu (Evelyn S. Hlabse)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 19:57:34 GMT


I knit Barbie doll clothes and give them away to charity at
Christmas.  They work up quickly and it is a great way to use 
up odds and ends of yarn.  I also have just started making
clothes for baby dolls.

I am tired of the same patterns all the time.  I would love
to have the addresses of companies which would have this
kind of pattern.  I have several books for Barbie from
Leisure Arts and one from Mary Maxim. 

Please e-mail replies.  I'll post the addresses if there is
sufficient interest.

Thanks for the help.

Evelyn
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From: revans@uspi2.Prime.COM (Robbin Evans)
Subject: baby sweater that zips in back
Organization: Prime Computer, Inc.
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 15:26:08 GMT

HELP!  My lover's mom is trying to make a baby sweater with a hood that
zips in the back.  She's found a pattern for a sweater with hood that
zips in the front and is trying to convert it as she goes along.  Now
she's asking for my help.  Has anyone out there ever tried doing this?
If you've got any insight into this and can offer it quickly (I'm going
to see her this weekend), please let me know.  Thanks very much!

/Robbin Evans
revans@uspi2.prime.com
From: jill@cray.com (Jill McAllister)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Re: Anyone Crochet?
Date: 30 Aug 92 01:35:12 GMT
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.

In article <1992Aug29.130957.1932@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu> dancer@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes:
>
>Oh, I'm also in the process of starting a needlework shop that will cater to
>crochet (among other things). Any ideas? I'll be having: Crochet, Cross Stitch,
>Lacework (Tatting, Needlelace, Bobbin Lace) and only Natural fibers (though 
>blends are ok). Other ideas?
>
How about crewel?  I love crewel work, but the materials are almost impossible
to get (linen twill and crewel yarns).

Jill McAllister
(jill@cray.com)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
From: jmacdonald@mta.ca
Subject: Knitting Machines
Reply-To: jmacdonald@mta.ca
Organization: Mount Allison U, Sackville, N.B. Canada 
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 15:20:31 GMT

I would like to know more about knitting machines.  Is there a FAQ on this?

If not, here are some questions I have but any info/recommendations
appreciated:

1.  What does a knitting machine do best?  Worst?

2.  What kinds of projects (aran, guernsey, lacy-patterned) are best/worst
    suited to a machine?
                                                    
3.  What are the limitations of knitting machines?
  
2.  What kinds of features should one look for in a knitting machine?

3.  Any recommendations on brands/models.

I will summarize and post if there is interest.  Thank-you for you help.

- Jane (jmacdonald@mta.ca)


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