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by Dr Love
Friday Sep 01, 2006 11:36 am
Forum: Cider, ginger beer, lemonade, wine, mead . . .
Topic: Ginger Beer Alcohol Content
Replies: 26
Views: 39767

I asked the good people at Coopers about this, wanting to boost it to 6-7%, but concerned the added alcohol would drown out the gingery spice and make it watery.
The bloke who replied agreed it would probably destroy the taste to add 1kg of dextrose but adding a 1.5kg tin of liquid malt extract ...
by Dr Love
Monday Apr 10, 2006 2:09 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Debunk: Aluminum & Alzheimer's
Replies: 5
Views: 2481

Dr Karl has an article - I was skeptical aluminium was an issue to begin with but this put the baby to bed for good...

http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s1163941.htm
by Dr Love
Sunday Feb 26, 2006 3:35 pm
Forum: Cider, ginger beer, lemonade, wine, mead . . .
Topic: Best Ginger Beer Kit?
Replies: 22
Views: 28556

Morgans and Coopers are similar, but not the same according to a bloke i spoke to who worked at Morgans. I find that most people prefer morgans, like myelf, but I only make it up to 18L to intensify the flavour and bite.
by Dr Love
Tuesday Dec 20, 2005 11:01 am
Forum: Making beer
Topic: oxy-moron
Replies: 16
Views: 10001

the website

Sorry, but what the hell is that website about... it may be right or wrong but frankly I simply have no idea what it is going on about. Feel free to explain Kurtz... I'm assuming this has something to do with your passion for infection detection.
by Dr Love
Wednesday Dec 14, 2005 9:56 am
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Infection
Replies: 36
Views: 23488

kurtz,

You seem to be a firm pooh pooher of the humble HDPE fermenter, jus wondering if you have personal experience with them and have had oxidation?
I use my HDPE fermenters frequently, and some of my brews have sat in them for 3 weeks without any ill effects on taste - and yes, I do know what ...
by Dr Love
Wednesday Dec 07, 2005 10:07 am
Forum: Cider, ginger beer, lemonade, wine, mead . . .
Topic: ESB cider
Replies: 1
Views: 3481

ESB cider

Hey gang,
Ive tried searching for a post about this but Icant find one:
Was wondering if anyone has tried the ESB apple cider kit... if so any reviews or tips you might have?
Cheers