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Thanks Mike. I've been contemplating a beer/wine/mead for sometime. Your recipe will come in handy :D
How did you find the hop bitterness? I notice that dogfish head's version is hopped higher (low-mid 20's). Do you think that would be too high?

Your welcome. By the way there is no technical ...

References.
http://www.phrygians.com/dinner.html
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/research/Exp_Rese_Disc/Mediterranean/Midas/intro.shtml
http://gogreece.about.com/cs/fooddrink/a/retsina.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscat_grape

http://www.dogfish.com/brewings/Year_Round_Beers/Midas_Touch_Golden ...

Well im sure I will learn the right way, as I have a local brewers club I'll be going to...im sure you've heard of one of the members...Dr K or Kurtz?...im sure he knows the right way!...and Im sure he doesnt use books! :D

Everyone one uses or consults some sort of book or magazine or article. To ...

Im sure there are, in fact my local HBS would stock it, I just wasnt sure if there was an easy way around it for the time being until I get up to speed with the whole brewing world!...just so you know, I only started on Dec 18 & waiting to taste test my very first brew! :wink:

The easy way in war ...

I have two companies to choose from to buy a strain of this yeast in the USA are you telling me that no company is selling liquid yeasts of specific strains in your aria? Even by mail order? I am sure you can get it if you look around.

You can find good recipes and bad recipes for CA common beer here.

http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipes?group=41

Keep in mind the defining thing about this kind of beer is the yeast used and at specific temps. White Labs and Wyeast sell good liquid yeasts for steam beer.

Ca common is in other ...