Comments on: A Simple Mead Recipe http://www.washingtonwinemaker.com/blog/2007/05/06/a-simple-mead/ Growing grapes and making wine in Bellevue Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:41:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Erroll http://www.washingtonwinemaker.com/blog/2007/05/06/a-simple-mead/#comment-10505 Erroll Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:33:33 +0000 http://www.washingtonwinemaker.com/blog/2007/05/06/a-simple-mead/#comment-10505 Hi Shane, I use a 10-gallon Rubbermaid Brute as my primary fermenter. The gray, white, and yellow Brutes (only those colors and only Brutes - not Roughneck, not any other model) are food grade. I bought it new, at my local homebrew shop, and use it only as a fermenter. It came with a lid, which is not airtight, that I use that during fermentation to keep dust and bugs out. Erroll Hi Shane,

I use a 10-gallon Rubbermaid Brute as my primary fermenter. The gray, white, and yellow Brutes (only those colors and only Brutes - not Roughneck, not any other model) are food grade. I bought it new, at my local homebrew shop, and use it only as a fermenter. It came with a lid, which is not airtight, that I use that during fermentation to keep dust and bugs out.

Erroll

]]> By: Shane http://www.washingtonwinemaker.com/blog/2007/05/06/a-simple-mead/#comment-10500 Shane Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:36:25 +0000 http://www.washingtonwinemaker.com/blog/2007/05/06/a-simple-mead/#comment-10500 Where did you get your fermenter? What could I use as one if I could not get a hold of one? Also, are you using a lid with it during the process of fermenting? Where did you get your fermenter? What could I use as one if I could not get a hold of one? Also, are you using a lid with it during the process of fermenting?

]]> By: Erroll http://www.washingtonwinemaker.com/blog/2007/05/06/a-simple-mead/#comment-6791 Erroll Sun, 18 May 2008 04:36:16 +0000 http://www.washingtonwinemaker.com/blog/2007/05/06/a-simple-mead/#comment-6791 Come on Mrs. Coager, I'm not that old! My guess is that, back in the day, they were clever and did a remarkably good job. But they worked harder than we have to, and they had more things go wrong (like infection, oxidation, and so forth). Erroll Come on Mrs. Coager, I’m not that old!

My guess is that, back in the day, they were clever and did a remarkably good job. But they worked harder than we have to, and they had more things go wrong (like infection, oxidation, and so forth).

Erroll

]]> By: Mrs. Coager http://www.washingtonwinemaker.com/blog/2007/05/06/a-simple-mead/#comment-6498 Mrs. Coager Wed, 07 May 2008 20:45:26 +0000 http://www.washingtonwinemaker.com/blog/2007/05/06/a-simple-mead/#comment-6498 This is awesome... but how did they make Mead back in the day, without all these things? This is awesome… but how did they make Mead back in the day, without all these things?

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