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Post by grayfingers on Sept 4, 2013 10:49:53 GMT -5
I have been busy lately, been working on a to-do list that is much longer than summer is. We have a small orchard. this is a good apple year and the apples are coming on one or two varieties at a time. I still have loads of sauce, pie filling, apple butter, jelly and so on from last time I canned apples (year before last) so I decided to run off some hard cider.   I inherited a press from my parents, and have been juicing and freezing the juice until I had enough mixed juices for the first batch. (Best to use several varieties) Yellow Transparent  Duchess Of Oldenburg, and Whitney Crab.  setup - This should finish out at around 14-16% alcohol. Will bottle it sparkling.  Started some plum wine too.  video of fermentation action 24 hours into primary ferment. (click on pic) Had to use a blow-off hose for the airlock, as this batch has more action than a little brewer's airlock can handle. (Actually, this will be more of a strong sparkling wine, hard cider is usually around 6.5% and is still - I used a champagne yeast which will handle higher alcohol levels before the yeast gives up.)  |
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Post by gerard on Sept 4, 2013 11:34:04 GMT -5
Years ago I made some hard cider using a champagne yeast and it was the best. Rivaled the best champagne I ever tasted good luck brewing.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 4, 2013 11:38:59 GMT -5
Noooow i know my grayfingers comes up with these giant words. Jean, look at what Bill does to his brain. Look at how much he making.
We have apple orchards in N.GA. mountains. The bears are eating the apples a lot. Those trees are loaded like i have never seen Bill.
And a pretty spot you got. Have you ever posted inebriated? (a cool word).
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Post by grayfingers on Sept 4, 2013 12:05:05 GMT -5
Hmmm, I do not think I have ever posted the word 'inebriated', but I have posted other words while imbibing. . .  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 4, 2013 12:14:17 GMT -5
I love that you can use so much of Mother Nature's bounty, Bill. I don't know too many guys that put up produce, make jams and jellies, can vegies, etc. I'll get on a kick for a while, then go to the grocery store.
Funny you should say that, James. I made five+ gallons of fig wine last year. And I'm not a wine drinker. Why did I make it? Because my fig tree was producing so much fruit, an entire family of ten could not have kept up with it. I still have five more pounds of fruit in the freezer. I bottled about half of them sparkling. It's a shame, I'm not even drinking right now. Guess they'll keep until I am.
The tree is also doing well right now. This year, the birds, ants, rats, fig beetles, whatever, can have them all. The figs are even just rotting on the tree. Oh well, the alligator lizards are hanging out underneath, and eating the bugs that are coming for the fruit.
Inebriated, yes, a cool word, just rolls right off the tongue. That's when I most have to watch what I say, LOL! But I think drinking is a hindrance to using big words. Alcohol kills brain cells, ya know? And I think I'll keep all I have - for now.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2013 12:14:24 GMT -5
Hmmm, I do not think I have ever posted the word 'inebriated', but I have posted other words while imbibing. . . You just did. Nice to see the sufficiency in all that harvest. |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 4, 2013 12:21:11 GMT -5
im·bibe (m-bb) v. im·bibed, im·bib·ing, im·bibes v.tr. 1. To drink. 2. To absorb or take in as if by drinking: "The whole body . . . imbibes delight through every pore" (Henry David Thoreau). 3. To receive and absorb into the mind: "Gladstone had . . . imbibed a strong prejudice against Americans" (Philip Magnus). 4. Obsolete To permeate; saturate. v.intr. To drink alcoholic beverages. Ha. Good grammatical interpretation. My wife would have accused me of "lying by omission". What is that? If i keep my mouth shut i am lying??? inebriated - stupefied or excited by a chemical substance STUPEFIED?  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2013 12:24:11 GMT -5
Stupefied. Apply the past tense to the definition below.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 4, 2013 12:27:50 GMT -5
Glorious. A paramount word of great usefulness. May the truth set us free. If you admit to your spouse that you are have been stupefied it will help your relationship out.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 4, 2013 12:28:57 GMT -5
She is probably already aware of that...
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Post by jamesp on Sept 4, 2013 12:31:14 GMT -5
Just south of Atlanta is a an east west sweet growing zone for figs. Celeste and Brown Turkey is what does well her.
snide :
A mean, snobbish or spiteful remark. Usually used to describe an insult or a haughty statement.
A(true) comment that Jean made about how my wife perceives me.
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Post by grayfingers on Sept 4, 2013 12:31:38 GMT -5
One must avoid imbibing to the point of stupefaction, or whilst discussing topics such as politics one can become a snollygoster.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 4, 2013 12:36:57 GMT -5
SNOLLYGOSTER my computer painted that word red like it was radioactive.
snol·ly·gos·ter (snl-gstr)
n. Slang
One, especially a politician, who is guided by personal advantage rather than by consistent, respectable principles.
[Perhaps alteration of snallygaster, a mythical beast said to prey on poultry and children, perhaps from Pennsylvania Dutch schnelle geeschter : Middle High German snl, quick (from Old High German) + Middle High German geist, spirit (from Old High German).],a forum beast named Helen(aka).
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 4, 2013 12:38:57 GMT -5
Dang, but I LIKE that word. So very descriptive of the majority of politicians these days.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 4, 2013 12:45:38 GMT -5
Read the last sentence in the definition of snollygoster Jean.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 4, 2013 12:52:45 GMT -5
ROFLMAO!!!
Glad you qualified that, James. I would never make snide comments that weren't true. Perception is everyhting, huh?
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Post by jamesp on Sept 4, 2013 14:39:47 GMT -5
Again, the truth will set you free.
What has happened to this thread Bill. Hell, as long as he is amused by all the luna tics what does he care.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 4, 2013 14:41:01 GMT -5
I am of the opinion that he is highly amused...
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Post by grayfingers on Sept 4, 2013 14:49:05 GMT -5
I am of the opinion that he is highly amused... Quite right, Jean! I am big on encouraging free association. . .  |
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Post by helens on Sept 4, 2013 16:23:54 GMT -5
I am incredibly impressed by your apple press Bill... your lifestyle in general fascinates me. I admire it a lot.
As for James, you really can't stop thinking about me can you? *smacks James upside the head*
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