white 1/4 brown next.
--- janet@u... wrote:
>
> Yes, I've done a control test. One 2 liter I used regular white sugar,
> the other 2 liter bottle regular brown sugar. At the end of 10 days,
> using a vinometer the white cane sugar bottle finished at 12% alcohol,
> and the brown sugar bottle finished at 17% alcohol. Also, the brown
> sugar test had a more sparkling effect, and my boss mentioned the white
> sugar one had a faint cidery taste. Probably it was still fermenting at
> 10 days later and would have gone even higher, yet I put both in the
> refrigerator to stop the action. Both were absolutely excellent in
> dryness, sparkle and I love the ease of EZ Caps. I've used other
> methods but this is a safe, portable way to keep kids out of playing
> with or removing the bubble trap on larger fermenting bottles.
>
> I need help understanding using old yeast. I still have these bottles
> remains in the refrigerator. How much old yeast do I reuse? Would I
> also pitch new yeast in a new batch? How good or how long does old
> yeast stay if refrigerated?
>
> What about black stuff floating in bottles during early fermentation? I
> did another experiment by letting herbs and grains sit suspended in
> water, but loosely covered in my garage for 5 days and noticed it was
> extracted, and possibly fermenting because there was foam. Is that too
> long? I strained it, began the EZ Caps process, but noticed after
> capping and adding sugar and the EZ Cap yeast it had lots of black
> stuff floating the first week, but it died and floated to the bottom.
> Is my experiment safe to consume? Should I throw it out? What is the
> time limit and should I be careful to keep the initial extraction
> process air tight? I didn't keep it air tight but loosely covered.
>
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: [E-Z-Caps] Digest Number 246
> > From: E-Z-Caps@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Sun, November 20, 2005 5:10 am
> > To: E-Z-Caps@yahoogroups.com
> >
> >
> > There is 1 message in this issue.
> >
> > Topics in this digest:
> >
> > 1. Brown Sugar
> > From: "cop8_wannabe"
> >
> >
> >
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 02:31:53 -0000
> > From: "cop8_wannabe"
> > Subject: Brown Sugar
> >
> > I just recently purchased my EZ caps and gave it a quick go with all
> > 6 caps at once for roughly about a 2 week fermentation period based
> > off of a friend's recipe.
> >
> > However instead of the standard 1 cup of sugar, I did half a cup of
> > white sugar and half a cu
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