Erisian Brewer's Cadre. Or: How I saw the Goddess in the first place

[Suu]

That Saigon cinnamon is the SHIT. It's soooo flavorful!

My friend in Rochester, NY works at a speciality food store, and she sent me a ton of goodies to brew with, including the Saigon cinnamon, which is ground, a full pound of regular cinnamon sticks, another pound of the mulling spices, and a thing of pumpkin pie spice I want to put in a beer.

[Triple Zero]

Should I maybe dump a cinnamon stick or two in that apple mead that's bubbling like crazy now?

I have a lot of cinnamon sticks in my spices cupboard, even chunks that look like genuine tree bark (kinda tasty/hot to nibble on), that I never use for anything.

how much sticks should I use on 2.1 gal?

[Suu]

There is no such thing as too much cinnamon.

[Triple Zero]

Except on a pizza Napolitana.

[Suu]

That would just taste weird.

[Luna]

Apple cider is out of the carboy, and tasty.

I put it in the freezer, for safekeeping.  Yeah.  Because I have to wash the bottles, should've thought of that before I took it out of the carboy.  I'll get to that in a few days...

[Cainad (dec.)]

I left a jug of apple cider in my fridge on LI on Friday, and it had already started getting fizzy and the jug was all swollen. Out of curiosity, I left it there.

Now I get to see the SCIENCY results today

[Suu]

We had one of those last year at the brewing contest. Just a, "We left this unpasteurized cider in the back of the fridge for a year, let's see what happened!"

It was vinegar.

[Triple Zero]

I left a jug of apple cider in my fridge on LI on Friday, and it had already started getting fizzy and the jug was all swollen. Out of curiosity, I left it there.

Now I get to see the SCIENCY results today

Be sure to leave the cap slightly ajar so the CO2 can escape otherwise it'll EXPLODE!! Seriously you don't want that mess. Waterlocks are nice, but slightly opened cap also works fine.

We had one of those last year at the brewing contest. Just a, "We left this unpasteurized cider in the back of the fridge for a year, let's see what happened!"

It was vinegar.

Apple vinegar is good too, right? I mean, for cooking or salad dressing etc.

[Precious Moments Zalgo]

Yeah apple vinegar is good, but when entered as a cider in a brewing competition it usually gets a low score.

[Cainad (dec.)]

Cap was sealed, and the bottle was hard as a rock by the time I got back to rescue it, but it hadn't burst.

It's definitely alcohol, but probably not for too much longer.

[Triple Zero]

Cap was sealed, and the bottle was hard as a rock by the time I got back to rescue it, but it hadn't burst.

It's definitely alcohol, but probably not for too much longer.

You mean you're drinking it, or assuming it'll end up spoiling?

If the latter, it probably won't. Trust your smell. Then your taste. Then drink and enjoy! (Hell you survived a FUCKING ORANGE EATING CONTEST, it's not like you're not invincible or anything)

[Suu]

Apple cider vinegar is also a potent laxative.

-Suu
had to clean her pipes with it on several occasions.

[Cainad (dec.)]

Cap was sealed, and the bottle was hard as a rock by the time I got back to rescue it, but it hadn't burst.

It's definitely alcohol, but probably not for too much longer.

You mean you're drinking it, or assuming it'll end up spoiling?

If the latter, it probably won't. Trust your smell. Then your taste. Then drink and enjoy! (Hell you survived a FUCKING ORANGE EATING CONTEST, it's not like you're not invincible or anything)

The latter, but I might change my mind because that's an awfully good point.


*tasting*

It's pretty weak, but definitely alcoholic. Might as well polish it off, there's not much left.

[BabylonHoruv]

Hard rootbeer coming up as soon as my friend with the sassafras trees gets me some bark.  it's gonna have molasses, honey, sassafras, and licorice.