Awatarts.1159 net.cooks utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!watmath!watarts!darcy Wed Mar 3 04:49:05 1982 beer Re: Beer Brewing D'Arcy: I found a few serious mistakes in your brewing recipies: on page 5: '5 lbs. for more carbonation' If you used 5 lbs of sugar you'd have a very effective time bomb! I'm sure that you meant 4-5 cups. Actually I'd use more like 1-1/2 -> 2 cups. Also, you should let the beer sit for 3-4 months (minimum), after the time it has been drained into the secondary carboy. THis is really dependent upon the temparature, I prefer to bottle when the beer is crystal-clear. Then I bottle and let sit for another month or two. Yes, you can drink the beer in 1-2 weeks, but why bother to go to the trouble of making home-brew unless you are going to let it gradually acquire its true flavor. You'll be missing something if you drink 'green' beer. ***** You should DEFINITELY post the correction on netnews, if someone added too much sugar then there could be a DANGEROUS explosion! Scott ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.