Date:          Fri, 2 May 1997 00:15:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:          Wing <wwong8@calstatela.edu>
To:            fanfic mailing list <fanfic@fanfic.com>
Subject:       Re: [FFML] test recipe from new address

On Thu, 1 May 1997, Hitomi Ichinohei wrote:

<*>Place first set of ingredients into a primary fermentor, mixing until
<*>disolved and then ferment for four days.

Hmm.. so you're not watching for the amount of escaping gas, huh? :) 

<*>Rack into a secondary fermentor for three weeks.
Don't forget to watch the gas buildup and pressure as well as cleanliness!!

<*>Rack back into primary fermentor and add additional sugar, mixing until
<*>disolved.  Top off to twenty litres of liquid

Eek.. MORE SUGAR??

Sure, it should start a secondary fermentation.

<*>Rack into ten two litre plastic bottles and keep warm for three days.

Hmm. warm
Make sure you have bottles that can stand pressure, you should still 
be getting CO2...
Otherwise it will get very messy! *grin*
 

Make sure to check on it periodically if you do close the cap or else you will
end up with ruptured bottles. (just a warning. ;)

Um. Alternateivey use _strong_ bottles.
You have a problem here, you want to additional ferment to give the 
fizz, (like in beer) but your bottles have to handle it
 

<*>Place bottles into a cool or cold place to stop fermentation.

This rarely works.
Its a good way to suddenly find those bottle you stored 6 months ago 
have exploded.

You could also pasteurize the liquid after filtering it to kill the bacteria
as well as the yeast, just in case the liquid got infected with external
bacteria. Safer. :p

<*>I can't wait to see how this comes out. ^_^

Welll...... ^_^;; Unless you boil it off a bit, it'll be watery sugar water
with alcohol in it. {brewer's yeast}.

And if you didn't make sure to check for cleanliness and to prep the items as
well as pasteurize the final drink... you could be looking at food poison.
^_^;;

This actually sounds like a similar British recipe (for Ginger beer, 
rather than root beer.

Fot those unaquainted with beer/windmaking, I suggest you find and 
follow the 'rules' for beer making, using the ingredients here.
The principle is basicaly the same...

I didn't know you wanted drink recipies, Hitomi!
Want one for elderflower wine?
Easy, tastes good, has a tendency to make people fall over! :)

Dave Row