Kvass anyone?

Share a basic extract recipe that you like or want to get feedback from the Borg.

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Re: Kvass anyone?

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swenocha wrote:One question for you, Russki.... What's the proper way of opening one of these jars? I puzzled over it for a min or so, trying to twist or lift it, before using a screwdriver to loosen it around the edges. There has to be a more efficient way, no?
You would use a Russian can opener, naturally! ;) Here's what it looks like (and no, I have not a clue where to get one of these in the States):
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PapaG's suggestion would also work, provided it can grab the edge of the lid.
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Fermenting:
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Buck-Flower Mead
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Hefeweizen (5-gal)(AG)
Oaked Pear Cider
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Successfully bottled into plastic bottles that I last used very early in my brewing adventure. Taste is all rye bread in the sample... very nice.

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FG 1.005, so hit 2% on the head. 65 calories per bottle, according to the ole calculator, so this is truly a light beer in all respects.

Only got 2.2 gallons bottled. The yeast really didn't cake so much, so I was pretty conservative and left some of the more murky stuff behind. $3 (plus maybe $1 of sugar and free yeast) for 2 gallons ain't too bad.

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Fermenting:
nada... zip...

Drinking:
nada... zip... maybe an N/A beer here and there...
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Do you prime this, and if so, how much? I still got to get to my eastern European deli/store and see if they have this stuff..
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I decided to lightly prime them using an ESB level prime. Some of the bottles are already pretty solid.
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Fermenting:
nada... zip...

Drinking:
nada... zip... maybe an N/A beer here and there...
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Re: Kvass anyone?

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Mighty tasty...

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Fermenting:
nada... zip...

Drinking:
nada... zip... maybe an N/A beer here and there...
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Re: Kvass anyone?

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swenocha wrote:Mighty tasty...
Glad you like it - I love this stuff... So much better than Coke :)
In Soviet Russia, beer brews you!
My brews
Fermenting:
Strawberry Rhubarb Wheat (5-gal)(AG)
Cranberry Mead
Buck-Flower Mead
Flanders Red (5-gal)(AG) x 2
On Tap:
Hefeweizen (5-gal)(AG)
Oaked Pear Cider
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