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Considerations of Fermentations – Episode 2941

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As soon as I say fermentation most jump to making alcohol.  And yes that is one kind but we are going to do a mile high view of many types of fermentation today. Man has been using fermentation for longer than he has even really known what it is.  From the first honey in water in a sack made of leather to kick off into mead, to the first flour and water to rise on its own, to the first salted vegetables to sweat out and become sour and crispy, man used this process without understanding it. It in fact … Continue reading →

Episode-2304- Brew Beer Like a Yeti with Jereme Zimmerman

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Jereme Zimmerman is a writer and traditional brewing revivalist who lives in Berea, Kentucky with his wife Jenna, daughters Sadie and Maisie. He writes for various sustainability, homesteading and farming magazines, and travels nationwide to present on topics such as fermentation, natural and holistic home brewing, modern homesteading, and sustainable living. He is an avid fermenter and researches extensively into traditional fermentation practices in order to revive lost food arts. Zimmerman’s goal is to educate people on how to preserve food and drink using traditional, natural and healing techniques and ingredients. He is the author of Make Mead Like a … Continue reading →

Episode-731- Preserving the Harvest

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Well the time is approaching rapidly that we will be in the full swing of fall harvesting and even planting the fall gardens.  With temps are or near 100 in many parts of the nation today it may seem a long way off, yet it isn’t, cooler weather and the bounty of the garden and the field are just around the corner. As we turn our focus to harvest both of garden and game it is a good time to discuss what to do with it all.  You can only eat so much fresh, your neighbors will only smile about … Continue reading →

Episode-676- Home Brewing – Tips, Tricks and Recipes

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Today we go into some tips, tricks and recipes to complete our mini series on home brewing.  Yesterday we focused on the equipment, the basics of how to, the role of ingreedents and developing a basic understanding of brewing equipment and technology. Today we get much deeper into various ingredients and adjuncts.  We discuss specialty malts, hone, fruit, beer styles and more. Beer is at the same time remarkably simple and extremely complex, on one level it is simply a form or sugar (usually malted barley), water, hops and yeast.  On the other hand there are millions of ways that … Continue reading →

Episode-675- Building the Home Brewers Kit and Understanding Beer

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I haven’t gone into home brewing for a long time and thought I might do a couple shows on it this week.  Today we start out not so much with how to brew (though we will cover it a bit) but the “hard items” you need to brew great beer at home. Then tomorrow in part two we will go into tips and tricks for better brewing, some recipes I have developed and discovered over the years and more. My hope is that more of the audience will take the time and effort to develop brewing and vinting as self … Continue reading →

Episode-265- An Interview with Johnny Maxx and The Queen

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Tune in today for an interview with Johnny Maxx and The Queen, (aka John and Tammy McKissack) who are the host of “The Self Sufficient Homestead” and co hosts of “BrewCrazy“. Join in today as we discuss a variety fo subjects and projects John and Tammy are working on in at their south Texas homestead such as… What is up with today’s bumper music Hydroponics The perpetual onion Making “lazy mans cider” Keeping bees and making mead Why debt free is the way to be What dealing with multiple hurricanes taught them The cost of running a generator over a … Continue reading →

Episode-131- Making Beer and Mead at Home

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Today’s initial show notes will be very brief and I will back fill them with resources and bullet points mentioned in the show this evening.  Due to the reminants of yesterday’s ice storm my morning drive took almost three hours.  So I will just put up the audio and back fill later on. Tune in today to learn the basics and some of my personal tricks for makeing beer and meads at home.

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