You've been kicked in the nuts. (more rackings)

Tonight, I took a closer look at the Mr. Beer thingy and it will NOT fit in my minifridge, but one of the 1 gallons will, so MAYBE I'll make a small batch of apple lager.

Paul helped out some tonight with the nut breaking, uhh, rackings.

We racked the JAO Mead into the Mr. Beer container with three campden tabs. Hydrometer showed it at 1.032. I had been worried about getting the oranges out of the carboy and was surprised at how easily they came out of the jug while cleaning. One or two of them just lined up and slid right out, the rest would stick in the neck of the carboy, but I could simply pinch them between two fingers and pull 'em out.

Once clean, I racked the apfelwein from one 5-gal to the other with 5 campden tabs. And forgot to thief enough to measure it with a hydrometer.

The mead is proceding nicley to being tasty, it's definitly young and rough. Paul said it had an almost chemicaly aftertaste. (fussel?) He also thought it was thin.

Joe's Ancient Orange

Started Joe's Ancient Orange Mead
http://www.gotmead.com/index.php?option=com_rapidrecipe&page=viewrecipe&Itemid=6&recipe_id=118

7.5lbs honey
- 2.5lbs of local grower clover, 5lbs ?? brand from grociery store
3 whole cloves
1 orange sliced into eighths
two whole cinamon sticks
1oz box of raisins
1 packet regular baker's yeast

disolved honey in water and put in Carboy
put orange slices, raisins, cloves, and cinamon sticks in and filled to 2.5 gallons with water
shook to death to mix and aerate
poured dry yeast directly in and gently shookup to stir
Now leaving it alone.