Re: Priming Sugar

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>When setting KT for a 2nd fermentation (in my case, with fresh organic

>yellow ginger slices)

>I'm wondering how much sugar most people are using to achieve a good fizz?

Will, there's no need to add sugar, the ginger gives the brew plenty of

material to build fizz from. Adding sugar at secondary brew is a dubious

practice and could easily lead to explosions. I have done it when the brew

had got too vinegary, but once the brew gets to a certain gone point it

seems very little will coax any fizz into it.

>I'm able to do the 2nd fermentation at room temp with the ginger, but I

>assume fresh raw

>fruit like blueberries, raspberries or strawberries should be fermented

>near refrigeration

>temp to prevent deterioriation of the fruit. Right?

No. The reason to secondary ferment at cold temps is to avoid

explosions. No one is trying to preserve the fruit... in fact, the

deterioration of the fruit is the very thing that yields the fizz and

flavor... people are not in general adding sugar with the fruit, not at

all. Crushing the fruit before adding will hasten the process, btw.

>Speaking of sugar, I'm using organic sugar (and organic tea) and, given

>the super toxic

>nature of conventional sugar farming, I think it's worth the additonal

>cost. However, it's

>possible that the brewing may bioremediate pesticides. I doubt whether any

>one has studied

>this. Either way, I prefer to support organic farming all the way.

I think this idea that KT bioremediates pesticides is questionable,

certainly it is not proven. If by bioremediation you mean, metabolizes

them into something nontoxic, which is a different concept from

detoxification. KT is definitely a detoxifier-- it removes toxins and

helps them flush from the body-- and because KT detoxes the body, some

people claim it detoxes any pesticides in the brew. This also is unproven,

though certainly an attractive idea.

But here's the thing-- if the KT has to detox the materials you give it to

ferment with, it seems to me that there would be less detoxing happening

within the body, because there is a saturation point. Not only that, you'd

be drinking the residues of that detoxing, putting your liver and kidneys

to work, on top of one's own toxins being detoxed. I think it's much

better to avoid the pesticides to start with. Our bodies have enough

poisons in them just by living on the earth today, without the KT being

weakened by them as well.

my opinion.

--V

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