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If you want banana flavor in a mead, use either real bananas or banana extract. The yeast isn't usually going to do this for you, not even a hefeweizen yeast, because beer and mead are two very different things.

Most mead, wine, cider, beer, bread, and bakers yeasts ARE Saccharomyces cerevisiae, regardless of how they might otherwise be categorized by a manufacturer. There are probably thousands of different strains commercially available. If your yeast does not have a specific name, designation, or...

FAKE

The "Roundy Roundy" step comes in between the steam and the "Sparky Sparky". Steam turns a turbine which turns a generator which makes the sparky sparky. But yeah... nuclear is just hot rocks. Think about the glowing rocks from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom:

Sounds like an acceptable plan. I personally would avoid wormwood unless used in a tiny amount like a gram or less.

This sounds like a description of a dark crystal malt. But no, crystal malt did not exist in the 14th century. This appears to be an attempt by the modern author to approximate flavors of an old gruit ale by using a grain that can easily be steeped. Crystal malts are appropriate for steeping...

It will turn out great. And it will probably only take 2 or 3 weeks, definitely don't need to condition 6 weeks.

That's not hops. There are other plants that resemble hop cones but the leaves are totally different.

No one is that lucky. But many cannot sense diacetyl.

1) Take your OG reading 2) Look at the digits to the right of the decimal (e.g., 1.056 --> 56) 3) Divide by 2 (e.g., 56 / 2 = 28) 4) Put a 1.0 in the front and start the D rest there IF needed or desired (e.g., 1.028) 5) IF you actually detect diacetyl in the aroma or flavor, let it rest longer...

Apologies. USA-ians suck at this stuff.

Agreed. I gave two lagers previously, but I have to admit, the English bitter has become a favorite of mine in recent years as well, so I'll jump onto the boat of lagers AND bitters. And it is difficult to narrow down favorites to just a few styles, there are too many great ones.

German helles or pilsner

Dat's yo mama. (Mother)