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Kombucha Starter Kit

Jake Spurlock — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:44:18 +0000

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Kombucha Starter Kit

$16

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Complexity: 2
Components: 4
Documentation: 3
Community: 3
Completeness: 3

TAGS: beverages, fermentation, Kombucha, sparkling tea, starter kit

Reviewed: November 14th, 2011

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Kombucha Starter Kit

$16

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Complexity: 2
Components: 4
Documentation: 3
Community: 3
Completeness: 3

TAGS: beverages, fermentation, Kombucha, sparkling tea, starter kit

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What’s kombucha? It’s a refreshing, lightly sweetened, sparkling tea drink that is naturally fermented (yet non-alcoholic). The Oregon Kombucha kit comes with everything you need to make your own kombucha at home. The instructions are clear and easy to follow. Boil a gallon of water, brew the tea satchel, dissolve the sugar, let it cool, […]

Whiskey Aging Kit

Jake Spurlock — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:22:59 +0000

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Woodinville Whiskey Co.

Whiskey Aging Kit

$150

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Complexity: 2
Components: 5
Documentation: 4
Community: 3
Completeness: 4

TAGS: alcohol, beverages, home aging, whiskey

Reviewed: November 13th, 2011

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Woodinville Whiskey Co.

Whiskey Aging Kit

$150

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Complexity: 2
Components: 5
Documentation: 4
Community: 3
Completeness: 4

TAGS: alcohol, beverages, home aging, whiskey

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Just because you don’t own a distillery doesn’t mean you can’t have a hand in making your own whiskey. Whiskey starts its life as a clear, nearly flavorless spirit; it’s the aging process that provides the beautiful brown color and most of the smooth, smoky flavor. The Age Your Own Whiskey Kit provides all you […]

Perlini Carbonation Kit

Jake Spurlock — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:17:02 +0000

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Perlage Systems

Perlini Carbonation Kit

$199

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Complexity: 3
Components: 5
Documentation: 5
Community: 3
Completeness: 4

TAGS: alcohol, beverages, home carbonation, mixology

Reviewed: November 11th, 2011

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Perlage Systems

Perlini Carbonation Kit

$199

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Complexity: 3
Components: 5
Documentation: 5
Community: 3
Completeness: 4

TAGS: alcohol, beverages, home carbonation, mixology

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Open the cool aluminum briefcase and remove your weapon of choice. Charge the pistol grip with a 16-gram CO2 cartridge. Fill the lower shaker chamber with gin, maraschino liqueur, lemon juice, Creme de Violette, and ice. Thread the shaker top and valve onto the lower chamber. Inject CO2 into the shaker. Shake. Settle. Open. Pour. […]

Brooklyn Brew Beer Making Kit

Jake Spurlock — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:12:43 +0000

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Brooklyn Brew Shop

Brooklyn Brew Beer Making Kit

$40

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Complexity: 4
Components: 4
Documentation: 4
Community: 4
Completeness: 4

TAGS: alcohol, beer, beer-making, beverages, fermentation

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Brooklyn Brew Shop

Brooklyn Brew Beer Making Kit

$40

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Complexity: 4
Components: 4
Documentation: 4
Community: 4
Completeness: 4

TAGS: alcohol, beer, beer-making, beverages, fermentation

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The Brooklyn Brew Shop 1 Gallon Beer Making Kit is the perfect introduction to brewing for the quality-conscious quaffer. Instead of the typical can of malt extract, you’ll learn about the true steps of making a grain mash, sparging, hopping, yeasting, fermenting, bottling, and then drinking a delicious homebrew. I made a tasty IPA, though […]

Spike Your Juice

Jake Spurlock — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:05:53 +0000

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Spike Your Juice

$10

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Complexity: 2
Components: 4
Documentation: 3
Community: 2
Completeness: 3

TAGS: alcohol, beverages, fermentation

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Spike Your Juice

$10

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Complexity: 2
Components: 4
Documentation: 3
Community: 2
Completeness: 3

TAGS: alcohol, beverages, fermentation

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Spike Your Juice is a simple introduction to home fermentation. The kit comes with enough yeast packets for six batches, an airlock with rubber stopper, and clear instructions. To brew a batch of alcoholic juice, add one yeast pack to a 64oz bottle of juice (such as grape or cranberry), shake, stopper with the water-filled […]

Molecular Cocktails

Jake Spurlock — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:59:12 +0000

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ThinkGeek

Molecular Cocktails

$80

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Complexity: 4
Components: 5
Documentation: 5
Community: 3
Completeness: 4

TAGS: alcohol, beverages, cocktails, mixology

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ThinkGeek

Molecular Cocktails

$80

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Complexity: 4
Components: 5
Documentation: 5
Community: 3
Completeness: 4

TAGS: alcohol, beverages, cocktails, mixology

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The Molecular Cocktails Starter Kit is the perfect gift for the mad-scientist mixologist in your life. It comes with the tools, chemical compounds, and information needed to create gels, liquid-filled spheres, foams, and UV-reactive glowing drinks. The included book contains chapters on foundational techniques derived from molecular gastronomy, as well as 50 recipes.

Ginger Ale

Jake Spurlock — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:53:11 +0000

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Maker Shed

Ginger Ale

$16

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Complexity: 2
Components: 4
Documentation: 4
Community: 2
Completeness: 4

TAGS: beverages, family, ginger ale

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Maker Shed

Ginger Ale

$16

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Complexity: 2
Components: 4
Documentation: 4
Community: 2
Completeness: 4

TAGS: beverages, family, ginger ale

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The Brew It Yourself Ginger Ale kit is a great weekend project for the whole family. It comes with easy-to-follow instructions, ginger ale flavor extract, yeast, a funnel, and two blank labels. My kids enjoyed measuring, mixing, and heating ingredients, proofing the yeast, and bottling in two 2-liter bottles, adorned with their custom-made labels. After fermenting […]

Hario Cold Water Coffee Dripper

Jake Spurlock — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:48:42 +0000

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Hario Cold Water Coffee Dripper

$251

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Complexity: 2
Components: 5
Documentation: 3
Community: 2
Completeness: 5

TAGS: beverages, coffee, cold brewing, iced coffee

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Hario Cold Water Coffee Dripper

$251

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Complexity: 2
Components: 5
Documentation: 3
Community: 2
Completeness: 5

TAGS: beverages, coffee, cold brewing, iced coffee

Reviewed:

Iced coffee is refreshing and delicious, but I’ve never been able to make it as well as I’d like. As it turns out, I was doing it wrong. Rather than prepare it with a traditional hot brew method, I should have been cold brewing it. This reduces acidity and produces a concentrated flavor that stands […]