Ahh, that's more like it. The brown liquid is the bitter compounds that the lye has removed from the olives. I rinsed and bit into one this afternoon -- just a bit of bitterness (and a soapy, lye taste). We've now drained out the lye water and the olives are now leaching out the lye in water baths. Wo far, so good.
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