Brewnight: Spiced blackcurrant TC

Roddy · Sep 22, 2016

Evening peeps

In the mood this week so stuck on some TC.... with a wee Christmassy twist ÃÂ Â½ÃÂ¸Æ

Ingredients
16L Tesco AJ
3 x Lowicz blackcurrant
5tsp pectolase
2 x cinnamon sticks
4tsp all spice
2 x star anise
1 x vanilla pod

Method
Poured in all juice
Added spices etc
Topped up with water to 25L
Temp 20 degrees
SG 1.050

Cost... about ÃÂ£16

Bunged in yeast (cider yeast with sweetener, from eBay), popped in the cupboard

Intending to prime with 300g sugar so estimating abv when fermented out to 1.000 is about 7.11% ÃÂ Â½ÃÂ¸Æ

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yeastinfection · Sep 22, 2016

Have you done this before ?

Roddy · Sep 23, 2016

Yes a similar one with just 2 bottles of b/c syrup, and another without the syrup and some cloves added too.. pretty Christmassy that one was !

Both good Ã°Å¸ËÅ

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Roddy · Sep 29, 2016

Yum tasting pretty good, SG down to 1.010 so this one should be ready to bottle early next week reckon

Not too overpowering with the spices either Ã°Å¸ËÆ

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Tau · Sep 29, 2016

At least you'll be getting 2 of your 5 a day :smile:

Roddy · Oct 3, 2016

Some of my 5 a day coming next week, bottling night Ã°Å¸Ëâ¬

Pretty murky but will clear perfectly, no finings required Ã°Å¸ËÆ

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Roddy · Oct 10, 2016

First pour tonight, bit fizzy but that calms down some when it's been in the fridge (this one had just been in a cool place)

Nice wee cinnamony kick Ã°Å¸Ëâ¬ pretty nice

https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqD9OOcGhwesqiL-J51rXcqnMbyX

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Roddy · Oct 10, 2016

Aye that's better

https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqD9OOcGhwesqiTf1xjuo7sfpqBB

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Roddy · Oct 10, 2016

Good news and bad news

News is.. 6 of these bad boys and it's time for bed Ã°Å¸Ëâ¬

I'll let you make your own mind up hehe Ã°Å¸ËÅ

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dublin12 · Oct 12, 2016

This looks relevant to my interests. Roddy's greatest hits keep coming !

So basically you make a 7% wine (no added sugar), then pour into a Grolsh bottle with some sugar?

Did you clear the wine at all or does it happen in the bottle?

How much sugar per bottle and what size bottles are they?

What cider yeast with sweetener exactly did you buy from eBay?

Might give this a try thanks !

Roddy · Oct 12, 2016

dublin12 said:
This looks relevant to my interests. Roddy's greatest hits keep coming !

So basically you make a 7% wine (no added sugar), then pour into a Grolsh bottle with some sugar?

Did you clear the wine at all or does it happen in the bottle?

How much sugar per bottle and what size bottles are they?

What cider yeast with sweetener exactly did you buy from eBay?

Might give this a try thanks !

So basically you make a 7% wine (no added sugar), then pour into a Grolsh bottle with some sugar?
:grin: yes but..ahem, that's cider ! rule of thumb: <10% abv = cider, > 10% = wine :mrgreen:

Did you clear the wine at all or does it happen in the bottle?
:grin: the cider clears by itself in the bottle, after a week or so

How much sugar per bottle and what size bottles are they?
:grin: I use mostly grolschies (450ml), and some coopers pet 500ml too, with about 7g of sugar per bottle (I always batch prime, so use about 350g of sugar for a batch started as 25L)

What cider yeast with sweetener exactly did you buy from eBay?
:grin: these little babies http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5x-Cider-...rry-Scrumpy-/271594939858?hash=item3f3c51e5d2 This is the seller I use too, they are pretty good :)

dublin12 · Oct 12, 2016

Brilliant, I have 16 grolshies so might part recreate this one !

So batch priming is just making a syrup with the sugar and adding it to the Fv just before syphoning to bottle ?

Roddy · Oct 12, 2016

I prime the stuff with more of the blackcurrant syrup, but siphon off to a clean fv as it needs a good mix up, then bottle immediately

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dublin12 · Oct 12, 2016

So just to be clear ... make the cider with 2 of the 3 syrups then use the third one as your 300g sugar ?

Would you make any changes to it having tasted it.

Cheers

Roddy · Oct 12, 2016

Ah sorry mate, I did do this one with sugar for priming right enough...

Yes so just siphoned off into a clean fv, on top of the sugar solution and gave it a good swirl before bottling straight away

Pretty happy with the taste, not too overpowering, light and fruity Ã°Å¸ËÆ

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dublin12 · Oct 12, 2016

Great - thanks for this.

Mikey · Oct 13, 2016

Thoughts on this one compared to others you've done?

Roddy · Oct 13, 2016

Mikey said:
Thoughts on this one compared to others you've done?

Nah, pretty happy with it as is.... so long as you like it fairly strong Ã°Å¸ËÂµÃ°Å¸Ëâ¬

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Roddy · Oct 28, 2016

Update....
Majorly over primed, even when ice cold, still fizzes up a bit, don't lose any if pouring into a wet glass but would tone down amount of syrup used for priming by 25% next time

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pvt_ak · Oct 28, 2016

How much sugar did you use Rodders ?

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