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Roddy

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Having made a couple of the Strawberry varieties of wow, I fancied one with white grape juice this time (I usually use red grape). Hopefully the trip to Waitrose will be worth it 😀

The what:
6L Waitrose pressed white grape
6L Waitrose apple
3 x 440ml Lowicz Strawberry
1L strong tetley (5 bag stewed for 10 mins)
5tsp pectolase dissolved in 1/2 cup of warm water
3kg tate & lyle granulated sugar
4tsp youngs super wine yeast compound

The how:
2L juice into clean, sanitised FV
Sugar in
Kettleful of boiling water in
Swirl/stir until sugar dissolved
Rest of juice in
Lowicz in
Tea in
Top up with cold tap water to 25L

Temp 22deg
Sg 1.092
Est abv at 0.990 = 13.3%

Chuck in cupboard... lovely 😀

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I've done a WGJ and AJ only which is really nice - the Strawberry addition is an interesting twist mate - may have to do this one if the results are good [emoji106]


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I've done a WGJ and AJ only which is really nice - the Strawberry addition is an interesting twist mate - may have to do this one if the results are good [emoji106]


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WGJ and AJ was my first WOW and I was really impressed with it. The addition of the strawberry sounds good for a chilled summertime tipple. Might be nice sparkling even?
 
Bugger.... has two lots of finings in this one and it's still cloudy.... weird 😕

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I had this problem the other day i forgot to write down when i put the DJ's on and think i took them off too early, i degassed and stabilised then topped up with AJ and think they carried on fermenting a little and the next day they were not clearing.
 
Hmm I didn't take a final SG reading actually, just assumed it was done.... och

It was stabilised though, surely that would have stopped any yeast action ?

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Looking good, i have just finished two DJ's of RGJ & Apple ready for bottling tomorrow night, i also have a WineBuddy 30 bottle on the go which will be finished soon i love the ease of making the WineBuddy kits but hate bottling 30 bottles at a time.
 
Looking good, i have just finished two DJ's of RGJ & Apple ready for bottling tomorrow night, i also have a WineBuddy 30 bottle on the go which will be finished soon i love the ease of making the WineBuddy kits but hate bottling 30 bottles at a time.



Bottling I've realised is the easy bit now with the right equipment . Arduous bit is the cleansing of bottles !!


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Incidentally, it tastes almost the same as the same recipe but with red grape... so not worth the trip to waitrose in this case 😊

Tasting nice though !

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Incidentally, it tastes almost the same as the same recipe but with red grape... so not worth the trip to waitrose in this case [emoji4]

Tasting nice though !

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So cheaper to stick with original ?


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Bottling I've realised is the easy bit now with the right equipment . Arduous bit is the cleansing of bottles !!

I have an extended syphon tube, bucket clip and a little bottler, because of these items bottling has become much less of a chore than when i started out but i still find it the most boring part of the process i especially hate sterilising the bottles.
 
I have an extended syphon tube, bucket clip and a little bottler, because of these items bottling has become much less of a chore than when i started out but i still find it the most boring part of the process i especially hate sterilising the bottles.



The latter is my hate !! Give me a gadget that cleans 10-20 bottles at any one time and I'm in !!


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