Brewnight: Cheeky vimto (punch)

Roddy · Sep 29, 2015

Evening all

In went...
8L no added sugar vimto, heated up and simmered for 20 mins
2.7kg sugar
Topped up with water to 25L
5g Gervin GV2 yeast
OG 1.045
Est abv (5.9ish)

Still waiting for the damn thing to cool down enough to throw the yeast in hehe

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Chippy_Tea · Sep 30, 2015

Good luck with that, its the only one I ever made that failed and I did boil it.

Roddy · Sep 30, 2015

Chippy_Tea said:
Good luck with that, its the only one I ever made that failed and I did boil it.

ah shoot, that doesn't bode well ! Ã°Å¸ËÂ¯

Chippy_Tea · Sep 30, 2015

Mine took ages to ferment (I mean weeks) and it was still above 1000 when I binned it, I don't believe boiling gets rid of all the preservative if any.

Roddy · Oct 2, 2015

hmmm..

still no signs of life, will move it to warmer place at the weekend and give it another week I think

the last punch I made needed to be around 26deg to get going

Roddy · Oct 5, 2015

Binned it.. still not a glimmer after a week, even if it did miraculously start, it would likely take ages and not have enough oompff left in the yeasties for carbonation...

bawbags Ã°Å¸ËÂ

patience isn't one of my strong points.... onwards !!

Pirate_Pete · Oct 5, 2015

So Roddy, do you think it was the preservatives?

It's just that the syrup I bought to put in my cider has preservatives. I can't find any syrup without.
I wonder if I might have the same problem. I guess the only way I'll find out is next time I do cider
I'll have to prime a few bottles with the syrup I have.

Roddy · Oct 5, 2015

yeh I reckon... I've other similar ones with cordial done the same way and they worked out ok

maybe this cordial had more preservatives than most...

yeh not sure that would affect priming a cider, depends on how much preservative boils off eh ?

Pirate_Pete · Oct 5, 2015

Or different.
the syrup I have has 223 & E223 Sodium Meta bisulfite or Sodium Metabisulphite preservatives

Vimto has Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate),

just having a guess.

Roddy · Oct 5, 2015

Pirate_Pete said:
Or different.
the syrup I have has 223 & E223 Sodium Meta bisulfite or Sodium Metabisulphite preservatives

Vimto has Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate),

just having a guess.

yeh good call, I looked up the ingredients for the last one I made that worked, and that had all of the above in it !

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