jordibird
Active Member
You would've thought I would learn from past experience but no....
I took advantage of the berry availability and collected aprox 2lb each of black and elder. The plan was to add RGJ and start a batch of each off. So, last night I started the blackberry one off they had been soaking in bucket of hot water, I chucked them in pan brought up to boil turned heat off and battered them. When cool I strained the liquid into the DJ made 3ltr, then added 1ltr of RGJ. For some reason I had thought that with the sugar content of the juice plus berries the sugar to add was 400g so I added it.....then stopped....
When I checked the RGJ content again it has a sugar content of 326g per 200ml and numpty here put the full 1 litre in and 400g of sugar....
It's sitting in a DJ at minute with a good fizzy head on already without any yeast....
So I would like to ask you knowledgeable folks on here what would be my best option here?
Do I half the liquid into 2 DJs to make up 2ltrs of syrup in each top up to 4ltrs and carry on adding the other ingredients yeast, nutrient pectolase etc...
Or, tip it down the sink?
Thanks and I will rethink about the elderberries haha.
I took advantage of the berry availability and collected aprox 2lb each of black and elder. The plan was to add RGJ and start a batch of each off. So, last night I started the blackberry one off they had been soaking in bucket of hot water, I chucked them in pan brought up to boil turned heat off and battered them. When cool I strained the liquid into the DJ made 3ltr, then added 1ltr of RGJ. For some reason I had thought that with the sugar content of the juice plus berries the sugar to add was 400g so I added it.....then stopped....
When I checked the RGJ content again it has a sugar content of 326g per 200ml and numpty here put the full 1 litre in and 400g of sugar....
It's sitting in a DJ at minute with a good fizzy head on already without any yeast....
So I would like to ask you knowledgeable folks on here what would be my best option here?
Do I half the liquid into 2 DJs to make up 2ltrs of syrup in each top up to 4ltrs and carry on adding the other ingredients yeast, nutrient pectolase etc...
Or, tip it down the sink?
Thanks and I will rethink about the elderberries haha.
