Tau
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Well went for a picnic so got inlaws to pick a few blackberries on wednesday, only had one container suitable 2.5lbs perfect for a gallon. Put into saucepan 2.5 camdens and left for 2 days as they were staying and had to make sure they drank lots of wine.
They left yesterday, but noticed yesterday that local blackberries where thrice the size of last years pityful blackberries. So went picking sloes at first only found a few hand fulls of greenish/black sloes so put a few bananas on them to ripen for possible addition to bb wine. I moved no move than 5 yards and picked 5 and a half pounds of bb's, big, black and juicy, unfortunatly I'm white and that's that's not my preference.
Washed bb's form so3 liquid and poured boiling water on, brought to boil and simmered, 1kg of sugar in each 2 dj's 2.5lbs of bb's in each, 2 tea bag 300ml into each dj onto sugar. All BB's into dj. disolved sugar.
When cool added 1/2 tsp citric to each, 1 tsp nutrient and 1 tsp of pectolase, then harris yeast (rated 18%) could be bothered to take og.
Third dj, going through sulphination with 3 camdens before prep'. Currently halfcut so think I'll wait till tommorow before starting third dj.
1st fermenting away.
They left yesterday, but noticed yesterday that local blackberries where thrice the size of last years pityful blackberries. So went picking sloes at first only found a few hand fulls of greenish/black sloes so put a few bananas on them to ripen for possible addition to bb wine. I moved no move than 5 yards and picked 5 and a half pounds of bb's, big, black and juicy, unfortunatly I'm white and that's that's not my preference.
Washed bb's form so3 liquid and poured boiling water on, brought to boil and simmered, 1kg of sugar in each 2 dj's 2.5lbs of bb's in each, 2 tea bag 300ml into each dj onto sugar. All BB's into dj. disolved sugar.
When cool added 1/2 tsp citric to each, 1 tsp nutrient and 1 tsp of pectolase, then harris yeast (rated 18%) could be bothered to take og.
Third dj, going through sulphination with 3 camdens before prep'. Currently halfcut so think I'll wait till tommorow before starting third dj.
1st fermenting away.