Well it's that time of year and there has been loads of free fruit. I've already got on-the-go 2 gallons of Rosehip, 3 gallons of Blackberry with apple juice, 3 gallons of Blackberry & Elderberry, 4 gallons of Plum and 5 gallons of Damson, but I've got plenty more in the freezer and Mrs. Mole wants the space back, so tonight I've had a bit of a rummage around and come out with 6lbs 6oz of Blackberries, 3lbs 4oz of Elderberries. 2lbs 2oz of red Plums, 2lbs 10oz of Blackcurrants and a pound of red Gooseberries for a bit of acid.
My sugar & juice stash had aleady built up nicely but I paid Morrison's a visit earlier this evening. Although I'm currently boycotting them because their 86p a litre, 3 for £2 multibuy saving now specifically excludes red and white grape juices (but that offer still applies at Tesco), I wanted a litre of Pineapple juice and no-one else seemed to have any in stock. However, Morrison's did have 5 litre plastic demijohns on offer, £1.32 each, buy one get one free, and they each come with 5 litres of free mineral water. I do NOT buy mineral water, what sort of a con is that? Ever noticed what Evian spells backwards?
All that red fruit went in a bucket with 3kg of sugar (for starters) and 15L of boiled mineral water. I haven't decided whether that's going to make 4 or 5 gallons.
Of course, that left me with 3 empty PETs, so I boiled another 3kg of sugar in some of the 4th, split the rest equally between the empties, added my juices and shared out the sugar syrup
So that's 3 more Wurzels and a âTropical Wurzelâ as an experiment, with Pineapple instead of Orange.
That photo was taken at least 3 hours ago, so they are already starting to erupt.
There's probably still another 30lbs of fruit or more in the freezer, but I'm not sure where I'd put any more fermenters at the moment.
My sugar & juice stash had aleady built up nicely but I paid Morrison's a visit earlier this evening. Although I'm currently boycotting them because their 86p a litre, 3 for £2 multibuy saving now specifically excludes red and white grape juices (but that offer still applies at Tesco), I wanted a litre of Pineapple juice and no-one else seemed to have any in stock. However, Morrison's did have 5 litre plastic demijohns on offer, £1.32 each, buy one get one free, and they each come with 5 litres of free mineral water. I do NOT buy mineral water, what sort of a con is that? Ever noticed what Evian spells backwards?
All that red fruit went in a bucket with 3kg of sugar (for starters) and 15L of boiled mineral water. I haven't decided whether that's going to make 4 or 5 gallons.
Of course, that left me with 3 empty PETs, so I boiled another 3kg of sugar in some of the 4th, split the rest equally between the empties, added my juices and shared out the sugar syrup
So that's 3 more Wurzels and a âTropical Wurzelâ as an experiment, with Pineapple instead of Orange.
That photo was taken at least 3 hours ago, so they are already starting to erupt.
There's probably still another 30lbs of fruit or more in the freezer, but I'm not sure where I'd put any more fermenters at the moment.