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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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i fermented on the pulp, sieved, added inverted sugar for a good start , added sugar in a little water, added more sugar a bit at a time as crystal til fermented out using port yeast and natural yeasts cos i do not sterilize fruit any more(i guess it was around 18% when it stopped) ie a long slow ferment, let it sit over the lees with some tea tannin and let a bit of air through the airlocks when they dried out before refilling them to simulate a wood barrel as best as i could until it had dropped
those things took a year
tapped the barrel and syphoned the demijohns off the lees
a year on the 2/3 full demijohns were both good young "sherry" i have blended them together and it is a very nice medium "sherry" in taste. texture, leg and colour
decent drink if you like that sort of thing and super in cooking as i discovered in yesterday's gravy
the barrel which had a lower surface area to volume ratio needs a bit longer before bottling although it is now off the lees and did get well aerated as it was transferred to tub and back to barrel so hopefully by the time i need the barrel again it can be bottled.
i might need to do the egg white and brandy trick if i need to speed that up
it could have gone horribly wrong but it did not and of 3 different regimes, 2 are good and even better blended, the bigger one has promise although it is slower
ps
a pulp bag is one option the other is a sieve , 2 pots and extra mess
a strong pillow case will work but a nylon pulp bag is only a few quid and is far better
you put the fruit in the bag and put it in the bucket or tub
i still do that squeezing bit outside with a hose pipe handy |
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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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