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cab
Joined: 01 Nov 2004 Posts: 32429
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Posted: Tue Nov 02, 04 9:07 am Post subject: Hmmm... Freezer Space... What shall I brew? |
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Tomorrow we're splitting an eigth of a bullock with some friends. As the bullock was a great big Gloucester (from a heard just up the road from here, they're the soppiest, most spoiled cattle I've ever met), that's a lot of meat. Already well hung (that's a month hanging, as if you didn't know what I meant), so we're looking to freeze most of it.
So I need to empty out freezer space. And I need to do it today.
I have three to four pounds of red and white currants, about a pound of black currants, two pounds of elderberries, a pound or two of blackberries, and maybe two pounds of sloes. All wild picked. And they have to go.
Oh, and there's about a stone of chicken of the woods mushroom in there too, but that's another story.
So, I have a freezer drawer full to the brim with fruit. Here's the currant ('scuse the pun) game plan.
Red and White Currant Wine (sweet-ish)
3lb of white and red currants
1 1/2lb of sugar
1lb honey
1 cup of strong tea
1 teaspoon of yeast nutrient
1/2 tsp citric acid
Make as for any standard fruit wine, adding some pectinase after a day or two (with the fruit still in a straining bag) if itlooks like the fruit isn't really breaking down.
Black Fruit Wine
4lb mixed black fruits (blackberries, black currants, elderberries)
2lb sugar
1 cup tea
1 teaspoon yeast nutrient
1tsp citric acid
Again, fruit in straining bag, make as for a standard fruit wine.
Leaving me with the sloes, which don't make a great wine in my opinion. I already have sloe gin. How is sloe vodka? |
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jema Downsizer Moderator
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cab
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jema Downsizer Moderator
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cab
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jema Downsizer Moderator
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jema Downsizer Moderator
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