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Post by Andy » Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:14 pm

I'm going to remortgage and bung the lot on 2007 apple concentrate futures. :lol:
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Post by Andy » Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:28 pm

Right, now got some champagne yeast and an airlock for my demijohn.

Haven't got any cane sugar though so I'll kick the thing off with just the
juice tonight and add some top up juice + sugar after the first 48 hrs
of fermentation. OK plan or fatally flawed ? :unsure:
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Post by Reg » Fri Dec 09, 2005 5:13 pm

QUOTE (andy @ Dec 9 2005, 02:28 PM) Right, now got some champagne yeast and an airlock for my demijohn.

Haven't got any cane sugar though so I'll kick the thing off with just the
juice tonight and add some top up juice + sugar after the first 48 hrs
of fermentation. OK plan or fatally flawed ? :unsure:
Well in theory some wines are fortified by restarting fermentation once the main farment has finished, but there is the small issue of breaking into a sealed system which has it's own protective atmosphere to add more sugar. The main threat being infection. :huh:
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Post by Andy » Fri Dec 09, 2005 5:17 pm

The turbo cider recipe (or one variant thereof) had some topping up going on
anyway so if I'm careful with sterilization then I reckon I'll be OK. :D
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Post by Reg » Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:55 pm

Aha! I feel a set of comparison photos coming on!!! :)
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Post by Reg » Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:26 pm

Also... don't the Canadians freeze distill cider to make their own apple brandy? :D
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Post by Andy » Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:35 pm

I have deferred the start of my turbo cider until I get some sugar tomorrow.

Currently enjoying my latest homebrew bitter, very good for an extract kit!

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Post by Reg » Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:48 pm

Which kit? Was it a 1.8L ot a 3.0L kit...?
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Post by Andy » Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:51 pm

Only ever do 3kg kits, it was a Brupaks Scammonden Dark.

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Post by Reg » Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:56 pm

Excellent - Yup only 3l kits, the 1.8s are useless, (unless you have some decent EDME or equivalent to use instead of the sugar)...

So how's the flavour?
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Post by Andy » Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:59 pm

Malty :D Just how I like 'em.

Mind you, had a few scoops of a Caledonian Deuchars at lunchtime, v. nice for a <4% beer.

http://www.caledonian-brewery.co.uk/ipa_home.html
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Post by Reg » Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:01 am

Well if Roger Protz says it's good he's normally not too far off the mark...
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Post by Reg » Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:55 am

Anyway, I promised a piccie... :D

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Fizzing nicely! :P
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Post by Andy » Sat Dec 10, 2005 1:04 am

I had to bin a Santas Warmer a couple of yrs ago. Didn't ferment out properly and
tasted awful.
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Post by Andy » Sat Dec 10, 2005 1:10 am

worth a punt, my last two have been Brupaks with good results.
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