Oh FCUK!!

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bigdave

Re: Oh FCUK!!

Post by bigdave » Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:28 pm

Dave S wrote:I should think 4kg sugar is going to make an extremely thin drink and 17-18% is way too high for a 'long' drink, (way too high for a wine come to that).
Thin is ok as it'll be a heavily carbonated cider. I'm intending stopping fermentation at about 15% which is quite acceptable in my book. lol. ;)
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Re: Oh FCUK!!

Post by Dave S » Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:56 pm

bigdave wrote:
Dave S wrote:I should think 4kg sugar is going to make an extremely thin drink and 17-18% is way too high for a 'long' drink, (way too high for a wine come to that).
Thin is ok as it'll be a heavily carbonated cider. I'm intending stopping fermentation at about 15% which is quite acceptable in my book. lol. ;)
I don't think I'd like to be in your house the morning after a night on that. :-&
Best wishes

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bigdave

Re: Oh FCUK!!

Post by bigdave » Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:34 pm

hahaha. It's unlikely I'd drink more than one or two
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Re: Oh FCUK!!

Post by bigdave » Mon Mar 03, 2014 7:49 pm

Another 10 points since 8am!! This stuff is flying!!
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bigdave

Re: Oh FCUK!!

Post by bigdave » Sun Mar 09, 2014 11:25 pm

Added some wine stabiliser at 1.008 to stop the yeast, giving me about 14.8%. Tastes pretty good but bloody strong!
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Re: Oh FCUK!!

Post by Pinto » Mon Mar 10, 2014 12:29 am

bigdave wrote:Down to 1.070 this morning.
Still a long way to Tipperary :lol:
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bigdave

Re: Oh FCUK!!

Post by bigdave » Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:04 am

Sooo... The sulphates halted fermentation for a couple of hours! 1.006 this morning! Going to rack into a new bucket with some campden tabs & crash cool tonight.
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Re: Oh FCUK!!

Post by WalesAles » Mon Mar 10, 2014 10:10 pm

bigdave wrote:Another 10 points since 8am!! This stuff is flying!!
Wow! bigdave!
10 pints since 8am! You`re worse than me coming in off a 12 hr nightshift and grabbing a quick pint or two!
HaHa, then I reread it as 10 points!
Oh Well! 10 pints since 8am has got a nice ring to it!
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bigdave

Re: Oh FCUK!!

Post by bigdave » Sun Mar 16, 2014 1:00 am

Racked this off last night and decided to try some (it finished at 14%). The sweetness is perfect for my taste but it's so strong it's un-drinkable. Gunna have to dilute it down to 7%.
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Re: Oh FCUK!!

Post by Dave S » Sun Mar 16, 2014 12:10 pm

bigdave wrote:Racked this off last night and decided to try some (it finished at 14%). The sweetness is perfect for my taste but it's so strong it's un-drinkable. Gunna have to dilute it down to 7%.
Well don't say you weren't warned :)
Best wishes

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Re: Oh FCUK!!

Post by Cpt.Frederickson » Sun Mar 16, 2014 1:59 pm

Age some of it. It'll need a good 6-12 months, but you've pretty much made apple wine so bottle some without priming and see how it develops over time!
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Re: Oh FCUK!!

Post by mattwilson » Tue Mar 18, 2014 12:36 am

I agree with aging it. I always store at least a third of each brew for a year, it's ALWAYS paid off.
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bigdave

Re: Oh FCUK!!

Post by bigdave » Tue Mar 18, 2014 1:05 pm

Will give it a go.
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Re: Oh FCUK!!

Post by Nikster » Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:11 pm

Apparently dry hopping is supposed to take away some of the burn for high alchamol TCs.

Would be rude not to try. ;)
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bigdave

Re: Oh FCUK!!

Post by bigdave » Tue Mar 18, 2014 5:07 pm

I've been doing some maths and an addition of 4.5l of apple juice should bring it back to a sensible 10%.
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