Simple Cheap and Tasty, Raspberryade

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lord.president
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Re: Simple Cheap and Tasty, Raspberryade

Post by lord.president » Sun Jun 08, 2014 6:20 pm

Can't see why not- Jamie oliver does this with cheap plonk to make a Champagne.
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Re: Simple Cheap and Tasty, Raspberryade

Post by fatman300lb » Tue Jun 10, 2014 4:59 pm

ok so i thought i would have a little smell and wow did it smell strong, i got a straw to try a little, it taste like a kick ass scrumpy with a little hint of fruitiness, the AJ has killed most of the raspberry syrup off, its slightly fizzy in the DJ is this normal, it does taste really good though, cant wait to do more, this has been fermenting less then a week now and the airlock is still bubbling steadily, gonna leave it another week

Ink

Re: Simple Cheap and Tasty, Raspberryade

Post by Ink » Thu Jun 12, 2014 7:23 am

It's normal for it to feel a bit fizzy as you say it's still bubbling away. I found mine have always fermented out dry so it would be worthwhile getting in some of your favorite sweetener to back sweeten it a little, just my personal tastes though. I find 2 weeks in the demi about right.

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Re: Simple Cheap and Tasty, Raspberryade

Post by WalesAles » Thu Jun 12, 2014 11:28 pm

Hello,
Guava TC is right up there with Mango TC!
It`s Bloody Lovely Mun! :D :D
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Re: Simple Cheap and Tasty, Raspberryade

Post by WalesAles » Fri Jun 13, 2014 8:53 pm

Made Tropical Juice TC today,
4.5Lts Tropical Juice
17Lts Tesco Apple Juice
200Gr sugar
3tsp Yeast, 3tsp Yeast Nutrient
SG @ 22deg 1038
Tastes quite nice actually!
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Re: Simple Cheap and Tasty, Raspberryade

Post by CJR » Sat Jun 14, 2014 6:14 pm

Hey everybody,

I started a 5gal fermentation a while ago (7 bottles of syrup, 2kg white sugar). 27th May to be precise. It started at 1078 and right now it's a little over 1050. The temperature is at 22°C so I know it's at a decent fermentation temperature. It's been 18 days and I'd have thought fermentation would be nearing completion. The FV is sitting on a shelf, in a trug, besides a north-facing window so not in direct sunlight. I pitched a sachet of Gervin GV10 yeast. The fermentation seems to be going at one bubble every 30 seconds.

Any takers? Any help would be greatly appreciated. :)

Cheers,

CJR
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Re: Simple Cheap and Tasty, Raspberryade

Post by second2none » Sun Jun 15, 2014 9:59 am

When I'm using that much sugar I find it falls out of solution as just sits on the bottom of the demijohn
So what I find helps a great deal is for the first week or so of fermentation is to "rock the baby"
Shake it up so the sugar is moved from the bottom and can be used by the yeasties easier!

I do this early in the process as it will aggravate the sediment and will need time to settle .

The other one is I hope u used a yeast nutrient as in the brew ur doing there's not much in this brew to keep the yeast happy ..... Hope that can help a little

second2none

Re: Simple Cheap and Tasty, Raspberryade

Post by second2none » Sun Jun 15, 2014 10:02 am

Had a bottle of Stella raspberry cider....
Tasted strangely familiar :D

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Re: Simple Cheap and Tasty, Raspberryade

Post by WalesAles » Sun Jun 15, 2014 10:23 am

second2none wrote:Had a bottle of Stella raspberry cider....
Tasted strangely familiar :D

HaHa!
Not a patch on the stuff we brew on here! :D
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Re: Simple Cheap and Tasty, Raspberryade

Post by fatman300lb » Sun Jun 15, 2014 12:52 pm

my raspberry TC made with AJ is just about ready, the airlock has just about stopped bubbling, going once every 20-30 seconds, its been almost 2 weeks now anyway, i have had a little taste, very nice, but for me can hardly taste the raspberry as the AJ overpowers it, it just looks like a red colored scrumpy lol, next time im going to use original recipe and try water instead of AJ, maybe 2 bottles of syrup for more flavor, i want to taste the raspberry a bit more, my current brew was 1 bottle of the raspberry syrup and 4.5l of AJ, still good enough to drink for me

Wherryman13

Re: Simple Cheap and Tasty, Raspberryade

Post by Wherryman13 » Sun Jun 15, 2014 6:51 pm

Wherryman13 wrote:Well here's another one on the brew this time comprising of :
440ml polish pure raspberry juice.( By heck does it taste nice!)
1 lt Tesco conc Mango juice
1 lt Tesco mixed forest fruits conc juice
300g granulated sugar
3 tea bags boiled in mug and left to brew for 15 mins and then bags removed and tea added
Teaspoon Wilko yeast nutrient
Wilko Garvin wine yeast
Water to top up to 3 " from neck to allow " madness to happen on first ferm. I hope!"

Remembered to check OG. And it was .......... 1.090.!!!!!
Me thinks a Vesuvius May be erupting in the bath in a day or so. Lol

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Well here's the update and just before bottling note all the "bits" floating on the top.

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Decanted into a 2 nd demijohn to stop these getting into my bottles. Tasted just right no sweetner to add , put 1/2 teaspoon of sugar into 500ml bottles and then bottled from 2nd demijohn last picture shows the bottled product. Now to leave for 5 days or so and then try and find a cool place but this time of year nigh on impossible!
OG 1.090. Fg pre bottling 0.998. Think that makes it around 12.3 %. Wow. Get ready !!

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Re: Simple Cheap and Tasty, Raspberryade

Post by fatman300lb » Mon Jun 16, 2014 4:43 pm

don't know if just me but i can not see the other images

Wherryman13

Re: Simple Cheap and Tasty, Raspberryade

Post by Wherryman13 » Mon Jun 16, 2014 6:58 pm

hopefully sorted now

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Re: Simple Cheap and Tasty, Raspberryade

Post by WalesAles » Mon Jun 16, 2014 9:50 pm

WM13,
Nice Garden, Lovely grouting between the tiles! TC looks good too! :D =D>
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Re: Simple Cheap and Tasty, Raspberryade

Post by CJR » Mon Jun 16, 2014 10:55 pm

second2none wrote:When I'm using that much sugar I find it falls out of solution as just sits on the bottom of the demijohn
So what I find helps a great deal is for the first week or so of fermentation is to "rock the baby"
Shake it up so the sugar is moved from the bottom and can be used by the yeasties easier!

I do this early in the process as it will aggravate the sediment and will need time to settle .

The other one is I hope u used a yeast nutrient as in the brew ur doing there's not much in this brew to keep the yeast happy ..... Hope that can help a little
I hadn't put in a yeast nutrient as nobody really mentioned it. Chucked in a pot of Wilko yeast nutrient. Now fermenting away happily at ~10 seconds a bubble.

Should this taste fine or will sitting on yeast approaching 3 weeks highly affect the taste?

Cheers everybody,

CJR
Southern Brewing


FV 1 (5 gallon): Nothing
FV 2 (5 gallon): Nothing

Commercial: More booze than some local pubs.

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