Saturday, 7 January 2012

Orange Wine - Bottled and Sampled...

Bottled the orange wine today.... Lots of potential and only 60p a bottle to make. I'm going to do a larger batch. 30 bottles on the go next.

Thursday, 5 January 2012

who needs heat mats, brew belts and demijohn jumpers !

The two demijohns of warren branded cider are fermenting in my courtyard shed ! Just been out there to get some orange juice and thought I heard a plop...sure enough, bubbles rising in both....Tested to the temperature of the orange juice I brought back in and it's 10c so go figure !

Fairly sure I added campden to each of those demijohns, and given it's 10 degrees out there who knows what's going on !

Meanwhile, the cook branded fizzy cider that was nice and clear is now sitting very cloudy having added campden to stop it fermenting any further..

so more waiting.......