Brew night: Pomegranate WOW

[Roddy]

Popped this little baby on tonight....

5l Asda red grape
1l Asda red grape, strawb & kiwi
7l Asda Pomegranate
5l Pomegreat
3l Asda smart price apple
1l strong tea
5tsp pectolase
5tsp malic acid
topped up to 25l
5g Gervin gv2 red label
og 1.100

treated myself to a new bucket too, to ramp up production a bit 😃

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[Roddy]

not sure if I have the hang of the 2 piece airlock doofer I got with the new bin.....

seemed to let half of the liquid in it overflow, see how it looks tomorrow I guess

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[Roddy]

Day 23 and still going, down to 1.020....

takes ferkin ages compared to the 'summer' time, sitting at around 18 deg... Yeast said it was good for down to 15 deg so should be OK

Tasting pretty good at this stage too,,
always a bonus haha 😄

 

[Chippy_Tea]

21 litres of juice :shock:

 

[Roddy]

the pomegranate juice cartons were 70% water !

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I forgot about that, I used to double up on them, one of the best early ones I made.

 

[Roddy]

nice... sg down to 0.996 so racked it last night, degassed, stabilised and kwik cleared it... looking pretty clear already after 24 hrs.. will bottle at the weekend

not going to bother with sweetening any, 0.996 just takes the edge off the dryness 😃

 

[Looch]

nice... sg down to 0.996 so racked it last night, degassed, stabilised and kwik cleared it... looking pretty clear already after 24 hrs.. will bottle at the weekend

not going to bother with sweetening any, 0.996 just takes the edge off the dryness 😃

Hiya Roddy

This sounds lush! What is the best way of degassing in your opinion? Just by giving it a good old shake?

Ta

 

[Roddy]

I do mine by the 25l matey, so I use a cordless drill and wine whip

that method's proved pretty reliable so far and only takes 10 mins or so (altogether)

there is a video somewhere of a home made wine whip made from a plastic coat hanger. I tried making one of those but my hangers must have been sub standard cos I got plasticcy bits coming off them haha. Bought an 'official' similar piece of food grade plastic for a fiver on amazon

It's taken me a few goes to get the knack... seems to be to have drill on one direction for 2-3 secs, then reverse for the same. I had been doing it a little too long in one direction, which creates a bit of a whirlpool effect, which bobs the bubbles a bit too near the top of my carboy, threatening to overflow !

I don't use dj's but same principle applies to using a drill on those O guess

 

[Looch]

haha - I guess it makes a difference making 25l as opposed to 5l !
The plastic coat hanger whip sounds very Blue Peter-ish - I shall have to search for that! At the mo I'm giving my wine periodic shakes, but I'll have to invest in a whip :grin::grin::grin:

Cheers, Roddy.

Louise

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Look in the wine and cider how to guide forum there is a guide on how to make one.

 

[Looch]

Will do, Chippy :)

 

[Chippy_Tea]

To save other members time - http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=48971

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[Roddy]

just bottled, nice and clear, bit darker than some I've made...

tastes well nice, one of the best combos so far 😃 almost perfected my bottling technique too, not too much waste in the carboy ☺☺

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[Pirate_Pete]

haha - I guess it makes a difference making 25l as opposed to 5l !
The plastic coat hanger whip sounds very Blue Peter-ish - I shall have to search for that! At the mo I'm giving my wine periodic shakes, but I'll have to invest in a whip :grin::grin::grin:

Cheers, Roddy.

Louise

They have whips on Blue Peter now

I can only magine what that Peter Purves would have got up to with Valerie Singleton if they'd had whips then........

 

[Roddy]

"chips, dips, chains, whips - but we're not talking candlewax on the ni......" hehe

10 points for the name of the film 😃

 

[Roddy]

haha - I guess it makes a difference making 25l as opposed to 5l !
The plastic coat hanger whip sounds very Blue Peter-ish - I shall have to search for that! At the mo I'm giving my wine periodic shakes, but I'll have to invest in a whip :grin::grin::grin:

Cheers, Roddy.

Louise

no probs Louise

Funny I still assume that all the members of the forum are beard sporting, socks/sandal wearing gentlemen haha, hence the 'matey' (no offence to members that meet that criteria 😉)

oh dear my freshly bottled (and into a glass) wow is taking hold... something satisfying about that ! 😵

 

[Pirate_Pete]

"chips, dips, chains, whips - but we're not talking candlewax on the ni......" hehe

10 points for the name of the film 😃

I had no idea so I googled it. Fourth in the search list was.......
Brew night: Pomegranate WOW - Page 2 - The HomeBrew Foru

 

[Roddy]

I had no idea so I googled it. Fourth in the search list was.......
Brew night: Pomegranate WOW - Page 2 - The HomeBrew Foru

haha

'Weird Science' was the film... classic !

 

[Looch]

no probs Louise

Funny I still assume that all the members of the forum are beard sporting, socks/sandal wearing gentlemen haha, hence the 'matey' (no offence to members that meet that criteria 😉)

oh dear my freshly bottled (and into a glass) wow is taking hold... something satisfying about that ! 😵

Bahahaha .... I get called all sorts - matey being one of the nicer ones