JIMLITTLEDEVIL said:I Large bottle Ribena Bring to boil and simmer for 10 mins.
Cool to room temp.
Add heaped spoonful of super wine yeast or high alcohol yeast + a teaspoonful of nutrient. Half teaspoon of citric acid.
sprinkle on top and don't stir.
Wait 15 minutes then stir gently
Keep temp around 20 c and ferment for 6 days.
Then add 250g of sugar and continue to ferment until dry ( OG .990 0
After three weeks or so ... taste and if needed, add one Saccharin tablet per gallon
Clear and Filter. Add one camden tablet and leave for one month minimum.
Can be drunk straight away but much better if you give it time to mature.
I add 50ml Vodka per 75cl to mine and leave it for 6 months to a year ... tastes fantastic.
Cussword said:JIMLITTLEDEVIL said:I Large bottle Ribena Bring to boil and simmer for 10 mins.
Cool to room temp.
Add heaped spoonful of super wine yeast or high alcohol yeast + a teaspoonful of nutrient. Half teaspoon of citric acid.
sprinkle on top and don't stir.
Wait 15 minutes then stir gently
Keep temp around 20 c and ferment for 6 days.
Then add 250g of sugar and continue to ferment until dry ( OG .990 0
After three weeks or so ... taste and if needed, add one Saccharin tablet per gallon
Clear and Filter. Add one camden tablet and leave for one month minimum.
Can be drunk straight away but much better if you give it time to mature.
I add 50ml Vodka per 75cl to mine and leave it for 6 months to a year ... tastes fantastic.
I assume you make up to the gallon with water before fermenting
I fail to see how this can be classed as potent, there's 526g of sugar in a litre of Ribena, you're only adding 250g, if that's for a gallon your OG will only be 1.062 and if that ferments to 0.990 you've got just under 10% abv.JIMLITTLEDEVIL said:Dont try to run your car on this stuff .... its more potent than petrol and may cause a little red smoke to come out of your exhaust pipe !!!
Moley said:I fail to see how this can be classed as potent, there's 526g of sugar in a litre of Ribena, you're only adding 250g, if that's for a gallon your OG will only be 1.062 and if that ferments to 0.990 you've got just under 10% abv.JIMLITTLEDEVIL said:Dont try to run your car on this stuff .... its more potent than petrol and may cause a little red smoke to come out of your exhaust pipe !!!
malcymalc, this shouldn't finish sweet.
Suggestion:
1 litre Red Grape Juice
1 litre Apple Juice
750g Sugar
Pectolase, mug of black tea, yeast & nutrient, method as Wurzel's Orange.
When fermentation has quietened down after a week to 10 days, add 250ml Ribena.
Boil it and cool it if you think that does anything to drive off the preservatives, I'm not convinced.
That volume as a late addition will give you a noticeable blackcurrant flavour without being too overpowering.
If using Strawberry Ribena you could probably go to around 400ml.
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