Orange Wine

[Mick May]

Nice one, now get another on, its a criminal offence to have empty DJ's in the house. :lol:

hi Chippy_Tea...

iv got some elderberry cordial i made its very thick ...
and some seedless blackberry jam i made ...
so i was thinking of putting them both together and see what that tastes like ...
i dont like the cordial so its just put up in the shed...
but it said on the recipe it keeps for 2 years ...

and im now fed up with the jam as i made loads of it ...

so what do you think ...

is it a go .. :thumb: .
or a no ... :nono:


regards mick... :hat: .

 

[Mick May]

I like your labels. Although I gave up labeling as a general rule unless I want to give any away. SWMBO goes though the stuff so fast the labels are still damp. :shock:

thanks bobsbeer...

i only do them for a bit of fun...
if your other half goes through them like that at least you no its good stuff...l :party: ..


regards mick... :hat: .

 

[Mick May]

ok so i bottled this 2day ...
my elderberry cordial, and blackberry jam wine ...

it tasted very fruity with a small after burn like a spirit...
all in all very nice ...
heres some pics ...

job done... :drink: ...

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Looks good, what are you going to try next?

 

[Mick May]

Looks good, what are you going to try next?

well its so nice iv just done the same one again ...
here it is cooling ...

 

[Mick May]

 

[Grotzilla]

Mick could you post the recipe for the blackberry wine please? It looks great!

 

[Mick May]

Mick could you post the recipe for the blackberry wine please? It looks great!

my elderberry cordial and blackberry jam wine ...

i made both of these back in the summer and didnt use much of eather...

so this is why i thought id try to do a wine out of them ...
so i put the jam in my sanitised pot and added 2 pints of boiling water to disolve it ...
i then added 1.5kg of t/l sugar mixed that in and then i put 2ltrs of the cordioal in ...
and 2tsp of pectolase to stop the jam resetting ...

i heated it all up and simmered it for 20 minutes...
i then put it in a sink filled with cold water until it was down to 22c...
i took my first reading it was 120...
i then poured it into my plastic bottle and pitched the yeast and fitted the air lock ...


heres some pics ...

sorry forgot to say i put a 1/4 tsp of marmite diluted it in boiling water...
after it had cooled down i added it to the brew...
this should help feed the yeast...

 

[Grotzilla]

Thanks mate :-) Any preference on jam or will any blackcurrant jam do the trick?

 

[Mick May]

Thanks mate :-) Any preference on jam or will any blackcurrant jam do the trick?

no worrys bud.. :thumb: .
i used blackberry jam that i made last year...
but you can use what ever you like ...
so yes blackcurrant should be fine.. .

 

[Mick May]

i like it so much iv done some more of it .. .

i took this pic on day 1 ..

and here we are on day 3 still bubbling ways ok...

 

[YoungJames]

That looks great! I bought a load if ASDA Smart Price Raspberry Jam recently to try something similar. Hopefully when i get a spare DJ it might turn out ok.

 

[Mick May]

That looks great! I bought a load if ASDA Smart Price Raspberry Jam recently to try something similar. Hopefully when i get a spare DJ it might turn out ok.

i only done mine becuse i made the elderberry cordial...
and blackberry jam last summer...

i got fed up with the jam ...
and as for the elderberry cordial ...
i didnt like it...

but didnt wont to waist eather ...

so glad i made them into wine ...

its a winner... :thumb: ...