jema
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150 green bottles150 green bottles sitting in the wine cellar 
and if one green bottle were to be accidently drunk,
there would still be 149 green bottles sitting in the cellar 
jema
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alison
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what are all the flavours then.
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jema
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| alison wrote: | | what are all the flavours then. |
So far Shiraz, Chardonet, Elderberry, Vieux Chateau Du Roi, Cabernet Soavignon, plus some bought wine.
I have another 90 odd bottles of various on the go.
When I started brewing again I decided I wanted to hit the 150 bottle level, at which point I think a core cellar is there and I can get more experimental. Some Carrot whiskey is going on today 
Hence a lot of the bottled wine is beaverdale wine kits, rather than Country wines.
jema
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alison
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Will you be putting some country wines down this year.
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jema
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| alison wrote: | | Will you be putting some country wines down this year. |
Put on 3 gallons of Carrot Whiskey today
jema
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Gertie
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Lundy's dad used to make a lot of carrot whiskey - if my memory serves me right I've drank it once - that night's a blur!!!! 
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jema
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| Gertie wrote: | | Lundy's dad used to make a lot of carrot whiskey - if my memory serves me right I've drank it once - that night's a blur!!!! |
It's meant to be a 2 year mature to get to the drinkable stage! hence the desire to lay down drinkable stock in the short term.
jema
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cab
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Fourty bottles of assorted coloured bottles sitting under the stairs...
And another sixty-ish bottles worth sitting in demi-jons at various stages of development...
Jema, don't you find it easier to store some of that wine in bulk than to bottle it all?
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jema
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| Cab wrote: | Fourty bottles of assorted coloured bottles sitting under the stairs...
And another sixty-ish bottles worth sitting in demi-jons at various stages of development...
Jema, don't you find it easier to store some of that wine in bulk than to bottle it all? |
I have started farming out storage to my parents garage. I have not hit the limit here, unless I think of somewhere else to stash it.
Not sure on how to bulk store really. Would say demi-jons really save that much space?
jema
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cab
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| jema wrote: |
I have started farming out storage to my parents garage. I have not hit the limit here, unless I think of somewhere else to stash it.
Not sure on how to bulk store really. Would say demi-jons really save that much space?
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You get a different sort of ageing in bulk. I like to give a 'finished' wine at least three or four months in the demijon before bottling, it seems to mellow the wine out nicely, and it means that any further sediment (there is ALWAYS more to sediment out) can be lost that way. At this time of year I take advantage of the cold weather to put a 'finished' wine, still in the demi-jon, into the coldest part of the house to make it sediment faster (a lot of the harsher acids simply crash out if you do that - not a problem with most wines, but a lot of fruit wines do benefit from it).
But in terms of the space saving, a demi-jon can be bunged on any shelf, in any cupboard, and it seems to save a lot of space over six individual bottles. I bottle when I think I might need some more wine in a month or two.
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Blacksmith
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Hi Jema, where can i find a recipie for carrot whisky ?
Thanks, Dave.
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jema
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I used Lowlanders from river cottage:
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6 lb carrots
1 gallon water
2 oranges
2 lemons
4lb sugar
12 oz raisins or sultanas, chopped
1 lb clean wheat
yeast
Wash carrots, but do not peel, boil them in the water until tender. slice the oranges and lemons into a large bowl or similar and strain on the carrot liquid. Add sugar, stir to dissolve; cool to blood heat, add pre-activated yeast, raisins and wheat. Cover and leave to ferment 12 - 15 days. Skim, syphon into demi-john. Ferment out, then bottle. Best if left at least two years.
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More a matter of straining into the fermenter in my view.
I also fancy that this won't be best straight to bottle.
jema
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Blacksmith
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Thanks for that !...........knew i'd seen the recipie somewhere, kept looking on here
Must be an age thing.........
Dave.
err, dont know where i left my car keys by any chance ? LOL
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Mrs Fiddlesticks
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| Blacksmith wrote: |
err, dont know where i left my car keys by any chance ? LOL |
try the fruit bowl!! 
I've got one demi-john of tea-wine racked off  being a home brew newbie - so what should I try next?
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jema
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| Fiddlesticks Julie wrote: | | Blacksmith wrote: |
err, dont know where i left my car keys by any chance ? LOL |
try the fruit bowl!!
I've got one demi-john of tea-wine racked off being a home brew newbie - so what should I try next? |
Some of the most awful wine I have ever made was tea wine
What do you fancy really? I have gone for the Carrot Whiskey, as it is a good seaonsal one to try now I do not have to worry about getting anythign drinkable fast. It also sounds a fun one.
My dried elderberry is hopefully what you might call a reliable "stock" wine.
The orange blossom is a dead cheapy so what the harm in trying...
jema
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alison
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Jema
Did you ever post the recipe for the dried elderberry wine, as I seam to have found some today, lurking on a shelf.
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jema
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| alison wrote: | Jema
Did you ever post the recipe for the dried elderberry wine, as I seam to have found some today, lurking on a shelf. |
it ended up being my recipe, so I cannot really post it, until it works! and you know how long that takes with wine, it ain't 3 days
jema
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Lloyd
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PM me if you want my mate's addy...he's into home distilling.
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