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12 lbs of apples, 7 lbs of sugar and 12 litres of water and a bit of yeast later the first batch of apple wine is started

You don't need the sugar!

My scrumpy was at 12% with just apples!

Tux!

That was not what I meant by my Avatar Back!!!!

You never mentioned avatars, just user name! Stop whining or I'll change it back to Smithers!

Lord Chris wrote:You don't need the sugar!

My scrumpy was at 12% with just apples!

He said wine ..... given the right yeast he will get 18% ... now that is wine worth drinking!!

Mmm scurmpy..... but apple wine...... some sores head on the way with that

No chemicals = no headache Mind you have lost vision for a few days on occasion!

This is true, thats why I'm back on the bitter, had a spell on lager recently just because it so hard to get a decent pint.
Now changed local, bloke who has the pub at the end of the street doesn't have a clue on keeping a good pint, so now its back to a palce I used to drink at years ago who now have 4 hand pulls, Happy Days

Didn't fancy making myself go blind so took a hydrometer reading before fermentation and will do the appropriate checks after. looking forward to the end results

Apple wine is now in demijohns and will remain so for the comming months. Had a demijohn left over so decided to give one of these 7 day wine kits a go.

Next plan is BEER

you will have to try and make spirits after the beer

How about a bit of Moonshine Yeeee Haaa

Bring it on Cowboy!!!!

18% through a still will give you back about 80%.
a realy good still will improve on that.

Mine is 5ft high and takes 25 litres at a time.
after watering it down to a drinkable 40% I have 10 litres of getting smashed liquid.

We just use a water pruifier, 25 litre mash triple filtered usually returns us about 7 ltrs of 40-45% liquour, add some flavouring and jobs done

if you are quick you can make Elderberry wine...best stuff I ever made

Is all this strictly legal?

Probably not to amount some people are producing Pete

The wine has now cleared nicely and bottled today (15 bottles) just in time for the next batch to go into the demi johns, I couldn't help myself a load more apples carpeted my lawn from next doors trees. Just drank the slightly cloudy bits I didnt want in the bottles and it's not to bat.



As for the 7 day kit I can comfirm I did make alcohol, but it tasted a bit chemically induced as you would probably expect. Not completely undrinkable though.

Beer making equipment on its way for christmas

I'd just like to point out thats not my handwriting, the labels are courtesy of my 5yr old daughter.

calisfar wrote:I'd just like to point out thats not my handwriting, the labels are courtesy of my 5yr old daughter.

yeh right a bit to much tasting me-thinks.

That what i was thinking as well Dave

Tis good stuff