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| − | ==First steps 2013==
| + | * [[/First steps 2013|First steps 2013]] |
| − | | + | * [[/Birnebrand 2014|Birnebrand 2014]] |
| − | <h3>Rose hips</h3>
| + | * [[/Appleharvest 2014|Appleharvest 2014]] |
| − | | + | * [[/Season 2015|Season 2015]] |
| − | 2013/11/27 I shook the frozen rosehips to try to shake off the dirt, this was somewhat successful. Then I rinsed them with the showerhead. Then I cooked them at low temp for about an hour.
| + | * [[/Season 2016|Season 2016]] |
| − | They went quite soft. I reused the water 3litres twice, then added 2kg of sugar and put it back in the vat. I also took about 200ml and added 5ml of the yeast for a starter.
| + | * [[/Apple_Harvest_2016|Apple Harvest 2016]] |
| − | 2013/11/28 I added 1L of water and 1kg of sugar, so 4litres and 3kg in total. I also moved to a 30L vat, the 15L vat seemed to have too little room on the top. Total weight = 9.8+4+3 = 17kg.
| + | * Season 2017 - obviously I forgot to record much for 2017. It was a very poor year for apples and pears, the buds got killed off in the frost in the April. |
| − | 2013/11/29 Have added in the starter, put on the airlock and moved the vat into the boiler-room. This is going to be interesting. 16:50 Saw a bubble from the hips.
| + | * [[/Season 2018|Season 2018]] |
| − | 2013/12/1 there is pressure in the rosehips, but no sustained bubbling.
| + | ** [[/Gin making|Gin making]] |
| − | 2013/12/2 the rosehips have started to bubble slowly.
| + | * [[/Season 2019|Season 2019]] |
| − | 2013/12/8 rosehips are bubbling steadily, three times faster than pearjuice and -mash.
| + | * [[/Season 2020|Season 2020]] |
| − | 2013/12/16 rosehips are bubbling steadily.
| + | ** [[/Distillations 2020|Distillations]] |
| − | 2013/12/28 rosehips are bubbling steadily.
| + | ** [[/Season 2020/Sale of press+shredder|Sale of press+shredder, 27 August]] |
| − | 2014/6/1 rosehips bubbling slowly.
| + | * [[/Juice making|Juice making]] |
| − | 2014/1/13 rosehips are bubbling.
| + | * [[/Season 2021|Season 2021]] |
| − | 2014/1/14 rosehips bubbling.
| + | ** [[/Season 2021/Distillations|Distillations]] |
| − | 2014/1/20 rosehips bubbling.
| + | ** [[/Season 2021/Gin making|Gin making]] |
| − | - 2014/2/2 rosehips bubbling.
| + | ** [[/Season 2021/Fermentations|Fermentations]] |
| − | - 2014/9/13 the rosehips have stopped bubbling long ago. I am wondering if adding some pektinase now might change anything? Hmm, apparently rose hips do not contain any pektin.
| + | * [[/Season 2022|Season 2022]] |
| − | | + | ** [[/Season 2022/Distillations|Distillations]] |
| − | ==Birnebrand 2014==
| + | * [[/Season 2023|Season 2023]] |
| − | | + | ** [[/Season 2023/Distillations|Distillations]] |
| − | <h3>Vat V</h3>
| + | * [[/Season 2024|Season 2024]] |
| − | No. 5 is a 30L vat. It's got the remnants of
| + | ** [[/Season 2024/Distillations|Distillations]] |
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| − | 15kg fresh+squeezed pears, also pureed in Nadine's Champion juicer,
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| − | 15kg fresh+squeezed pears
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| − | 2 x 15kg of frozen+squeezed
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| − | approx 30kg mash in total, it's pretty much full.
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| − | 2014/09/06 10:00 Have added 10ml pektinase diluted in 100ml water to the trester. The first part had already started fermenting, and smelled like acetone.
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| − | 2014/09/07 22:00 Added yeast from a starter made with 2ml from the bottle.
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| − | 2014/09/10 16:00 Added 2L water and 2kg of sugar.
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| − | 2014/09/10 22:00 Bubbling violently, almost overflowing.
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| − | 2014/09/11 08:00 Still bubbling a lot, did not overflow sofar.
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| − | 2014/09/12 09:00 The overflow risk is due to air (CO2) from below pushing up the mash.
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| − | <h3>Vat VI</h3>
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| − | No. 6 is a 30L VAT. I've kept the squeezed pears in this, only from frozen batches. I am debating whether or not to add pektinase before starting to ferment it.
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| − | 2014/09/12 It has started to produce the acetone-like smell, nothing has been added sofar.
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| − | <h3>Vat VII</h3>
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| − | No. 7 is the 100L VAT I got at the Landi moving sale last year in Egg.
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| − | I'm filling it up slowly with pear juice and sugar. It started fermenting by itself fairly quickly; next time I'll add my Brennmaischhefe right away.
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| − | I've worked out that to make 95L @ 20% alcohol, I need 80L of juice plus 27kg sugar. I'm guessing that I should be subtracting the sugar content of the juice, but I
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| − | don't have a oechsle meter.
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| − | 2014/09/12 Status: 67L of juice, 23kg sugar mixed in. Have another 15kg of pear defrosting, should be ready for Sunday.
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