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| − | + | '''2013/11/26''' There is 9.8kg in the plastic container. I think I will shake them portion-wise in the white colander to filter away the leftovers, petals etc. I'm betting on that it'll come off easier when they're frozen. I'm thinking the hip-wall needs softening, that is what seem to happen in nature when they're left in the colder weather. They soften inside and the skin/wall grows soft too. | |
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| − | 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. | + | '''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. |
| − | + | 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. | |
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| − | + | '''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. | |
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| + | '''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. | ||
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| + | '''2013/12/01''' there is pressure in the rosehips, but no sustained bubbling. | ||
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| + | '''2013/12/02''' the rosehips have started to bubble slowly. | ||
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2013/12/8 rosehips are bubbling steadily, three times faster than pearjuice and -mash. | 2013/12/8 rosehips are bubbling steadily, three times faster than pearjuice and -mash. | ||
2013/12/16 rosehips are bubbling steadily. | 2013/12/16 rosehips are bubbling steadily. | ||
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First steps 2013
Rose hips
2013/11/26 There is 9.8kg in the plastic container. I think I will shake them portion-wise in the white colander to filter away the leftovers, petals etc. I'm betting on that it'll come off easier when they're frozen. I'm thinking the hip-wall needs softening, that is what seem to happen in nature when they're left in the colder weather. They soften inside and the skin/wall grows soft too.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2013/12/01 there is pressure in the rosehips, but no sustained bubbling.
2013/12/02 the rosehips have started to bubble slowly.
2013/12/8 rosehips are bubbling steadily, three times faster than pearjuice and -mash. 2013/12/16 rosehips are bubbling steadily. 2013/12/28 rosehips are bubbling steadily. 2014/6/1 rosehips bubbling slowly. 2014/1/13 rosehips are bubbling. 2014/1/14 rosehips bubbling. 2014/1/20 rosehips bubbling.
2014/02/02 rosehips bubbling.
2014/09/13 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. Maybe give them a good stir with the drill?
Birnebrand 2014
Vat V - birnetrester, frozen+fresh
No. 5 is a 30L vat. It's got the remnants of
15kg fresh+squeezed pears, also pureed in Nadine's Champion juicer, 15kg fresh+squeezed pears 2 x 15kg of frozen+squeezed approx 30kg mash in total, it's pretty much full.
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. 2014/09/07 22:00 Added yeast from a starter made with 2ml from the bottle. 2014/09/10 16:00 Added 2L water and 2kg of sugar. 2014/09/10 22:00 Bubbling violently, almost overflowing. 2014/09/11 08:00 Still bubbling a lot, did not overflow sofar. 2014/09/12 09:00 The overflow risk is due to air (CO2) from below pushing up the mash.
Vat VI - birnetrester, frozen only
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.
2014/09/12 It has started to produce the acetone-like smell, nothing has been added sofar.
Vat VII - birnemost
No. 7 is the 100L VAT I got at the Landi moving sale last year in Egg.
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. 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 don't have a oechsle meter.
2014/09/12 Status: 67L of juice, 23kg sugar mixed in. Have another 15kg of pear defrosting, should be ready for Sunday.
