So a month has passed

And still not got any more brews underway.

I was away on holiday in July and also at another festival at the end of the month, so not really had time to get anything going unfortunately. I did take some of my cider to the festival for others to try, and it went down well.. apart from one person who didn't like it.. I was shocked haha!

Anyway, I've bottled the rest of the Zinfandel Blush wine today for Gillian, so there is 4 bottles there for her.

I also decided to sample the 3 Turbo Ciders I have sitting, they are about 3 months old now so thought it was taste time.

1. Apple Turbo Cider - Lovely, but maybe a bit dry so might add some sweetner to it but drinkable
2. Apple, Blackcurrant & Cranberry - Delicious and will be very easy drank
3. Apple & Fruit Cocktail - Not sure, needs something but it is drinkable.. might sweeten it a bit as its strong!

Away on Wednesday for a month too so will need to plan something to start as stocks of the Raspberry & Lime are low and so is the 1st batch. 

Though the 2nd batch I done hasn't been touched, but sadly needs some cordial in it as has a bitter taste to it, still does the job though ;-)

New Tasting

Again, no updates as was down south for 3 weeks working.

Got home on Tuesday night, and tried one of the Raspberry & Lime bottles. It was lovely, plenty of fizz and easy to drink.. nice refreshing summer drink so will be having more of that this weekend!

Not planning brewing any more in the near future due to going on holiday for a week from the 10th and then there will be more working away pretty much all of August.

Though might have time to start some Festive Turbo Ciders if I find the time and more DJ's!

Apologies for no updates for a while, currently working away for a few weeks so nothing brewing or being drank anyway..

Nothing happening

Nothing really to report, though I wanted to update this blog at least once per week.

I am working a lot just now so nothing new brewing as could be away from home at times, but the Raspberry & Lime Cider I bottled last is clearing nicely.. might try one in a few days.

Wine Tasting

Ok so with the lovely weather we have been having over the past week, we decided to have a BBQ on Sunday.

I put some of my 1st batch into the fridge and also bottled two of the the Zinfandel Blush Wine.

As you can see on the picture, it has cleared well and with it being 1 month old, was ready for drinking.

Gillian had one bottle in the evening, and from what she has reported it is lovely, I tasted a little bit but am not a wine drinker anyway.

The other bottle is sitting chilling in the fridge, not sure how long it will last though ;-)

More bottling

The Apple with Raspberry & Lime kit I had on was ready for bottling. I had been collecting 2 litre juice bottles, so decided that I would use them for this brew.

Once all cleaned and sterilized, I added the priming sugar to the FV along with the flavour add-back. This is basically what gives the cider the Raspberry & Lime flavouring though would be better with real fruit!

It should hopefully be drinkable within a couple of weeks, but again the longer you leave it ageing the better it should get. Fingers crossed!

Productive Day!

After a few days away down south at the Bearded Theory Festival in Derbyshire, to which I did take a few bottles of the 1st batch of homebrew which seemed to go down well, I had some work to do today.

So first today I racked off the Apple, Blackcurrant and Cranberry which ended up at 1.000 so making that around 7.2% ABV. Tastes nice and fruity too, but perhaps a bit sweet.. might need to fix that somehow!

Also racked off the Apple & Fruit Cocktail TC, which didn't look too clever with all the pulp/sediment in it but it looks all good now. Tastes very strong though, and if my readings are correct it seems to be about 8.5%.. ooft!

Also the rose wine was looking a lot clearer, so racked that off again and that is that ready for drinking, so will bottle it shortly. Gillian took a little sip, and seemed to like it.. so a success I think!

Finally, the third batch of kit cider was fermented out, so transferred that to my other FV and will bottle that tomorrow.

Productive day :-)

Apple, Blackcurrant and Cranberry TC - Update

So after the slow start (see HERE), and now being brewing for 19 days, I have noticed the bubbling from the air lock has slowed down quite a bit.

Decided to take another hydrometer reading for this cider which read as 1.006 so still to come down a little bit before racking off. Ideally it should be about 1.000 so ends up about 7% ABV.

I sampled a bit of course, and was really sweet but could definitely feel the alcohol on the mouth.. nice though!

As you can see in the picture below, it is a lovely colour and should clear quite a bit more too hopefully.