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2x (500g) tins lychees in syrup
1 Litre WGC
2 tsp pectolase
1/8th tsp tannin
1/2 tsp Tronozymol
3tsp Tartric acid. to take acid to 7 g/l expressed as tartaric
Lalvin D47 Yeast
Added water to take gravity to 1.080 (which made it up to a 6 litre batch)
bubbling away merrily
Any chance of an easy table Bob, of the different acid g/l type things, and what wines should have what content? (I'm being dumb, and am only using my Ritchies test kit.)
Any chance of an easy table Bob, of the different acid g/l type things, and what wines should have what content? (I'm being dumb, and am only using my Ritchies test kit.)
From the website of the National Guild of Wine and Beer Judges
To aid anyone entering competitions for the first time (or if your memory is bad like mine) here are the definitions for the various categories in competitions
APERITIF
This is a wine drunk before a meal and intended to stimulate the appetite. These wines
N.G.W.B.J.
Member of 5 Towns Wine and Beer Makers Society (Yorkshire's newest)
Wine, mead and beer maker
I took a bottle to the Circle meeting on Monday to get some feedback. When I opened the bottle there was a bit of a funny smell to the wine, Bob identified it as the result of insufficiant nutriant (can't remember the name of the gas). The taste was ok though. I opened another bottle last night, same eggy sort of smell. I gave it a stir with a bit of copper pipe and that sorted it. A few people tried it and thought it was fab stuff, well done Rich, I will get some Tronzymol and get a 2 gal batch on.
National Wine Judge NGWBJ
Secretary of 5 Towns Wine and Beer Society
My friends would think I was a nut, turning water into wine....... Lyrics from Solsbury hill by Peter Gabriel
I took a bottle to the Circle meeting on Monday to get some feedback. When I opened the bottle there was a bit of a funny smell to the wine, Bob identified it as the result of insufficiant nutriant (can't remember the name of the gas). The taste was ok though. I opened another bottle last night, same eggy sort of smell. I gave it a stir with a bit of copper pipe and that sorted it. A few people tried it and thought it was fab stuff, well done Rich, I will get some Tronzymol and get a 2 gal batch on.
It's called H2s, hydrogen sulphide which can be caused by a lack of nutrient, the copper tube was the right thing to do.
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Chairman of 5 Towns Wine & Beer Makers Circle!
Convenor of Judges YFAWB Show Committee
National Wine Judge
N.G.W.B.J Member
Another month on and I entered a bottle in the circle comp. I gave the wine a good beating with a lump of copper, this sorted the H2s problem out. It came first out of 26 wines entered, well done Rich, top recipe!
National Wine Judge NGWBJ
Secretary of 5 Towns Wine and Beer Society
My friends would think I was a nut, turning water into wine....... Lyrics from Solsbury hill by Peter Gabriel
Bottled this last night. Wow! There was a glass left over so I felt I had to drink it and it was very nice
Unfortunatly I wont be drinking these bottles as they are earmarked for a present Will be going down to the supermarket this afternoon and picking up a few more tins of lychees
Bottled a batch of this yesterday, I aged it on some oak cubes (From Nashwood Winery on fleabay) for 1 month, and it tastes lovely. Well the glass I had left over in the demijon did anyway! Not too much oak, and a hint of vanilla.
Even managed to acquire enough Alsace type tall narrow bottles to bottle it in.
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