The 'King of Yeasts' Challenge is well underway now. Still no signs of life yet but it looks like it should be interesting. For those who don't know this is the ground rules:
1. A single 2 gallon batch of Wine No.1 was prepared.
2. This was seperated between 5 2L Morrisons water bottles (10p each)
3. To each an appropriate volume of yeast was added, with the yeast having been prepared according to the packet instructions.
4. Each wine will be taken from pitching to bottling and be guaged both during fermentation and as a drunk wine.
5. With any luck once the wines are bottled I'll get a bottle of each sent to lockwood and co for judging to see how the flavour is affected by changing the yeast.
The contenders this year are:
D47
K1-V1116
GV1 Green Label
GV2 Red Label
Bread Yeast
Yes, BREAD YEAST. Everyone asks when they start out if they can use it, lets find out why you shouldn't
Also if they are sent to Lockwood and Co. the bottles will not be labled with the contents so they won't known which is which. Lets see if they can find the bread
All in all I'm hoping that this will be good for me (learning by experience) and for anyone else who is curious. If it all goes well, I plan to repeat with a 'Red' wine and see the results from that!
The Ingredients used for the base juice are:
Aldi Apple Juice From Concentrate: 2L
Aldi Pressed Grape Jucie : 2L
Sugar: 1.4Kg
Yeast Neutrient: 2 tsp
Citric Acid: 2tsp
Water to 2 Gallons
More to follow as it comes. And pictures when I fidn the cable for my camera.
1. A single 2 gallon batch of Wine No.1 was prepared.
2. This was seperated between 5 2L Morrisons water bottles (10p each)
3. To each an appropriate volume of yeast was added, with the yeast having been prepared according to the packet instructions.
4. Each wine will be taken from pitching to bottling and be guaged both during fermentation and as a drunk wine.
5. With any luck once the wines are bottled I'll get a bottle of each sent to lockwood and co for judging to see how the flavour is affected by changing the yeast.
The contenders this year are:
D47
K1-V1116
GV1 Green Label
GV2 Red Label
Bread Yeast
Yes, BREAD YEAST. Everyone asks when they start out if they can use it, lets find out why you shouldn't
Also if they are sent to Lockwood and Co. the bottles will not be labled with the contents so they won't known which is which. Lets see if they can find the bread
All in all I'm hoping that this will be good for me (learning by experience) and for anyone else who is curious. If it all goes well, I plan to repeat with a 'Red' wine and see the results from that!
The Ingredients used for the base juice are:
Aldi Apple Juice From Concentrate: 2L
Aldi Pressed Grape Jucie : 2L
Sugar: 1.4Kg
Yeast Neutrient: 2 tsp
Citric Acid: 2tsp
Water to 2 Gallons
More to follow as it comes. And pictures when I fidn the cable for my camera.
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