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  • Cellar Rat 5 - This Time it's Rhubarb

    Just started my trial - Cellar Rat White versus D47, on a rhubarb juice and elderflower wine.

    More detals in due course.
    Pete the Instructor

    It looks like Phil Donahue throwing up into a tuba

  • #2
    Recipe:

    For 5 litres:
    Approx 800ml juice from 4lb frozen/thawed rhubarb
    1l Tesco WGJ
    Sugar to 1.060
    1 tsp citric acid
    1 tsp Pectolase
    Yeast from starter (375ml WGJ, 1 tsp Vitamon Combi, pinch of citric, yeast)
    When SG < 1.000, add 200ml Elderflower syrup (in theory increases effective starting SG to 1.065 - 1.070)

    Two 5l batches made as nead to identical as I could.

    2 yeast starters prepared two days earlier, one with approx half a sachet of D47, the other with approx the same volume of Cellar Rat White (CRW).

    Both starters pitched yesterday afternoon.

    This morning both are fermenting very strongly (temp approx. 19c). CRW is foaming more than the D47 - out of the airlock in fact. This appears to be in line with what others have said. Foaming is not excessive, it just needs to be taken into account.

    Visually the CRW is just as active as the D47, but the hydrometer will tell me more in a couple of days.
    Pete the Instructor

    It looks like Phil Donahue throwing up into a tuba

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    • #3
      D47 and CRW versions are fermenting at almost exactly the same pace, both down to 0.993 - 4 now.
      Pete the Instructor

      It looks like Phil Donahue throwing up into a tuba

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      • #4
        Foaming a bit seems to be a feature of this yeast...
        Gluten free, caffeine free, dairy free, fat free – you gotta love this red wine diet!

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        • #5
          Yes - it does foam a bit (think Youngs General Purpose). No problem as long as you allow for it
          Pete the Instructor

          It looks like Phil Donahue throwing up into a tuba

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          • #6
            I for one am certainly waiting for the tasting tests .. fermentation process is one thing, but for me its about the finished goods.
            Gluten free, caffeine free, dairy free, fat free – you gotta love this red wine diet!

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            • #7
              Tasting is still a little way off.

              The D47 is racked, degassed, stabilised and backsweetened.

              I was't 100% sure that the CRW had finished, but hopefully that will follow suit in the next day or so.
              Pete the Instructor

              It looks like Phil Donahue throwing up into a tuba

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              • #8
                Apologies for the slight delay.

                I hope to get this tasted and bottled soon.
                Pete the Instructor

                It looks like Phil Donahue throwing up into a tuba

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                • #9
                  It's bottled at last.

                  I had a few tastes of the D47 and CRW versions before bottling. In brief, the D47 version was light, crisp, flowery and fruity. The CRW version was visually a couple of shades darker, and smelt and tasted a bit less 'defined' than the D47 version.

                  That's not to say I wouln't use it again. D47 is the yeast of (my) choice for light, fruity whites. The CRW version is good, but the D47 is REALLY good (IMHO ).

                  The next time I'm passing Bob's I'll try to remember to drop off a bottle of each.
                  Pete the Instructor

                  It looks like Phil Donahue throwing up into a tuba

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by goldseal View Post
                    The next time I'm passing Bob's I'll try to remember to drop off a bottle of each.

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                    • #11
                      Nice one. Good to get the feedback.
                      Gluten free, caffeine free, dairy free, fat free – you gotta love this red wine diet!

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