By the time that I mashed the grapes (to which I'd added a crushed campden tablet & a tsp of pectolase per instructions on a homebrew web site), then squeezed them through an old stocking, I had 2.2l of wine juice - I made this up 4.75l & an SG of 1088 with water & 1lb 12oz of sugar.
Whilst I had the wine gubbins out, I racked the apple mk III into a spare demijohn.
Actually, I racked into the same demijohn once it was cleaned out due to the fact that when I was cleaning the spare one, I foolishly did the final rinse with water boiling from the kettle which resulted in a bloody great PING & it shattering.
On the plus side, once the apple wine was safely in an intact demijohn (SG 988), I had a taste & it is extremely promising...
Ooo-er. Hot water and glass don't mix. We've all done it!
ReplyDeleteYou're right, Flum - and I really should've known better. Doubly cross as the clear dj's have a scarcity value at the mo. Hey ho.
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