Started a batch of Apple Wine tonight after picking apples from a couple of trees around Bridgenorth on Saturday 20th. I am unsure of the quantity of wine that I will end up with as I messed around with the recipe a bit :) I chose one for a Heavy Bodied wine found here
Day 1 - 22/08/11
I stated by cutting up the apples in to random sizes, the recipe said small pieces but I did not read this clearly enough in hind site, I then added and sired in the enzyme. I poured 1 gallon of water over the apples but it barely covered a third of the apples, the originally recipe said I started byit would not but this still seemed odd. I have set aside for 24 hours.
Day 2 - 23/08/11
I looked at the fermentin
g barrel in the morning and was worried about the level of water, so I and added half a gallon of water.
I pitched the yeast tonight along with the yeast nutrient, but beforehand I used a hand blender to mix up the contents. This meant the contents was more liquid, and I feel will ferment easier.
Day 11 - 01/09/11 - Racking the Wine
I drained off the liquid into a second fermenting barrel, then further liquidised the remaining mixture and pushed it through a sieve, and ended up with 2 gallons of wine. I poured in 6 pounds of sugar into the fermenting barrel and shook it regularly to mix in the sugar. I then filled the two demijohns and a juice bottle, and placed airlocks in them. not the long wait for them to clear :)
Day 12 - 02/09/11 - spillage
Woke up to find the airlocks on the two demijohns full of the wine after the initial heavy fermentation, cleaned them out, sterilised and replaced. all bubbling nicely every second or so now.
Day 18 - 08/09/11 - oh the bubbles
Slowed a little but still bubbling every couple of seconds, there is quite a lost of sediment probably from where i squeeze the most out of the apples. Might rack on in a week or so to get rid of as much as I can.
Day 35 - 25/09/11 - Rack of
As mentioned there was a lot of sediment therefore I racked off the wine into fresh demijohns. I poured the contents into a funnel with a cloth in the top to ensure I got all the liquid out, but will rack off normally a couple more times I would think, managed to get nearly two demijohns worth.
Day 36 - 26/09/11 - slow bubbling
checked today and the demijohns are still bubbling if a bit slower than before
Day 74 -13/11/2009 - Second racking off
Racked off the wine again today which went nice and smoothly. Had a little taste and it tasted like a nice strong cider but definitely wine like :)
Recipe
- 22lb of mixed apples - mostly tart apples 16lb approx, the rest sweeter (poss pink lady)
- 6lb sugar after initial fermentation
- 1tsp peptic Enzyme
- Girvin Wine Yeast strain GV2 - suitable for full bodied red and white wine so it seemed suitable
- 1 tsp Yeast Nutrient
- 1 1/2 gallons of water (recipe said 1 gallon but through circumstance I increased) - made 2 gallons
Day 1 - 22/08/11
I stated by cutting up the apples in to random sizes, the recipe said small pieces but I did not read this clearly enough in hind site, I then added and sired in the enzyme. I poured 1 gallon of water over the apples but it barely covered a third of the apples, the originally recipe said I started byit would not but this still seemed odd. I have set aside for 24 hours.
Day 2 - 23/08/11
g barrel in the morning and was worried about the level of water, so I and added half a gallon of water.I pitched the yeast tonight along with the yeast nutrient, but beforehand I used a hand blender to mix up the contents. This meant the contents was more liquid, and I feel will ferment easier.
Day 11 - 01/09/11 - Racking the Wine
I drained off the liquid into a second fermenting barrel, then further liquidised the remaining mixture and pushed it through a sieve, and ended up with 2 gallons of wine. I poured in 6 pounds of sugar into the fermenting barrel and shook it regularly to mix in the sugar. I then filled the two demijohns and a juice bottle, and placed airlocks in them. not the long wait for them to clear :)
Day 12 - 02/09/11 - spillage
Woke up to find the airlocks on the two demijohns full of the wine after the initial heavy fermentation, cleaned them out, sterilised and replaced. all bubbling nicely every second or so now.
Day 18 - 08/09/11 - oh the bubbles
Slowed a little but still bubbling every couple of seconds, there is quite a lost of sediment probably from where i squeeze the most out of the apples. Might rack on in a week or so to get rid of as much as I can.
Day 35 - 25/09/11 - Rack of
As mentioned there was a lot of sediment therefore I racked off the wine into fresh demijohns. I poured the contents into a funnel with a cloth in the top to ensure I got all the liquid out, but will rack off normally a couple more times I would think, managed to get nearly two demijohns worth.
Day 36 - 26/09/11 - slow bubbling
checked today and the demijohns are still bubbling if a bit slower than before
Day 74 -13/11/2009 - Second racking off
Racked off the wine again today which went nice and smoothly. Had a little taste and it tasted like a nice strong cider but definitely wine like :)
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