Downwards
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Not technically a wine at all, it's a maceration of green plum that sit in sweetened soju for 6 months to a year. Very tasty stuff.
Anybody ever made it before who might be able to direct me on something? I followed the instructions I had found on line, but I have a problem a week or so in. The jars I was using were under an extreme amount of pressure. I opened them because the lids were actually bending. Probably lucky nothing blew up. I know this shouldn't actually ferment because the alcohol content is supposed to be too high, but once I released the pressure on the lid bubbles started flowing out of the plums themselves.
I alternated the recipe a bit using 40% vodka instead of the 35% soju it recommended because I couldn't find one that strong.
Maybe this should be made without the lids tightened down? The recipe wasn't very specific about that.
If you know, please let me know. I'd like to save this batch of 5 jars.
Thanks!
Anybody ever made it before who might be able to direct me on something? I followed the instructions I had found on line, but I have a problem a week or so in. The jars I was using were under an extreme amount of pressure. I opened them because the lids were actually bending. Probably lucky nothing blew up. I know this shouldn't actually ferment because the alcohol content is supposed to be too high, but once I released the pressure on the lid bubbles started flowing out of the plums themselves.
I alternated the recipe a bit using 40% vodka instead of the 35% soju it recommended because I couldn't find one that strong.
Maybe this should be made without the lids tightened down? The recipe wasn't very specific about that.
If you know, please let me know. I'd like to save this batch of 5 jars.
Thanks!