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  1. Eddy Monsoon

    Sour Cherries With Pits - Is my Wine Safe?

    Organic cyanide - probably good for you. Think of all the healthy real breads made with seeds. There's some old wives tales of cyanide from Apple seeds catching up with West Country heavy Rough Scrumpy drinkers after about 40 years, but that's an awful lot of drinking if true.
  2. Eddy Monsoon

    Coring a large amount of pears

    Chop em Freeze em, ripest first if you need to do in batches Thaw em Muslin/ mesh bag all the solids, pectin,acid nutrient, wine yeast, more sugar for wine, nothing for cider A little Water just to cover Get the first batch underway and add more as they come through the freezer 7-10...
  3. Eddy Monsoon

    Supermarket juice.

    Aldi Apple Juice has no preservatives, cheap and easy Cider
  4. Eddy Monsoon

    So I have 500lbs of apple.....

    This thawed-apple "ice" cider is staying cloudier than usual, still early days !
  5. Eddy Monsoon

    So I have 500lbs of apple.....

    Freeze them for 24 hours. The ripest ones first if you're short on space. When they're defrosted they go mushy. Easy to juice or just bust up anyhow. Get the fermentation going and add more as they come available Canadians do a fair bit of this, known as ice cider, has more sugars I...
  6. Eddy Monsoon

    Aussie greenhorn

    If he's still using the same email I'm hoping he'll see the notification..........
  7. Eddy Monsoon

    Newbie with Jabotica

    Hi David NSW Northern Rivers first timer here, I'm having a go at Jaboticabas , harvesting from a friend Did you have a go in the end, got any tips ? Cheers
  8. Eddy Monsoon

    Aussie greenhorn

    Hi Awino Northern rivers first timer here, I'm having a go at Jaboticabas , harvesting from a friend Have you refined your technique at all over the years ? Cheers
  9. Eddy Monsoon

    What to call mixed berry wine?

    If it's bad.........."Chuck" If it's also very strong ..............."NumbChuck"
  10. Eddy Monsoon

    Brew belt or heating pad or ????

    InkBird sensor hangin in the middle of a 2nd Hand Fridge Rarely need a heat pad in my part of Australia, but just put it inside the fridge when needed
  11. Eddy Monsoon

    Cinnamon in apple wine

    Yep Made a Xmas beer and overdid the cinnamon. Had to drink it all myself.
  12. Eddy Monsoon

    Strawberry wine help

    Dont know for sure, but they won't add anything so leaving them is risking them spoiling your wine. Trim them, quarter them, freeze them. Thats what I did and have got a good result from fresh. Leave them to get as ripe as possible is my other suggestion.
  13. Eddy Monsoon

    Cinnamon in apple wine

    Go careful with that stuff, too much and you can't take it out
  14. Eddy Monsoon

    Watermelon wine query

    Can you taste the Rasperry flavour given the watremelon is so subtle ? Have you ever tried using a food colouring ?
  15. Eddy Monsoon

    Watermelon wine query

    I've got a ph meter, but it's still in the pack and I haven't read the instructions. Chopping all that watermelon left me way past my bedtime ! Late home tonight as well , but I'll see if I can work it out and get a reading, Cheers again
  16. Eddy Monsoon

    Watermelon wine query

    Yeah , I thought so, thanks for confirming. I added the acid in this EC Kraus Recipe straight way (plus the others) but I haven't had a chance to measure the acidity yet. Would having 3 x the Melon Flesh mean I need 3 x the Acid Blend ?
  17. Eddy Monsoon

    Watermelon wine query

    Thanks for that Rice, I found a nutrition website that reckoned around 6% which I thought seemed low. From that I worked out I'd need about 3.5Kg to make it up to an EC Kraus watermelon wine recipe that I found I've added 2 Kg of sugar to kick it off while I get some more ideas
  18. Eddy Monsoon

    Watermelon wine query

    Good idea Pete, will do that, thanks
  19. Eddy Monsoon

    Watermelon wine query

    Ok, 19kgs of Watermelon, maybe too much for 23 litres ! Anyhow, has anyone any idea how much sugar already in there ? Need to work out how much sugar to add (if any)
  20. Eddy Monsoon

    Fermentation not starting- 1st time using campden tablets

    I wouldn't worry about the 50ppm, that's about usual. Give it a couple of days, if you're still getting nothing that first strain may be a dud, or died, so a new strain won't matter
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