I'm Dee, born in South Africa and living in Oxford England, started making my first batch of "country wine" last week! very exciting!
bought a book, some equipment, searched the web, annoyed a friend into letting me pinch some apples from her garden and launched into my new hobby,
how hard could it be!
(watch the blonde going to work here)
first stumble....the equipment I bought was for making 1 gallon wine, (didn't fancy 25L of vinegar lol ) rushed home and started chopping 3kg of apples as the recipe directed, boiled up 7 pints of water, added the sugar and oops 5L fermenting bucket ll!!!! - ever tried fitting 3kg of apples into a 5l fermenting bucket? leave alone 7 pints of water!
er hmmm fortunately I had a reasonably new bucket from b&q, my husband had only used once to wash a couple of paint rollers, so quickly scrubbed it out and using hot water to rinse I got going with a nice thick piece of plastic sheet and a large elastic band! hey presto I had my very own fermenting bin, bugger all that new stuff I bought hey!
wracked it out earlier tonight and fingers crossed it may just be drinkable!
any one want to come round in about a years time and try it out?
just as well I have a sense of humor, my husband reckons I'm like a bull in a china shop!
no idea what he means........
bought a book, some equipment, searched the web, annoyed a friend into letting me pinch some apples from her garden and launched into my new hobby,
how hard could it be!
(watch the blonde going to work here)
first stumble....the equipment I bought was for making 1 gallon wine, (didn't fancy 25L of vinegar lol ) rushed home and started chopping 3kg of apples as the recipe directed, boiled up 7 pints of water, added the sugar and oops 5L fermenting bucket ll!!!! - ever tried fitting 3kg of apples into a 5l fermenting bucket? leave alone 7 pints of water!
er hmmm fortunately I had a reasonably new bucket from b&q, my husband had only used once to wash a couple of paint rollers, so quickly scrubbed it out and using hot water to rinse I got going with a nice thick piece of plastic sheet and a large elastic band! hey presto I had my very own fermenting bin, bugger all that new stuff I bought hey!
wracked it out earlier tonight and fingers crossed it may just be drinkable!
any one want to come round in about a years time and try it out?
just as well I have a sense of humor, my husband reckons I'm like a bull in a china shop!
no idea what he means........
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