Parsley wine - home-made wines ;)

[Ali]

Thought I'd start a thread on my latest wine making exploits.

Thanks to Donk and Hellfire I'm now pretty well set up and have my first year under belt.

Previous 2011 concoctions are:
Rhubarb
Apple
Ginger
Mixed red fruit

and each of those are now bottled and in the 'cave'.

I've got 2 batches (different receipes) of 2012 Rhubarb on the go and NEW FOR THIS YEAR is Parsley wine.

Thought I'd take some pix and add to them as things progress....

The first is of the raw ingredients in the pan: 1/2 kg of Parsley, orange and lemon peel (no pith) and about 4 litres of water....

[Ali]

Then 20 minutes later .....

Then...

Let it cool, take out the big bits and stir in 1 3/4 kilo sugar and the juice of the 2 oranges and 2 lemons ...

[Bunty]

looks like soup

[Elkay]

Jun 24, 2012 14:06:10 GMT 1 Bunty said:

looks like soup

Don't take the pith

[**JamDan**]

Gawd Ali, you make a lot of alcohol at your house

[Ali]

Jun 24, 2012 14:06:10 GMT 1 Bunty said:

looks like soup

soup soup soup soup ??

[Ali]

Jun 24, 2012 18:50:53 GMT 1 **JamDan** said:

Gawd Ali, you make a lot of alcohol at your house

Arrrr bert we haven't tried any yet so it might not be alcohol and it might go into the fosse ;D

[Ali]

added the yeast, left for 24 hours in a clean bucket with lid on, then funelled into demi-john.

Within an hour its bubbling away.

The air-lock often gets crud up it, just a case of taking it off, washing it out and replacing

Doesn't look like soup any more ;D

[Deleted]

No it doesn´t look like soup,but does look a lot like something you take to Docs in a small bottle.............

[Elkay]

Jun 25, 2012 10:27:51 GMT 1 @britchick said:

No it doesn´t look like soup,but does look a lot like something you take to Docs in a small bottle.............