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I like to dabble in brewing my own booze.
I am no expert, I am no drinker really either.
I just love all the science of it and those who drink my stuff like the product- so it is a win win situation.
Recently I have been raiding the lemon tree and brewing up some lemony hooch.
Lemons, boiled up in sugar, water let it cool to room temp & & add yeast, bottle in a screwtop container with the top open a crack to let the gas escape & stand in a dish of water to keep the ants from finding it. easy peasy.
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Tips:
Things I find complicated to get hold of here : wine yeast & other chemically-fancy things such as "nutrients" and "Campden tablets" etc.
There is a website/online store now, called Java Brewcraft.co - I think in Tokopedia, they have a lot of homebrew paraphernalia
Anyway the lack of these ingredients has simplified my 'work" & made me root out the old recipes- because brewing is as old as time and they didn't have Campden tablets in Ancient Rome lol.
I brought a lot of wine yeast from the UK and use that- but if you go to the traditional market you can get fresh yeast "ragi" - wine yeast generates a higher alcohol content than bread yeast, up to about 15-18%
Bread yeast gives the booze a bit of a bready aroma- not great but the taste isn't too bready.
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Anyway- I found a recipe for tea wine BUT because I guard and ration out my Yorkshire tea & because I have a box of Strawberry tea (that is yuck!), I am going to attempt to make Strawberry tea wine tomorrow.
A friend wants a lesson in it and is coming to visit tomorrow so witches brewing hats will be firmly in place.
In short you need some cold strong tea, sugar, 2 lemons, water & yeast- the recipe calls for raisins (but doesn't call for yeast- raisins have a natural yeast that will kick off fermentation- but slowly)- I don't have them so I won't use them- the point is to keep my brew as cheap as possible.
Will update how it goes in a later post.
* couldn't be bothered waiting - I was in brewing mood.
I am no expert, I am no drinker really either.
I just love all the science of it and those who drink my stuff like the product- so it is a win win situation.
Recently I have been raiding the lemon tree and brewing up some lemony hooch.
Lemons, boiled up in sugar, water let it cool to room temp & & add yeast, bottle in a screwtop container with the top open a crack to let the gas escape & stand in a dish of water to keep the ants from finding it. easy peasy.
~~~~~
Tips:
Things I find complicated to get hold of here : wine yeast & other chemically-fancy things such as "nutrients" and "Campden tablets" etc.
There is a website/online store now, called Java Brewcraft.co - I think in Tokopedia, they have a lot of homebrew paraphernalia
Anyway the lack of these ingredients has simplified my 'work" & made me root out the old recipes- because brewing is as old as time and they didn't have Campden tablets in Ancient Rome lol.
I brought a lot of wine yeast from the UK and use that- but if you go to the traditional market you can get fresh yeast "ragi" - wine yeast generates a higher alcohol content than bread yeast, up to about 15-18%
Bread yeast gives the booze a bit of a bready aroma- not great but the taste isn't too bready.
~~~~~~~~~
Anyway- I found a recipe for tea wine BUT because I guard and ration out my Yorkshire tea & because I have a box of Strawberry tea (that is yuck!), I am going to attempt to make Strawberry tea wine tomorrow.
A friend wants a lesson in it and is coming to visit tomorrow so witches brewing hats will be firmly in place.
In short you need some cold strong tea, sugar, 2 lemons, water & yeast- the recipe calls for raisins (but doesn't call for yeast- raisins have a natural yeast that will kick off fermentation- but slowly)- I don't have them so I won't use them- the point is to keep my brew as cheap as possible.
Will update how it goes in a later post.
* couldn't be bothered waiting - I was in brewing mood.
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