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Wine fermentation - the revenge

Today is day 8 of the great wine making experiment - so it was time to move on from stage one fermentation (the bucket stage) to stage two.

This is what the wine in potentia looked at the end of stage…

Birthdays are snow joke

Another week has passed - which means tomorrow is the day I move my wine to stage two fermentation. Meanwhile I’ve had a busy weekend.

Friday was Paul’s birthday celebration at The Hellfire Club and the majority of us dressed for the…

Wine - in the mix

After day one’s anti-climax I was eager to set my wine off on day two, and that I have done. Sanitised all the equipment, rinsed it thoroughly and then it was on to mixing the ingredients.

Adding the toasted oak

With that done it’s just…

Interdepartmental Football Tournee

Friday night was the night of work’s Interdepartmental Football Tournament. I played for the worst performing team in terms of points (Zenit St Techiesberg)- with no victories, and only loses. Competition was definitely far greater than it’s ever been!

The winners…

Toasty Wine

Well, I broke out the wine making kit today, as promised (illustrated below).

I started reading the instructions and discovered day one would be a bit of an anti-climax.

The Wine Making Kit Powders, Yeast and Stuff

It recommends using bottled or distilled water or leaving tap water over night…