my kilju is still fermenting, but i'm going to bottle it this weekend. in the mean time, i started a batch of blueberry wine:
i'm still using the lame balloon airlocks but i'm getting some real ones later this week. how exciting! for me. kind of.
so anyway here's the recipe/directions:
- 2kg sugar
- 4 cans fruitopia blueberry/watermelon juice concentrate
- 1 can blueberry pie filling
- 2 8g packs fleischmann's dry active baking yeast
- water
i disinfected the glass carboy with bleach and soap and extremely hot water. it was a pain in the ass...but not as annoying as rinsing it, which took at least twice as long. seriously though, even if you're making shitty wine that's not going to taste that great, you don't want it tasting like soap or bleach.
anyway, same deal as usual, just sterilize everything you're using.
get your yeast going on the side in some warm water and sugar while you're putting the rest of the ingredients together in the carboy.
i put the blueberry pie filling in a blender with some water before i poured it in with everything. yeah just, add everything together in the carboy, and shake it up. then add your yeast, which by now should be bubbling and making noise. shake that up, too.
put your hobo airlock on and...wait. try to keep it warm and out of direct sunlight.
i'll probably let this one go for a month or so. i'll give it a taste in january to see, though. the yeast have been enjoying themselves in this one, too, so everything's going fine so far. it smells really good but we'll see how it tastes after a month of yeast partying. probably not great, but, it'll get me drunk.
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