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Beersmith 3 wine acidity4/10/2024 Preparing the must – boiling water being poured If you are going to make wine, and I hope that you are, it is just as well to have some idea what happens in the jar during the fermentation process. Yeast The fermenting agent in wine-making. When wine is fermenting or, as some say, working, it bubbles and a slight hissing can be heard. During this process carbon dioxide is given off and alcohol is produced. Fermentation is the action of the yeast on the must. Working or fermentation Both mean the same thing. Vinegar bacteria Airborne bacteria which can turn wine into vinegar-it must be kept out of the fermenting must at all costs. It is both necessary and beneficial to rack wines. Must The prepared solution before it ferments and turns into wine. Macerate To bruise flower petals and mash fruit for the must. Lees The deposit or sediment that settles at the bottom of the jar during fermentation. Isinglass Can be used to clear a cloudy wine. It excludes air but allows the carbon dioxide to escape.Ĭampden tablets Used for sterilising the equipment.Ĭarbon dioxide The gas given off during fermentation. WINE VOCABULARYĪirlock Fitted to the fermentation jar to protect the wine from contamination during fermentation. Notes for American users appear on the inside back cover. To convert ☏ to °G subtract 32, then multiply by 5/9. first add the appropriate figures in the column giving the nearest whole number of grammes, not those to the nearest unit of 25, then adjust to the nearest unit of 25.ġ gallon is equal to approximately 4 1/2 litres Note: When converting quantities over 20 oz. (ml.) but for ease of measuring it is recommended that solids and liquids should be taken to the nearest number of grammes and millilitres which can be divided by 25. When measuring flowers use a pint or quart measure and press the flowers down lightly.įrom the following chart you will see that 1 oz. When cups are mentioned in recipes they refer to the B.S.I measuring cup which holds 1/2 pint or 10 fluid ounces. Imperial weights and measures have been used throughout this book. Home-Made Wine Expert of The Farmers Weekly SOME USEFUL FACTS AND FIGURES Try drinking a glass of elderflower with your dinner, and see how much it improves your appetite. If you haven’t yet acquired a taste for wines, you will do so as you progress with your wine-making. Remember it is a wine that you have made, and not a cordial. To make things as clear as possible for you there are helpful line drawings to show how some processes in wine-making are carried out.ĭo not be surprised or discouraged if your wine does not taste strongly of the fruit it is made of. These little gadgets are not very expensive, and you can buy them complete with the cork to fit the fermentation jar. Treat yourself to an airlock (also called a fermentation trap). It is recommended that you purchase fermentation jars from Boots or any wine-making equipment stockist. See that you have the necessary equipment. If you are a beginner, and this book is mainly for beginners, choose your recipe with care. In this little book I hope to show you how easy it is to make your own wine. Happily, people are once again beginning to take an interest in brewing their own wines, and several books on the subject have been published in recent years. But with the advent of tea, so quick and easy to brew, the art of wine-making was almost lost. Home wines have been made in this country from time immemorial, recipes and methods being handed down from one generation to the next. It has been my experience that country people like sweet wines, perhaps that is why so many country wine recipes recommend 4 lb. Try to cater for all tastes by making both sweet and dry wines. There is little need for me to write about the pleasure that a glass of good wine can give, especially when you have made it yourself. Exciting because you help to create something, and rewarding because you can produce for yourself, and friends a great variety of wines, at a very low cost. Wine-making is one of the most exciting and rewarding of hobbies. It is to help you avoid any ‘mismanagement of putting together’ that I have written the following pages. (from an eighteenth-century Domestic Cookery Book) For if you let it stand too long before you get it cold, and do not take great care to put your barm upon it in time it summer beams, and blinks in the tub, so that it makes your wine fret in the cask, etc., etc. Wine is a very necessary thing in most families, and it is often spoiled by mismanagement of putting together.
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