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Welcome to the April Newsletter Issue 4
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First we hope everyone had a good easter break and enjoyed all the wine,beer and spirits they made.There are a few new products to tell you about and also we have decided to add a wine recipe this month .We are also asking if anyone has any news or recipe they wish to add then please feel free to contact us.
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New Solomon Grundy Platinum wine kits - Start the fermentation on day 1, it's finished by day 5, and cleared, ready to drink by day 7. No sugar Required .Makes 30 bottles avalible in 6 diffrent styles Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Italian Red, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Rose
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Raspberry Dragon Fruit White Shiraz, Strawberry Lychee Traminer
These kits are a limited edition only and are due in to the shop May,they are ideal for a great summer wine and ideal for barbecues and just sitting in the sunshine relaxing and enjoying the flavours that these wines give you.
they will be priced at £39.99 and will make 30 bottles,if these kits interest you then it is advisable to contact us and reserve them as they are limited in stock.
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( special Offer ) 5 Gallon Wide Neck Fermenter
These are on a special offer until stocks last RRP £13.75 Special price £9.99 an offer not to be missed
We also have some shrink caps on special offer RRP £1.55 our price 0.99p for a box of 30
Colours are lilac,dark green,light green,burgundy,red and metallic purple
these are only while stocks last so get them while you can
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Here is a recipe for elderflower wine which can be made with dried or fresh elderflowers.
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Recipe For 1 Gallon of Elderflower Wine
INGREDIENTS
25g dried elderflowers or 1 pint of fresh flower heads
3 1/2lb sugar
3 teasps citric acid
1 tin grape concentrate
1 packet white wine yeast
1 teasps yeast nutrient
1 gallon water
1 campden tablet
½ teaspoon fermentation stopper
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Place the flower heads in to a bucket and boil 3 litres of water and pour over the flower heads,then add the sugar,grape concentrate and citric acid,leave to cool to 21c then top up to the 1 gallon mark with cool water, add the yeast and yeast nutrient.Leave in the bucket for 4 or 5 days,stirring daily and keep covered.Then strain liquid in to 1 gallon fermentor,leave to ferment. When finished hydrometer reading should read around (1.000) add fermentation stopper and 1 crushed campden tablet, siphon off in to a clean fermentor then leave to clear or you can add finnings at this stage,after 2 months (less if using finnings) siphon off again before bottling.Leave for 6 months or more for the wine to mature and you will have a pleasant wine to drink.
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Thanks to Christopher for sharing this recipe
GobHoblin Beer Recipe
Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size: 22.00 L Boil Size: 26.49 L Estimated OG: 1.046 SG Estimated Color: 26.5 EBC Estimated IBU: 31.3 IBU Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 % Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Ingredients: ------------ Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.00 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (4.4 EBC) Grain 88.11 % 0.15 kg Barley, Flaked (3.0 EBC) Grain 3.30 %
0.15 kg Wheat, Torrified (2.8 EBC) Grain 3.30 % 0.14 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (140.0 EBC) Grain 3.08 % 0.10 kg Chocolate Malt (900.0 EBC) Grain 2.20 %
45.00 gm Fuggles [3.60 %] (90 min) Hops 20.1 IBU 20.00 gm Styrian Goldings [4.50 %] (90 min) Hops 11.2 IBU
1.50 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min) Misc 1 Pk Windsor (Danstar #-) Yeast-Ale
Mash Schedule: My Mash Total Grain Weight: 4.54 kg ---------------------------- My Mash Step Time Name Description Step Temp 90 min Mash Add 13.61 L of water at 74.7 C 67.0 C
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