Ingredients:
500 grams prunes
1 litre water
500 grams sugar
5tsp lemon juice
1 tsp citric acid
1 tsp tartaric acid
"Fruits of the forest" frozen fruit from lidl - 500 grams
Sultanas 100 grams
pectolaze, yeast nutrient,
Sherry yeast.
Preparation:
Boil the water with lemon juice, acids and sugar.
Add the fruit, prunes and raisins. Bring to high temperature and leave to cool later.
Once below 30 degrees Celsius add pectolaze, activated sherry yeast. Leave in primary fermenter.
To be continued.
After a few days strained and SG was 1030 (after about 5 days on the must)
Update: 29.11.2010 Strained, added 300 grams sugar
05.12.2010. Racked. Strained, added 300 grams sugar.
09.12.2010. Still fermenting rather nicely. No stuck fermentation. ufff
2010.12.25 - Fermenting nicely. High SG still - SG=1030
2011.01.22 - Racked and SG=1021
2011.03.02 - tried it - very nice but too sweet, not unpleasant.
2011.03.29 - Stopped. SG=1021.
Very sweet. Slightly sherry taste, good class. Very tasty but strong.
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