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[classic33]

Rose Hip kept doing this secondary fermentation and it gave it a 'smoothness'.
I was the raffle bloke at a monthly club meeting (CB thing) and used to pop the odd bottle in.
I got a call one Mon evening (Sunday meeting) asking if I had any more and if so would I sell
It was malolactic fermentation...
It had been lying untouched and although a favourite, we hadn't popped a cork, immediately we did and boy, it was smooth.
I kept them a bottle and tanked the rest between us, I'd made three demijohns worth..
It was left in our back room in a big bucket with a towel over it to go through the process and it guffed, three weeks before fining it out then bottled.

Nah, but it looks like plenty is being dumped away to the west of us

Was it you doing the secondary fermentation, or a natural thing that particular mix did if left to its own devices.
Your bottles a much sought after prize then.
Did you?
You'd bottled it and somehow managed to forget you had it!
How long did you keep it in the demijohn, as a rule, before bottling.

But with the wind from the west, won't it reach you.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Good morning
Bit out...
Low as 0.0c at 7am

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Was it you doing the secondary fermentation, or a natural thing that particular mix did if left to its own devices.
Your bottles a much sought after prize then.
Did you?
You'd bottled it and somehow managed to forget you had it!
How long did you keep it in the demijohn, as a rule, before bottling.

But with the wind from the west, won't it reach you.

It happened naturally..
The problem with too many home brewers is the urgency to neck the produce..
The recipe book and notes may be here somewhere but I cannot remember the last time I saw it.
Each recipe was different,
once again, I spent lots of time removing the plonk avoiding debris at the bottom of the demijohn, I used some finer (?) that rubberised everything together and left the bottom inch plus in when syphoned off.
Been a long time..hic.

 

[classic33]

Good morning
Bit out...
Low as 0.0c at 7am

Owdo
So you're staying in?
Hovered just above freezing overnight here. Clear skies

 

[classic33]

It happened naturally..
The problem with too many home brewers is the urgency to neck the produce..
The recipe book and notes may be here somewhere but I cannot remember the last time I saw it.
Each recipe was different,
once again, I spent lots of time removing the plonk avoiding debris at the bottom of the demijohn, I used some finer (?) that rubberised everything together and left the bottom inch plus in when syphoned off.
Been a long time..hic.

True dat, not always the brewer either. Someone made themselves sick after they helped themselves to the contents of the demijohn. Poured it straight into a small glass, as though it were an oversized bottle.
They'll turn up when you go looking for summat else, as is usually the case.
Used a "J" tube, held off the bottom when siphoning. Did consider using one of the mixes for clearing and containing the sediment, but tales of it spoiling the finished product put me off.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Owdo
So you're staying in?
Hovered just above freezing overnight here. Clear skies

I nipped out a couple of times and cancelled the AM trip as something came up.

True dat, not always the brewer either. Someone made themselves sick after they helped themselves to the contents of the demijohn. Poured it straight into a small glass, as though it were an oversized bottle.
They'll turn up when you go looking for summat else, as is usually the case.
Used a "J" tube, held off the bottom when siphoning. Did consider using one of the mixes for clearing and containing the sediment, but tales of it spoiling the finished product put me off.

I never noticed a taste difference. This 'stuff' was quite new and congealed the lees etc., at the bottom but I always left the bottom inch plus as I wrote previously.
I have a containerised apple tree which I think has popped its clogs, I don't want to scrape the bark to check in case disease moves in.
Pear tree will fill its place.
I'm sure the book I have is still available, I'll head over to the big river place and have a look at some point..
Off to log up.

 

[classic33]

I nipped out a couple of times and cancelled the AM trip as something came up.

Not quite the morning of doing very little then. And in the cold as well.

I never noticed a taste difference. This 'stuff' was quite new and congealed the lees etc., at the bottom but I always left the bottom inch plus as I wrote previously.
I have a containerised apple tree which I think has popped its clogs, I don't want to scrape the bark to check in case disease moves in.
Pear tree will fill its place.
I'm sure the book I have is still available, I'll head over to the big river place and have a look at some point..
Off to log up.

Never tried it, so don't know. Just put off using it, or similar, by comments I was hearing.
Casualty of the last storm, or disease, do you know.
Pears are nicer eating anyway. You might even get to eat some yourself if smaller hands don't beat you there.
Wouldn't surprise me if it were still available. But you'll not see many books with homebrew recipes in them in the kids section of a library these days. Await your Big River hunt/search results.
Have fun...

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Morning all
Almost the weekend (again!)

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Not quite the morning of doing very little then. And in the cold as well.

Never tried it, so don't know. Just put off using it, or similar, by comments I was hearing.
Casualty of the last storm, or disease, do you know.
Pears are nicer eating anyway. You might even get to eat some yourself if smaller hands don't beat you there.
Wouldn't surprise me if it were still available. But you'll not see many books with homebrew recipes in them in the kids section of a library these days. Await your Big River hunt/search results.
Have fun...

C J Berry's book, First Steps in winemaking, I'm sure..
I thought the book was older than that......
Tried pear wine, but I am not a white wine fan tbh...
Off out, must walk, I can't fly....

 

[classic33]

Morning all
Almost the weekend (again!)

Owdo
That close you can almost touch it.

 

[classic33]

C J Berry's book, First Steps in winemaking, I'm sure..
I thought the book was older than that......
Tried pear wine, but I am not a white wine fan tbh...
Off out, must walk, I can't fly....

I'll check the local library system for it. Although I were never into wine making.
How old is it? Or is the one you saw a later reprint.
There's always yer bike!

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Owdo
That close you can almost touch it.

I'll check the local library system for it. Although I were never into wine making.
How old is it? Or is the one you saw a later reprint.
There's always yer bike!

I was talking with Mrs M regarding the plonk-making,
it was the mid to late '80s when I dabbled, the book was originally published in or around 1960.
I checked my bookcase but nope, not there.
It's been reprinted many times....

Bike not an option today.

 

[classic33]

I was talking with Mrs M regarding the plonk-making,
it was the mid to late '80s when I dabbled, the book was originally published in or around 1960.
I checked my bookcase but nope, not there.
It's been reprinted many times....

Bike not an option today.

She remembers it. Can't have been too strong then.
Possible reprint you were working from
It'll turn up....

Wet outside?

 

[Bobby Mhor]

The cover of my version

Possible version one of the latter, hard to make out TBH

I can't make out if that is the '80s....

 

[classic33]

The cover of my version
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Possible version one of the latter, hard to make out TBH
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I can't make out if that is the '80s....

Searching for it gives 1960 as the first year of publication, with the ninth impression(edition?) being in 1994, and 2012!
I'd say from that picture, you're 80's "guess" is correct.
I've seen that book cover, or very similar to it, but it's not available in the local libraries. At over 2,000,000 copies sold, it's certainly a popular book on home brewing.