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When making jam you have to seperate the internal seed pod from the external flesh. You use the seed pods to produce (pectin) the thickening agent for the jam. I separated the fruit and discarded the seed pods.

If anyone was wondering what Rosellas are, they are part of the hibiscus family. When i make jam or cordial they taste like berry and sherbet combined. I’ve been wondering if they would make a wine that tastes slightly “spritzige” Photo above.

Thanks Stress Baby, I appreciate the advice and I am trying hard to write down all that I have done so far in this attempt. I ended up worried about the fruit going off so I powered on. I may have stuffed up already but I hope not, as I write this I am waiting for the must to cool and haven’t...

Where to start? Right now I am in the deep dark depths of a Brisbane winter. Some nights it gets down to a chilly 10 degrees C (0 degrees freezes water, 100 degrees boils it) Daytimes sometimes make only 22 degrees, last year I actually had to put on a jumper for a couple of hours. Without...

Why did I write the title as “first attempt”, if you read the last thread that I posted around the Super Spicy Ginger Wine you would have guessed already. For those who didn’t read it let me start out the same way. I have conservatively buggered up at least 90 litres wine so far and if you...

Unfortunately my neighbour still wont acknowledge my presence, he is a man who just loves his chooks. That said, I still haven’t made the non alcoholic ginger beer for his missus. Check the next thread to see why my friend.

Thats funny and a little scary too. I am about to start a new wine making thread. Do you fancy coming along for the ride? Come on Red, you know you want to.

Finally got around to the second racking, the wine is as clear as and is semi sweet due to one of the mistakes I made along the way. The funny thing is the sweetness is about spot on. It tastes great already but I will leave to bulk age for a while yet before bottling. In life, skills count for...

Apparently you cannot buy Fermaid K in Australia due to food safety laws, you can however get it's replacement Fermaid A. I will have another go at the Skeeter Pee but I am still a little confused around dosage rates. I think some more research is in order before I pull the trigger this time.

Fermaid® AT is a blended complex yeast nutrient developed for low to moderate YAN conditions, which supplies a well balanced mix of inorganic nitrogen (diammonium phosphate , DAP), organic nitrogen (wine-yeast derived) and the vitamin thiamine. • The nitrogen content of Fermaid ® AT is composed...

Hi Red, One last tidbit for you in case you haven't seen it. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/redheads-genetic-traits-ginger-hair-study-dna-the-big-redhead-book-erin-la-rosa-a8090276.html Hi AkTom, Never again my friend, not after all the advice on here but that said, I do suffer a...

Mr Wild Hair, isn't that funny..........I've got an itch to taste your Lemon Grass and Ginger wine too!! Thanks for all the advice and hanging in to the bitter end with me. I will probably post some more feed back as the wine moves through it's clearing/aging process. At this point, I find...

Well the photo above was from this morning, it's been sitting under an air lock in a 23 litre glass carboy for almost 2 weeks. There is approximately half an inch of lees at the base and what I suspect is too much head space. You will notice a 750ml bottle of commercial ginger wine sitting next...

Lets talk about annoyed neighbours, drunk chooks and the unforseen perils of wine making, if you have soldiered through this whole thread you will recall how, without much thought I gave a much liked neighbour a bunch fruit must full of alcohol to feed to his chickens. I, with hand on heart, can...

Did I mention that I make bloody fabulous sauerkraut, kimchi, tomato relish, pickled cucumbers, fruit cordials and jams. However, wine??? Not so good. That statement is me trying to add some padding to the hair shirt I've donned while sharing this story. It is really starting to itch. So if...

Oh *****, Messers Wild Hair and Sour grapes , it appears that I've made even more mistakes than my reading on here has led me to believe, sorry to say but it probably gets worse from here on. The carriages from the rear have nearly finished crashing up through the dining car and locomotive, all...

As I said earlier I made so many stuff ups on this wine run and I promised absolute honesty, so here is the rest of it. Just quietly it feels like I'm wearing a hair shirt right now but a man's word is a man's word, at least until I pop the frock back on shortly. (If my missus reads this, I am...

Thank you Arne, I was truly starting to think it was just me and that Dionysus and his Roman mate had painted a target on my back. Ok back to the story quickly before I have to don my housewife frock again.