Luc
Dutch Winemaker
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I have been very busy lately and not been attending the forum as often as I would like too.
After my Holliday in France we had to make a trip to England because my mother in law who has a second house over there had sold that house. We had to clean it up and empty it.
Now within a few weeks have to make a trip to Germany for business, and then again a short holliday in France. So my time is limited.
However I made a great score !!!
I had contact with a lady in Belgium and she offered me 150 liter (that is 40 gallon) of fresh cherry juice for free !!!!
So tomorrow I am taking half the day off from work, make a trip to Belgium 250 kilometer, collect 150 liter juice, and drive 250 kilometer back to Rotterdam.
That is 300 miles for 150 liter juice.
I just filled my car with 5 empty 30 liter primary's and some 5 liter bottles to collect the juice in.
I made a 10% sulphite solution to add to the juice when I am loading it in my car. This solution is easier to add as cambden tables or powdered sulphite, and easier to measure the right dose.
I am going to do a web-log entry on that soon.
I also made simple syrup (loads of it) to bring sugar levels up to standard when needed.
Again I am doing a web-log entry on calculations with simple syrup soon.
I also made a large yeast starter to split amongst all my primaries. I want this to get fermenting as soon as possible.
So I will make a web-log entry on my log as soon as possible keeping track off this winemaking adventure.
Hope to be attending this log more often soon.
Luc
After my Holliday in France we had to make a trip to England because my mother in law who has a second house over there had sold that house. We had to clean it up and empty it.
Now within a few weeks have to make a trip to Germany for business, and then again a short holliday in France. So my time is limited.
However I made a great score !!!
I had contact with a lady in Belgium and she offered me 150 liter (that is 40 gallon) of fresh cherry juice for free !!!!
So tomorrow I am taking half the day off from work, make a trip to Belgium 250 kilometer, collect 150 liter juice, and drive 250 kilometer back to Rotterdam.
That is 300 miles for 150 liter juice.
I just filled my car with 5 empty 30 liter primary's and some 5 liter bottles to collect the juice in.
I made a 10% sulphite solution to add to the juice when I am loading it in my car. This solution is easier to add as cambden tables or powdered sulphite, and easier to measure the right dose.
I am going to do a web-log entry on that soon.
I also made simple syrup (loads of it) to bring sugar levels up to standard when needed.
Again I am doing a web-log entry on calculations with simple syrup soon.
I also made a large yeast starter to split amongst all my primaries. I want this to get fermenting as soon as possible.
So I will make a web-log entry on my log as soon as possible keeping track off this winemaking adventure.
Hope to be attending this log more often soon.
Luc