Woo Hoo - New Plumeria Batch !

[FlamingoEmporium]

Daughter called and said her big Plumeria shrub fell over in todays rainstorm. “Come save it” So I stood it back up and tied it off and proceeded to de-nude it of blossoms. Came back across the street and checked the few plumeria I had left and sure enough I had enough for a 2 gallon batch. Actually I’ll make just over one gallon Working on steeping the flowers now. First ferment since before the hurricane. (Over 6 months) fortunately I had one Batch of yeast left.

 

[BigDaveK]

Fantastic!
Do they bloom mostly at once or over a few days? In other words, will you be getting more?

 

[vinny]

This is BigDave's Superbowl. He's hoping it's going into overtime!

 

[FlamingoEmporium]

Fantastic!
Do they bloom mostly at once or over a few days? In other words, will you be getting more?

They’ve been blooming for a couple of weeks they usually have a bunch of flowers for a month or more they get new blossoms every day. I lost probably half my plants in the hurricane though.

they don’t dry well or else I send you some dry ones. they just brown up in no time.

 

[FlamingoEmporium]

this year the raisins were golden and not brown with age. I used grape juice instead of hibiscus tea. It’s looking nice and yellow. I tossed in a few slices of frozen mango so the yeast had something substantial to chew on.

4 lbs of sugar and its at starting SG 1.10

 

[BigDaveK]

they don’t dry well or else I send you some dry ones. they just brown up in no time.

Same with my magnolia, blossoms daily. I'd send you some but they go from beautiful to ugly in a heartbeat. Freeze well, fortunately.

 

[FlamingoEmporium]

I can hear it gently bubbling. Go yeast Go.

 

[FlamingoEmporium]

Slow fermenter. Down to 1.020 this morning. Might go into secondary tonight for a few months.

 

[FlamingoEmporium]

 

[FlamingoEmporium]

3 week racking. Now it‘s going to sit in the fermenting cellar (closet) for 3 months. It only went down to 0.999 but it really tastes good. smooth no bitter or strong taste. Almost tastes like a finished wine already

 

[BigDaveK]

I'll bet all those fancy wine makers in France started with a closet.

 

[FlamingoEmporium]

I'll bet all those fancy wine makers in France started with a closet.

Oui oui. C’est vrai

 

[FlamingoEmporium]

Just over 2 months but time to bottle it. Oh my, so good. Nice dry smooth wine.

Started at 1.100 and finished at 1.000
Crystal clear.