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== Wine making ==
 
== Wine making ==
We made two wines with two different recipes.
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We used two recipes to make wine.
The first recipe is from the hackeria website - Project 16: DIY Fermentation or the Art of making Wine.  
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'''The first recipe is from the hackeria website''' - Project 16: DIY Fermentation or the Art of making Wine.  
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The process :  
 
The process :  
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• Mash 1kg of white grapes, sugar and 6l water
 
• Mash 1kg of white grapes, sugar and 6l water
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• Heat the mash
 
• Heat the mash
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• Mash the mass again and let cool down below 40 degrees Celsius
 
• Mash the mass again and let cool down below 40 degrees Celsius
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• add 10g yeast mixed in lukewarm water
 
• add 10g yeast mixed in lukewarm water
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• Pour the mass and yeast in the fermentor, that's been disinfected before
 
• Pour the mass and yeast in the fermentor, that's been disinfected before
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• Insert in the fermentor and seal the top
 
• Insert in the fermentor and seal the top
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• place the end of the tube in a disinfectant to prevent oxygen, bacteria from entering it
 
• place the end of the tube in a disinfectant to prevent oxygen, bacteria from entering it
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• Fermentation process 14-19 days
 
• Fermentation process 14-19 days
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• Filter wine
 
• Filter wine
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'''The second is recipe for a homemade wine:'''
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• blend 1kg of red grapes, filter the grape juice
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• add 1cm ginger, 2 cinnamon barks to the grape juice and boil it
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• add honey to taste
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• strain out the cinnamon, ginger and let the mixture cool down
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• when it's lukewarm, add yeast
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• pour the mixture in a bottle and keep it in a dark, cool place
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• after a week, check the wine, remove foam from top without mixing it (repeat weekly for a month)

Latest revision as of 12:29, 22 January 2013

Wine making

We used two recipes to make wine.

The first recipe is from the hackeria website - Project 16: DIY Fermentation or the Art of making Wine.

The process :

• Mash 1kg of white grapes, sugar and 6l water

• Heat the mash

• Mash the mass again and let cool down below 40 degrees Celsius

• add 10g yeast mixed in lukewarm water

• Pour the mass and yeast in the fermentor, that's been disinfected before

• Insert in the fermentor and seal the top

• place the end of the tube in a disinfectant to prevent oxygen, bacteria from entering it

• Fermentation process 14-19 days

• Filter wine

The second is recipe for a homemade wine:

• blend 1kg of red grapes, filter the grape juice

• add 1cm ginger, 2 cinnamon barks to the grape juice and boil it

• add honey to taste

• strain out the cinnamon, ginger and let the mixture cool down

• when it's lukewarm, add yeast

• pour the mixture in a bottle and keep it in a dark, cool place

• after a week, check the wine, remove foam from top without mixing it (repeat weekly for a month)