Lockdown booze recipes

[VooDooC]

https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/...apple-beer-joints-do-a-roaring-trade-20200508

Seems like only legal sellers of beer are banned, backyard brewers selling their stuff seems to be ok.

 

[rietrot]

Howzit. Those okes who used Liqui Fruit - did it work ? If so - recipe please.

And .... the "Hunters" recipe with apples. Not as potent as pineapples.

Me it works.

I have a 5l water bottle, 1 pineapple 1.5l liquefruit 1cup sugar.
I've made this like 6 times and its a success each time.
We have 4l of grape liquefruit going in an attempt to make "wine", it fermented fine but didn't taste it yet.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Howzit. Those okes who used Liqui Fruit - did it work ? If so - recipe please.

And .... the "Hunters" recipe with apples. Not as potent as pineapples.

yes, someone said yesterday or day before they will never go back to pineapple beer again
a converted liqui fruit brewer

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/...apple-beer-joints-do-a-roaring-trade-20200508

Seems like only legal sellers of beer are banned, backyard brewers selling their stuff seems to be ok.

that is so bizarre

 

[Toxxyc]

https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/...apple-beer-joints-do-a-roaring-trade-20200508

Seems like only legal sellers of beer are banned, backyard brewers selling their stuff seems to be ok.

It's DEFINTELY not legal. DO NOT sell your booze. It's not just agains regulations, it's also against the law to sell homebrew without the proper liquor licences. She does it (and I have no problem with it from a personal perspective), but it's NOT legal.

 

[dj2381]

Time for a taste test, pineapple on the left and mixed fruit on the right.

 

[oldhat]

Had the rest of my apple/pear cider last night(10 days). Does not taste as nice as it did 2 days ago but alcohol volume seems to have doubled!

 

[Steamy Tom]

Howzit. Those okes who used Liqui Fruit - did it work ? If so - recipe please.

And .... the "Hunters" recipe with apples. Not as potent as pineapples.

works like magic

I have tried a few variations but you should be good to stick with

4L liquifruit ( i suggest a clear juice like apple)
1/2-1 cup brown sugar
~1/2 teaspoon of brewers yeast

steralise everything
pour the juice and the sugar in your fermentation vessel, shake the hell out of it
put your yeast in about 100-200ml of luke warm water and stir it in nice, then cover with some plastic wrap and put it in a dark place for 10-30mins.
now pour this into your fermenter, fit whatever air lock contraction you are using and store it in a dark place. i suggest an ant trap of some sort like putting it into a larger bowl of water. wait 4-7 days before bottling, timing will vary on conditions and sugar content, it is ready when SG is stable or you see no activity happening for around a day.

when bottling steralise everything. i suggest siphoning out of the container into another and leaving the crud behind. then pour into bottles leaving some head room. add about 0.5g of sugar per 100ml. sel bottles, place them in a bucket or cooler box and store in a dark place for another week or so.

 

[Toxxyc]

Me it works.

I have a 5l water bottle, 1 pineapple 1.5l liquefruit 1cup sugar.
I've made this like 6 times and its a success each time.
We have 4l of grape liquefruit going in an attempt to make "wine", it fermented fine but didn't taste it yet.

Problem is that wine ferments with all the dark colours from the grape skins and stuff providing tannins to the wine as well. With liqui fruit they clarify the juice and remove all those bitter and dry notes that make wine, well, wine. It'll probably taste a bit like a grape cider, although it technically could be called "wine" as it is made from grapes

 

[friedpiggy]

A "Premium" pineapple beer recipe. The guy does do one thing that was pretty interesting. He used Agar as a clarifying agent. It got rid of a lot of the murkiness.

 

[hxc87x]

I have a question on 2nd fermentation and bottling.

There's a fair bit of sediment at the bottom of the fermentation vessel after I finish brewing - lots of fine powder.
If I want to bottle carbonate, do I mix this again first before pouring into bottles or can I just bottle the clearer stuff without the sediment and add some sugar to the bottles for 2nd fermentation?

 

[HunterNW]

Me it works.

I have a 5l water bottle, 1 pineapple 1.5l liquefruit 1cup sugar.
I've made this like 6 times and its a success each time.
We have 4l of grape liquefruit going in an attempt to make "wine", it fermented fine but didn't taste it yet.

No yeast ?

 

[friedpiggy]

I have a question on 2nd fermentation and bottling.

There's a fair bit of sediment at the bottom of the fermentation vessel after I finish brewing - lots of fine powder.
If I want to bottle carbonate, do I mix this again first before pouring into bottles or can I just bottle the clearer stuff without the sediment and add some sugar to the bottles for 2nd fermentation?

Just add sugar and leave the sediment. There is still active yeast suspended in the liquid so dont need the sediment unless you enjoy farting

 

[hxc87x]

Just add sugar and leave the sediment. There is still active yeast suspended in the liquid so dont need the sediment unless you enjoy farting

Awesome, thanks.
Have 16L to bottle after work! Gonna be a good weekend.

 

[Toxxyc]

A "Premium" pineapple beer recipe. The guy does do one thing that was pretty interesting. He used Agar as a clarifying agent. It got rid of a lot of the murkiness.

You can just use regular gelatin as well to clarify your brew. It works best if you can chill your brew down to almost freezing, then you dissolve your gelatin (about 5ml for a batch) in about 100ml of boiling water, pour into the cold liquid and leave it in the cold for another 2~3 days. A lot of the haze should drop out.

 

[Steamy Tom]

I have a question on 2nd fermentation and bottling.

There's a fair bit of sediment at the bottom of the fermentation vessel after I finish brewing - lots of fine powder.
If I want to bottle carbonate, do I mix this again first before pouring into bottles or can I just bottle the clearer stuff without the sediment and add some sugar to the bottles for 2nd fermentation?

no you do not need to mix it, there is enough yeast in suspension to still carbonate

 

[Steamy Tom]

Awesome, thanks.
Have 16L to bottle after work! Gonna be a good weekend.

lol if you bottling today you shouldn't be drinking this weekend really...

 

[ViciousClone]

18'ishL pineapple and red apples bottled and left in a dark spot. 10g sugar per 2L bottle.
Leaving this for a day or two, the other 9L will be stored for longer then go to the fridge.

 

[friedpiggy]

You can just use regular gelatin as well to clarify your brew. It works best if you can chill your brew down to almost freezing, then you dissolve your gelatin (about 5ml for a batch) in about 100ml of boiling water, pour into the cold liquid and leave it in the cold for another 2~3 days. A lot of the haze should drop out.

Yup. Thought I would post that vid since some people might not be able to get gelatin but Agar seems pretty common in health food shops. no idea if it changes the taste though.

 

[Toxxyc]

You buy gelatin at your regular grocery store tho.