Lockdown booze recipes

[friedpiggy]

Thanks looked but none lockdown friendly

Have a look at this page, has an interesting herb beer recipe, and then also links to a lot of stuff related to herbal beers.

 

[gottagoon]

Pineapple sales soar:

Pineapple sales soar to 90,000 in a day from 10,000 amid booze ban

Home brewing during the Covid-19 ban on alcohol sales pushes up the price of pineapple, while potatoes and avocados are cheaper.

www.dispatchlive.co.za

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Pineapple sales soar:

Pineapple sales soar to 90,000 in a day from 10,000 amid booze ban

Home brewing during the Covid-19 ban on alcohol sales pushes up the price of pineapple, while potatoes and avocados are cheaper.

www.dispatchlive.co.za

 

[friedpiggy]

Pineapple sales soar:

Pineapple sales soar to 90,000 in a day from 10,000 amid booze ban

Home brewing during the Covid-19 ban on alcohol sales pushes up the price of pineapple, while potatoes and avocados are cheaper.

www.dispatchlive.co.za

Papa Smurf is responsible for around 1/4 of that I think

 

[bwana]

Papa Smurf is responsible for around 1/4 of that I think

You know it.



And he's not sharing.

 

[dualmeister]

~2TBL spoons sugar.
< 1/4tsp of brewers yeast

It happened.

 

[SlowInternet]

I'm concerned about my juice batch. It's been about 36 hours and nothing is happening. Still just a very faint whizzing sound and nothing else. Not seeing any bubbling.

 

[Toxxyc]

Unsulphured blackstrap will work, just need to add a ton more sugar. I can't believe that regular unsulphured molasses is so hard to find in SA since it's the most commonly produced type worldwide. I managed to find 3.8L at a cool price of R4330, for something that retails at less than a dollar in the states...

Look at large-scale farm feed stores. Blackstrap is used for horse feed and to bind with hay as a filler. Like so: https://tackntogs.co.za/products/mo...uYztFAZ6QM51wtw3IZaYVBNqcL5zeltBoC2LMQAvD_BwE

As a PS: I wouldn't ferment with molasses. I'd rather cut 50/50 with plain white sugar to save costs. You can make a good ~5 liters or so of a good strong rum with that amount. You use additional molasses after distillation to colour and flavour the rum back to dark and sweet as well, so a single 5l jug of molasses should be plenty. I've always sworn to follow this method when I eventually get to making a batch of rum, I'll just not spice it that hard. I want to try and mimic The Kraken as close as possible: https://www.instructables.com/id/Making-Rum-From-Scratch/

I'm concerned about my juice batch. It's been about 36 hours and nothing is happening. Still just a very faint whizzing sound and nothing else. Not seeing any bubbling.

As we say in homebrewing, RDWHAHB (relax, don't worry, have a home brew). It's doing it's thing. That fizzing gives it away. Easy way to tell - when you open the container after a while, stick your head in the container and take a big sniff. If you smell a slightly sour note and your sinuses start burning, you know you're in the right place. CO2 burns when you inhale it through your nose.

 

[Binary_Bark]

I think the pineapple beer worked..
For one, I do not remember going to bed

 

[Binary_Bark]

@Papa Smurf You never said this **** kicks this hard

 

[friedpiggy]

@Papa Smurf You never said this **** kicks this hard

I can confirm that the ginger version also kicks like a frikken mule.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

@Papa Smurf You never said this **** kicks this hard

i can only drink 2 lites a night, ive tried going for 3 litres but end up passing out and wasting that beer
so i just stick to 2 x 1 litre bottles ea night

 

[bwana]

I can confirm that the ginger version also kicks like a frikken mule.

A mule? I thought the ginger f'ked an ostrich?

Allegedly.

 

[Snyper564]

Have a look at this page, has an interesting herb beer recipe, and then also links to a lot of stuff related to herbal beers.

which page

 

[halo-zk]

Unsulphured blackstrap will work, just need to add a ton more sugar. I can't believe that regular unsulphured molasses is so hard to find in SA since it's the most commonly produced type worldwide. I managed to find 3.8L at a cool price of R4330, for something that retails at less than a dollar in the states...

It is incredibly easy to find, provided you know what you are asking for. No-one actually calls it unsulphured molasses.
It is made by Huletts, comes in 2 variants, oddly named #1 and #3. It is sold in 5kg and 35kg, and as I type this my feet are resting on a 35kg drum of #1 (I bought 70kgs for my lockdown Rum projects).

Treacle 1 Molasses

Treacle 1 Molasses Treacle 1 has more fermentable sugars, but less flavour. Analysis Total Brix - 80.8 Invert sugar - 51.57% Total fermentable sugars - 72% Sucrose - 13.23.

distillique.co.za

Treacle 3 Molasses

Treacle 3 Molasses Treacle 3 has less fermentable sugars then treacle 1, but has more flavour. Analysis Total Brix - 79.80 Invert sugar - 16.27% Total fermentable sugars - 44.2%

distillique.co.za

As a PS: I wouldn't ferment with molasses. I'd rather cut 50/50 with plain white sugar to save costs. You can make a good ~5 liters or so of a good strong rum with that amount. You use additional molasses after distillation to colour and flavour the rum back to dark and sweet as well, so a single 5l jug of molasses should be plenty. I've always sworn to follow this method when I eventually get to making a batch of rum, I'll just not spice it that hard. I want to try and mimic The Kraken as close as possible: https://www.instructables.com/id/Making-Rum-From-Scratch/

I would absolutely advocate you try a small batch of all treacle, to help you understand the complexity of the flavours you are trying to extract. There really is a lot there...
Also, quality brown sugar is excellent for rum.


Update:
The pineapple/coconut stuff came over and I already hate coconut fractions. They are way too volatile and inconsistent to bring over correctly in a spirit. So it is hit and miss on that batch.
I will add toasted coconut when I wood it to see if my experiment is a worthwhile.

My cornbread 'shine experiment was something of a success, but the whole affair is ruined by using mielie meal, it really clouds quite badly... I will repeat this with samp/diastatic barley and then again coarse ground yellow corn/diastatic barley.

I laid up a large batch of something.
49% by volume clarified treacles,
45% sugar,
5% ginger syrup, homemade from freshly harvested ginger that I grow myself,
orange juice from a single orange,
zest from 2 oranges,
water

 

[Snyper564]

@Papa Smurf You never said this **** kicks this hard

hahah we warned you multiple times

 

[borro]

It's all making sense now

 

[friedpiggy]

which page

Well aren't I a frikken genius. forgot to paste the link

How to Brew Herbal Beer...My Mountain Man Beer Recipe (Home Brew Directions for the Prepper, Survivalist, & Herbalist Using Foraged Plants) — All Posts Healing Harvest Homestead

Seriously! There is nothing better than a cool glass of your own home brew. There. Just. Isn't. There is something so satisfying about drinking a favored beverage you have made yourself, especially when you have foraged for most of the herbs used in that brew in the wilderness aro

www.healingharvesthomestead.com

 

[dj2381]

Would adding my completed pineapple beer to my currently brewing cider cause any issues? I'm thinking it might make a good mix of flavors, my pineapple beer has gone clear so I'm either going to bottle what's left of it or just add it.

 

[Toxxyc]

Nope, wouldn't cause issues. Just leave it for a day or two after mixing to give it a chance to blend properly.