Sunday 16 January 2011

...and then some

Last Sunday saw batch 6's 2nd and final rack and 1st rack of 15 and 16... as 16 was still quite lively, I'm giving 17 and the 2 of 18 a bit longer.

...and here still fermenting:



...there's batch 19 (the 5 litres of single varietal crab) and the 3 litres over from the batch 17 pressing... oh, and that rather nice strong proper Polish honey/vodka liqueur that's found its way into the household should help keep any colds at bay - Na Zdrowie!

Thursday 6 January 2011

A bit kewd out...

'Kewd' - (pron. not as in Kew (ie. gardens), but as in 'cow' with a broad Lancashire accent with added 'D') - local (ie. N Derbys) dialect for cold...
in fact a bit too cold to taste the cider I've just brought in from the garage - Batch 5 is rather pleasant if a little cloudy, but just plain 'too kewd'...

...accessing no.4 (it's at the back and at a funny angle...) - very different to 5 - not as 'nice' and quite 'tart' by comparison, though very clear. Amazing how different they can turn out...
Must get some racking done this weekend now car is tested... repeat after me...