For a wee while we thought we'd thrown the baby out with the bathwater as elderflower no. 1 stopped fermenting when we racked the flowers off on Monday. We feared we might end up with weak sugary wine but luckily its off again! Specific gravity tonight = 1.038 so sugar content still on its way down - just over 7%.
No need to look at marketing a new elderflower alcopop. Phew!
Redcurrant and elderflower still needs to be bottled asap - that'll still be Saturday, not ideal but hey, Gooseberry and elderflower will be racked off the fruit on Sunday and will be left to continue fermenting a bit more.
Meanwhile Guy's drinking his first pint of his lager - or 'lale' as we've nicknamed it as it's turned out a flavoursome brew almost like a real ale. Most importantly it doesn't taste like homebrew so definitely a result!!
hurrah for l'ale
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