Hopwine

david_42 said:

Well, I've got a gallon batch cooling in the kettle:

2 oz. Columbus pellets
1 oz. Fuggles whole
1 oz. ginger root sliced thin
1 gallon water
Boil 1 hour
Strain
Add 8 oz. raisins
2.5 lbs sugar (had to use 9 oz. of brown sugar as I ran out of white)
Cool
1 TSP lemon juice (couldn't find the citric acid)
Distiller's Yeast & nutrient

OG 1.125 (not counting raisins)

Says after five days, rack off of raisins

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david_42 said:

Update: I may have put it in the aging chest too soon. It's been six months & the gravity is 1.024. The recipe had nothing about TG, so who knows. It is also rather cloudy. I think I'll let it warm up & maybe toss a little more yeast in it.

Flavor - I made the mistake of inhaling the first sip. Once the coughing stopped, I was able to actually taste it. Rather sweet and nowhere as bitter as the hopping would indicate. The raisin is stronger than the hops.

I think this can be considered a work in process. If I was starting over, I'd use all flavor/aroma hops, maybe EKG & Fuggles. I'll let it work a while longer, then clarify it before the third racking.

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