bensira
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I've just picked about 2kg of cherries this evening from a tree on my street. I think they're St Lucie cherries. They're quite tart, and there are loads more ready to be picked, so I'm happy to experiment.
I also have about 300 grams of gooseberries in the freezer. I have two little gooseberry bushes, but they're not very productive so there won't be a load more this season.
I've never made anything with cherries or goosberries yet - I've only made some basic dry ciders using desert and cooking apples. I'd like to do something simple as an experiment with my cherries and gooseberries.
Option 1 - Mash up the cherries, skins and seeds, throw into a demijohn, add water, pitch a wine or an ale yeast and walk away.
Option 2 - as above but also including gooseberries
Option 3 - I have four gallons of lacklustre cider at various stages of fermentation (ranging from 2 to 3 months since pitching yeast). Take one gallon, divide it up between three demijohns, add cherries, gooseberries and ale yeast and referment.
Any suggestions?
I also have about 300 grams of gooseberries in the freezer. I have two little gooseberry bushes, but they're not very productive so there won't be a load more this season.
I've never made anything with cherries or goosberries yet - I've only made some basic dry ciders using desert and cooking apples. I'd like to do something simple as an experiment with my cherries and gooseberries.
Option 1 - Mash up the cherries, skins and seeds, throw into a demijohn, add water, pitch a wine or an ale yeast and walk away.
Option 2 - as above but also including gooseberries
Option 3 - I have four gallons of lacklustre cider at various stages of fermentation (ranging from 2 to 3 months since pitching yeast). Take one gallon, divide it up between three demijohns, add cherries, gooseberries and ale yeast and referment.
Any suggestions?