poleslav
@poleslav@lemmy.world
- Comment on Lemon wine and orange wine 1 week ago:
That would be interesting! Admittedly I’ve no idea where I’d find bulk amounts of it though lol
- Comment on Lemon wine and orange wine 1 week ago:
I expect it to turn out very lemony. We’ll see how it goes. Distilling essential oils is the same process but I’m a bit iffy since I had to boil the lemon must for a bit to get it to fit my fermenter. It’s definitely one I want to try my hand at again, after finding something stupid to ferment as a meme again
- Comment on Lemon wine and orange wine 1 week ago:
Also shit, just was about to go back to the old comment you made on one of my older posts to give you an update but realized you commented here. Orange wine turned out fantastic! I’ll report back in the next few days on distilling the lemon wine, that ones got a strong flavor of pith on the beck end. Backsweetening it helped but, oddly, the orange wine is the winner without any back sweetening. It tastes very different from any other wine I’ve made, including the watermelon, but it’s quite nice. hopefully my girlfriend doesn’t notice I’ve been “sampling” lots of glasses since I tried it for “taste tests” since I told her one of the citrus wines was just for her lol
- Comment on Lemon wine and orange wine 1 week ago:
They’re tasty. After screwing around with back sweetening the lemon wine it seems the girlfriend prefers the orange wine. So I’ll have some nice lemon brandy in the next few days for myself!
- Comment on Lemon wine and orange wine 1 week ago:
Bear Grylls has entered the chat
- Comment on Lemon wine and orange wine 1 week ago:
Good question! All I can say is same strain of yeast, the orange abv is almost double the lemon with one week less of fermentation. I did not add baking soda or try to balance the acidity to either. Yeast is a resilient organism it seems.
- Comment on Lemon wine and orange wine 1 week ago:
Yeah hard thing is finding ones in English. Thankfully as an EU citizen irelands on the table for both of us lol
- Comment on Lemon wine and orange wine 1 week ago:
I’d love to! Do you guys happen to have any good cancer sciences PhD/doctoral programs? I’ve talked about moving to Ireland if my girlfriend loses her PhD program and I lose my job due to the politics, hardest part would be getting all our stuff over seas, and our 4 legged furry friend over lol
- Comment on Lemon wine and orange wine 1 week ago:
Oh I’m a huge fan of camping outside, even in the winters with freezing temperatures and snow out. But yeah wind sounds awful lol
- Comment on Lemon wine and orange wine 1 week ago:
Ooh that’ll be fun! And I completely get it. I’m a Polish citizen who hasn’t been back to the home country in ages, I definitely want to go back and also check out Prague while I’m there (sounds much more interesting than the US for the next few years). Sadly we don’t get much time off here
- Comment on Lemon wine and orange wine 1 week ago:
How is the trip by the way? I imagine it’s a blast. But also, definitely take some home with you, the orange wine isn’t as good as the watermelon I made a while back, but it’s definitely up there lol
- Comment on Lemon wine and orange wine 1 week ago:
You’re always welcome to swing on by if you come state side ever!
- Comment on Lemon wine and orange wine 1 week ago:
Take a trip out to Buffalo NY USA, though make it quick, they never last long 🤣
- Submitted 1 week ago to homebrewing@sopuli.xyz | 26 comments
- Comment on Orange you glad to see me 4 weeks ago:
Usually I don’t boil fruits or anything. I did with my lemon wine (it turned it a dark brown color) because I had a gallon too much water in my must. so I boiled the oranges for a few minutes for consistency with my other citrus one. I’ll probably remake the orange brandy without boiling, depending on how the distillation goes.
- Submitted 4 weeks ago to homebrewing@sopuli.xyz | 2 comments
- Comment on New year new brew 4 weeks ago:
One way to find out how it turns out! I’m usually big into trying terrible ideas (mmm flamin hot Cheeto fermentation) but sadly grapefruit is one of those flavors I can’t get behind no matter how many times I try lol
- Comment on New year new brew 4 weeks ago:
Shit that makes sense, been a hot minute since I watched the series lol
- Comment on New year new brew 4 weeks ago:
Eh if it works it works lol
- Comment on Why the sour face? 4 weeks ago:
I’m looking forward to trying it out! Already bought the 16 pounds of mandarins to do the test run for my next batch!
- Comment on New year new brew 4 weeks ago:
Yeah I’ve heard that too, tho frankly I’m too lazy to zest 50 oranges and peel them so once the mandolin comes in they’re getting sliced up and fermented lol
- Comment on New year new brew 4 weeks ago:
We shall find out that’s for sure. The distillation I imagine will clean things up quite nicely if it doesn’t go well (basically making essential oils and liquor at once) I’ll definitely post the results of this in (hopefully) two weeks!
- Comment on New year new brew 4 weeks ago:
Yep! 16 pounds of sugar plus 16 pounds of mandarins or so lol
- Comment on New year new brew 4 weeks ago:
Considering the lemon wine I started a few days ago is fermenting like crazy, probably not lol
- Comment on Why the sour face? 4 weeks ago:
Just letting you know I bought one with stands and a chain mail glove. Should be in tomorrow. Appreciate the recommendation!
- Submitted 4 weeks ago to homebrewing@sopuli.xyz | 16 comments
- Comment on Why the sour face? 5 weeks ago:
Can confirm. Especially after boiling there is a stupid amount of mush. Last I looked at the fermenter it seems to be starting up alright! Guess we’ll find out in a few days though lol
- Comment on Why the sour face? 5 weeks ago:
16 pounds of sugar and an asinine amount of fermentation nutrients lol
- Comment on Why the sour face? 5 weeks ago:
Nice! Appreciate the tip! I’ll definitely keep it in mind depending on how this wine turns out and how the eventual orange brandy goes. most of my brandies I use much easier fruit to work with, but I love the idea of citrus brandies so $100 seems like a fair investment
- Comment on Why the sour face? 5 weeks ago:
It’ll be a month or two till it’s ready but I’m sure I’ll make a post to this community once it’s done lol
