Yes you read that right, Ribena wine. This recipe is for 1 Demi-John which is approx 5 litres: Ingredients 1 ltr bottle of Ribena, the normal stuff not the 'no added sugar' stuff - you can but it means adding more sugar. (You can also use the Strawberry version or even the Apple but again make sure you use the full sugar one) 1 Cup of strong black tea - The tea replaces a 1/4 teaspoon of tanin ..which i think is supposed to add a depth to the taste of wine. Yeast - about a teaspoon worth Yeast Nutrient - 1 tsp tomato purée 25ml Glycerine - This will give the finished product a nice texture when you drink it. Sugar - Around 680g if your using the full fat Ribena, 1.5 kg if your using the 'no added' version. Juice from one lemon Method Start by cleaning and sterilizing everything your going to use. You need a large saucepan, empty the bottle of Ribena into the saucepan with the Sugar that needs to be added and boil this until all the sugar has dissolved, then simmer for 20 mins to cook off any preservatives and added nastys. The yeast doesn't like any of that. Once cool empty into your Demi-John, add the tea,the lemon juice, Glycerine and top it up to about 4.5 ltrs (around the bottom of the shoulder) with water. Add the yeast and yeast nutrient (tomato purée). Shake, Fit airlock and leave. When fermentation has finished which could take up to (depending on ambient temp and various other variables) 2/3 weeks, basically once all the bubbles have stopped from your fermenter, Back sweeten with Ribena (I used 150ml) you'll find a lot of the flavour has gone during the ferment. You should now have your Ribena wine at around 14%! Enjoy ;D
cool! wots the recipe for blended whiskey anyone know O0 around 50% proof would be good not too strong
What do you mean by blended? Whiskey is one of those things that takes an age to, erm, age. You would want to let it mature for at least a year.
blended as apoz to single malt 1 year no quick way then cant wee make a 10 day old wiskey then guess im taking moon shine then :-
surely not for the whole year tho guess a trip to the ofi is in order then thanks for the info dude amazing wot advice you can get on the latebay
You can drink it as soon as it has been distilled, like the old moonshiners but to get the taste and unique undertones I'm guessing your after requires maturing on oak.
Wow. Just seen this thread. Good work bodyrock. I'll have to try it once the mead has finished doing it's stuff.
It's the stuff you mix with water. Basically it tastes like unwatered down ribena but with a very alcoholic base. Still very sweet.
