Grabbing some beetroot and oranges when I go shopping in a bit, loads of coco powder here just lying around and brown sugar. Can't wait to try this one.
Omg, this really sounds fantastic!! Will give it a try as soon as one of my demijohns frees up because they're literally all full...some twenty 5L ones and four 5 gallon ones, lol! I've made 5L of dark cherry mead in mid June so that should be ready for bottling in a couple of weeks. Awesome recipe, man!
Oh dear....I made a ton of mistakes with this brew. My most egregious was transferring to a Demi John before it was completely done fermenting - what a mess! The other was not keeping track of my liquids adequately. I don't think I took into account how much liquid is lost in steam while I cooked the beetroot. Therefore, when I moved to secondary fermentation, I didn't have nearly enough liquid to fill the container, as the cocoa takes up so much room. Just rewatched the video, and you recommend topping up with beetroot juice, totally missed this the first time around. As I was suffering from temporary insanity, I topped up with water. I'm not giving up, just expect it to be a highly disappointing first attempt due to muppet error. However, the smells coming off this recipe leads me to try again.
Just in case you're reading this, wine is nearly ready to be transferred, quite a bit of sediment, should I top up with red wine or let the secondary sediment settle and then bottle?
This does throw a lot of sediment; what I use is beetroot juice, which comes in a 1l carton from Tesco, This will ferment a little further, maintaining the ABV and preserving the beetrootness :) I am actually filming a video tomorrow based on "What should I top my Demijihn up with?" I'm using beetroot, chocolate, and orange wine as an example-and beetroot juice :) So great timing!
Another one to add to my list , I'm making the winter cure all wine tomorrow , great stuff James love your Vids 👍
Well, another one for the hit list. Thank you.
What a great sounding wine; i'll give it a try!
Thank you for the idea, I've just put together an experimental gallon. Smells good already!
I’m excited to try this one. Made beetroot brownies last month, and they were amazing, so I’m sure I’ll love this wine.
Grabbing some beetroot and oranges when I go shopping in a bit, loads of coco powder here just lying around and brown sugar. Can't wait to try this one.
Omg, this really sounds fantastic!! Will give it a try as soon as one of my demijohns frees up because they're literally all full...some twenty 5L ones and four 5 gallon ones, lol!
I've made 5L of dark cherry mead in mid June so that should be ready for bottling in a couple of weeks.
Awesome recipe, man!
Oh dear....I made a ton of mistakes with this brew. My most egregious was transferring to a Demi John before it was completely done fermenting - what a mess!
The other was not keeping track of my liquids adequately. I don't think I took into account how much liquid is lost in steam while I cooked the beetroot. Therefore, when I moved to secondary fermentation, I didn't have nearly enough liquid to fill the container, as the cocoa takes up so much room. Just rewatched the video, and you recommend topping up with beetroot juice, totally missed this the first time around. As I was suffering from temporary insanity, I topped up with water.
I'm not giving up, just expect it to be a highly disappointing first attempt due to muppet error. However, the smells coming off this recipe leads me to try again.
Just in case you're reading this, wine is nearly ready to be transferred, quite a bit of sediment, should I top up with red wine or let the secondary sediment settle and then bottle?
This does throw a lot of sediment; what I use is beetroot juice, which comes in a 1l carton from Tesco, This will ferment a little further, maintaining the ABV and preserving the beetrootness :)
I am actually filming a video tomorrow based on "What should I top my Demijihn up with?" I'm using beetroot, chocolate, and orange wine as an example-and beetroot juice :) So
great timing!
@@HappyHomestead Thanks for the speedy reply, I look forward to your new video.
I wonder if using orange from concentrate would taste the same?