Ginger wine

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    Tesco Value buckets used to be food grade, about £1.
     
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      And if you're going to Tesco, their Value Sultanas are normally much cheaper than any raisins to be found (best purchased when they have Home Baking 3 for 2 offers). Raisins for reds, Sultanas for whites, rinse in boiling water to remove wax coating before using as that can affect taste.
       
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        I have a large bag of raisins in the cupboard, so won't be needing them. I have just ordered a 25l food grade bucket with lid, 100 campden tablets, and a hygrometer that comes with a test jar too; I won't be starting now until Monday at the earliest, but better to wait a day for a bucket than ruin things before I even start.

        Am I OK to boil and simmer the wine in the aluminium pots (the more I think about it, I reckon they are aluminium), and then transfer it as soon as it is cool enough to do so into the bucket?
         
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        No, only boil in ss pans or intact Teflon coated aluminium.
         
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          Bottles, I just went to the nearest restaurant and asked them for empty bottles, Take as many as I wished, I took 50, got them home, washed de-labelled then sterilised them all

          Next the wine supplies shop, where I bought a big bag of corks and a corker, also a crown topper machine for beer brew

          You really do need to get one of the food grade bins, you can fill them to sterilise your bottles, and use them to brew beers/lagers
          There are some exceptional Strong Blonde Lager kits, for not a lot of money make a great brew

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            Yep, don't use aluminiumium unless you want brane disease :yikes:
             
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              Thanks @Jack McHammocklashing - I must admit that I never thought about bugging a restaurant for bottles. :blue thumb:

              I got one of the 25 litre, lidded food grade buckets for a few quid, and I am all but ready to go. I have been busy planting out in the garden, and have had a run at work so when I am not in the garden I am on the PC trying to crack on; I will hopefully get time to kick things off at the weekend.
               
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                Finally got round to starting this off - it is on the hob bubbling away gently as I type. I will make a second batch later tonight, and it can all go in the one bucket. Yeast will be added tomorrow night, so I am looking at transfer to demijohns on Friday?

                I have a hygrometer and campden tablets at the ready, so I will be back for advice as to how to use them.

                I take it that when transferring from the bucket to the demijohns I should be passing the fluid through a sieve? Just realised I need to get a funnel
                 
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                Yep, sieve thru a jelly bag or tea towel.

                Still using the same funnel I bought from Boots for winemaking in 1977 :)
                 
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                I've just ordered a stainless steel funnel with removable filter - that should be here by Tuesday, and then went on to look at stainless steel pots only to discover that the set I bought last year and thought were aluminium are actually stainless steel! So, I have just put another double batch in the biggest one, and by the end of tonight, I will have a triple batch (24 pints/6-litres) in my bucket. As the bucket is 25-litre, there is tons of headroom too.

                The bucket has a lid on it - is it OK to use that or is there a reason to cover with a cloth?
                 
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                Nice one :thumbsup:

                Lid is good, mine's got a hole in it for an air lock :)

                There's an advantage to using a cloth just after you've pitched the yeast, the air helps it multiply but longer term the lid keeps the nasties out.
                 
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                  If that's what I think it might be, a funnel with a tiny mesh filter about one inch, or less diameter in the neck, it will be totally unsuitable. You need a large sieve that will sit in a large funnel to allow bucket fermented must to drain.

                  Something like this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kitchen-Cra...11&sr=8-2-spell&keywords=nylon+kitchen+seives
                   
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                    I have a couple of large kitchen sieves, so I can use those and use the funnel with filter removed, or hang the must over a big bowl to drain through once I have moved the bulk of the fluid into the demijohn
                     
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                    Ahh, you have the bug now FC! You'll be fermenting everything you can get yer hands on!
                     
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                      No, that will increase risk of infection, that's OK for making jellies that will be boiled and preserved in sugar, but not so for wine.
                       
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