spafmagic
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(for those that don't know, bochets used cooked primary componants. In this case, honey.)
So I was inspired to do an apple juice bochet, with a few tweaks of my own, after watching the making of a version that uses caramelized apples in primary.
Cooked/boiled a pint of honey for 10 or so minutes to darken it some and alter the flavor profile
Boiled half the apple juice with 2 tea bags of apple cinnamon tea that contains apples, cinnamon, hibiscus, orange and lemon peel, rose hips and blossoms.
After turning off the heat, combined the boiled apple juice and cooked honey together.
Dropped the other half of the apple juice in, cold from the fridge to cool the mix to fermenting temps and added a pint of raw honey.
Hydrometer test came to an OG of 1.140
Added 71B yeast.
So... I made something of a blow off/air lock jar to try something different than my normal method, just in case the fermentation was rather strong. Got a good ferment going, but I didn't notice any pressure relief, from the vessel to the jar... video taken, link here:
Any thoughts?
So I was inspired to do an apple juice bochet, with a few tweaks of my own, after watching the making of a version that uses caramelized apples in primary.
Cooked/boiled a pint of honey for 10 or so minutes to darken it some and alter the flavor profile
Boiled half the apple juice with 2 tea bags of apple cinnamon tea that contains apples, cinnamon, hibiscus, orange and lemon peel, rose hips and blossoms.
After turning off the heat, combined the boiled apple juice and cooked honey together.
Dropped the other half of the apple juice in, cold from the fridge to cool the mix to fermenting temps and added a pint of raw honey.
Hydrometer test came to an OG of 1.140
Added 71B yeast.
So... I made something of a blow off/air lock jar to try something different than my normal method, just in case the fermentation was rather strong. Got a good ferment going, but I didn't notice any pressure relief, from the vessel to the jar... video taken, link here:
Any thoughts?