#Keevewatch day 5. Mackerel top on the large tank, yellowy cloud on the small. It's possible large one has failed, mot sure
Clouding up on the top! #Keevewatch
#Keevewatch about 7 months ago I said I should design some labels. I'm doing it now!
Working title is Keeve The Faith.
#keevewatch Hi all, been a while but thought I'd give it a try, and I've inadvertently managed to nearly drink a whole bottle. It's come out medium dry (1.003fg) with a lovely effervescence. Nice toffee hit with a light acidity. Now time to design some labels!
#Keevewatch is back!
I'm not sure it's worked. 1.002 on hydrometer, still working a bit. Tastes nice though. I'm bottling in 750ml Champagne bottles and at the worst we'll have a lovely petnat.
If you're mourning the fact that #Keevewatch is winding down for winter, there's more excitement coming your way tomorrow! Stay tuned!
#Keevewatch Final decanting of keeved juice. So, part 1 seems to have been successful. Part 2 is for fermentation to go slowly and cease at some point. We have 120 litres of now-fermenting juice.
I must admit to being a bit excited.
#Keevewatch Day 9 Outside keeve is starting to break through so time to decant, me thinks! This is just a 30 litre tank.
I'm at home and worried about my keeve!
#Keevewatch
#Keevewatch day 8. The outside keeve now has a chapeau brun. I'm leaving it for a bit to see changes throughout the day. It's about 5 degrees outside.
#Keevewatch the outside keeve is now like this. Looks a bit like the inside did two days ago, so the lees could fly today! I'll keep watching and report back.
#keevewatch The keeve is now fully separated. Can't wait to see what fermentation is like. Going to cool down from tomorrow so slowly slowly.
The drama is over!
Away from #Keevewatch, we're back at the Piece Hall in The Fax slinging our fabulous mulled cider. Tell yourself it's not raining and cone and say "Hi"
#KeeveWatch outside tank still doing its thing. Will check later.
Happy Keevemas!
#KeeveWatch. Day 6 continued. Collected about 80 litres of juice. Still 40 litres in tank but started to go a bit cloudy. Left to see if it'll keeve a little bit more.
#BetterthanNetflix #NetflicksandChill
Beautifully clear underneath too. Fitting all the discription..
#Keevewatch Day 6
#keevewatch this shit just got real! Gosh. Is this a chapeau brun? Inside temp 9.8Β°. Not crusty on tip but if I leave it till 6pm will it break up?
#Keevewatch ooooh day 5. 7.1Β° in the cidery. White bubbles have started to appear on the surface! This could be interesting. Will be back to check this evening. Stay tuned folks, it's riveting!
#Keevewatch Day 3 7.4Β° slightly more gelatinous, no white frothy bits anymore. Not much happening really.
#Keevewatch 7.6Β° indoors. Slightly gelatinous on the surface. Going okay at the mo!
#Keevewatch Day 1 since pressing and quite viscous on the surface. It's a struggle to get the Cidery temperature down 0Β° outside, 7.4Β°inside.