February 2011 Grocery Challenge

Thank you Helen, I think I will do that too. It's a treat rather than a necessity (well most of the time!) so I think I should keep it separate.

PWx

Pinwheel wrote: »

Wow Sunnyday what sort of wine do you make? I had a demijohn for Christmas because I want to start making wine, can you recommend a good wine for a beginner to make?

Thanks
PWx

I can recommend a very good one which was originally posted by Jenny Jelly, i discovered it about three years ago - amended it slightly and haven`t stopped making it since. Its very cheap to make and very easy. Start to finish in about 5 weeks sometimes 6.

Into your demijohn pour 1 litre of apple juice & Half a litre of white grape juice

In a large pan pour 2lb sugar, add a kettle full of boiling water and stir, you may have to turn the heat on under the pan to dissolve the last bit. Allow to cool until its just warm and then pour into the demijohn.
Top up with cold water to halfway up the curved shoulder.

Add 1 teaspoon pectolase
1 teaspoon citric acid and 1 teaspoon of yeast nutrient, pop the airlock in and leave until the next day.

Next day add 1 teaspoon of wine yeast and give it a good shake then replace the airlock. It will start to ferment, when its totally finished syphon it into a clean demijohn (don`t forget to sterilise before use) i run it through a coffee filter in a funnel into the clean one. The nasty stuff left can go down the drain. I then add 1 teaspoon stabilising powder and 1 crushed campden tablet. Replace the airlock give it a good shake and leave it for a couple of weeks. It will start to clear and then you can bottle it. Best served freezing cold

If i`m not bottling it i don`t bother with the stabiliser or campden tab. I just pour some from the demijohn into a jug and pop it in the fridge

The best results come from the clear apple juice and white grape(usually from MrM`s) make sure its the not from concentrate stuff. Avoid the juice with the nasty additives.

The yeast, pectolase etc all come from Wilkinsons for around a pound, the yeast is a couple of pounds and they will all last ages.

Hope that you have a go as its lovely. Even with the price increases it works out about £1 a bottle. The initial layout for the yeast etc is small and will make a good few dj`s full. It is quite strong

Happy brewing - let me know how you get on.

SD

declaring at £359.48 :j thats £40,52 under :T
thanks Mrs M

Katholics so sorry to hear about your dad , my thoughts are with you and your family

Hi Mrs M, I'm declaring at £387.62 for this month. A couple of quid over but I can live with that! I'll be in next month's challenge too but I have 3 big birthdays in March so I'll put my budget up to £425. :eek:

Thank you for running this challenge, it's really made me look at what my money is going on and that's got to be a good thing.:)

Hi everyyone,

I would like to declare at £191.86 for Feb out of £250. I am so pleased. Could I please be put down for £200 for March as there is only me, 3 kids, a cat and 2 rabbits now me and DH have seperated.

Eveie