Saturday, February 16, 2013

Tangerine Wine

*batch 1*

16, February 2013

6 cups tangerine juice
3 cups Maui sugar melted in 4 cups water and cooled
pinch of bread yeast incubated in sugar-water mix for 30 min
add water to 1 gallon

*batch 2*

19, February

8 cups tangerine juice
5 cups Maui sugar
pinch of EC-1118 yeast incubated in 1:2 diluted sugar-water for a few hours
add water to 5L

bubbly in about 18 hrs

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Tej take 1

3 February 2013

used Big Island Bees Organic Hawaiian Honey
warm honey in simmering water to liquify
measure about 3 cups into a bowl
add water and stir until pretty much dissolved
pour into gallon jug

start some EC champagne yeast in water with a bit of honey
dump into jug with honey-water

6 February 2013

Still no yeast activity, so start bread yeast in a bit of honey water and add

7 February 2013

Happily bubbling

2 March 2013


tasted - still quite sweet, nice bubbles. Drinkable!

17 March 2012

tasted - not as bubbly, less sweet, has developed a deeper, slightly sour or bitter flavor. Nose is floral. Yum!