{"id":606,"date":"2014-01-11T12:13:42","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T12:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/?p=606"},"modified":"2014-01-11T12:13:42","modified_gmt":"2014-01-11T12:13:42","slug":"rice-and-raisin-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/2014\/01\/rice-and-raisin-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"Rice and Raisin Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stirring up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now I have more demijohns<\/a>, it seems time to get something else going.\u00a0 For once, I used a recipe from an old wine making book that my wife found from our first (unsuccessful) foray in to wine making.<\/p>\n

I’d not really looked at the recipe before starting and was a little surprised to find it specified short grain pudding rice.\u00a0 We didn’t have enough of that kicking around but a quick google found that basmati rice should do just as well.\u00a0 I followed the initial instructions easily enough with the only problem that I was too cackhanded to peel the orange thinly without pith.\u00a0 I used a microplane instead.<\/p>\n

The mixture (“must”?) is now resting for a day with a Campden tablet in situ.\u00a0 I think that the 24 hour rest gives the time for the sulphites from the Campen tablet to escape, maybe also for the rice to soften a bit?<\/p>\n

Tomorrow I will make the yeast starter, find out the OG and set it on its merry way.<\/p>\n