Lesson learned
I finally start a hobby that has facinating me for years.
Homebrewing.
Wanted to build a still. Expensive, dangerous, lots of work.
Homebrew beer. Specialty equipment, time consuming, work.
I am cheap and lazy.
Homemade wine. Hhmmmm found a system that was cheap and easy. Fitting, the same can be said about me. So I did it.
Followed the recipe, which I not realize missed a few key pointer. Cut fruit. Added suger. Blended properly. Sterilized bottle. Placed suger / fruit mix in sterilized bottle. Added yeast. covered as directed. Waited. Tinkered as added. Mixed as called for.
Today, I decided it was done. BIG MISTAKE. Strained and filter as called for. Poured into a new sterilized bottle. Sealed bottle. Was wating for final sediment to settle to bottom.
Later that day….
BOOM!!!!
Things I learned if I try again.
One does not decide when fermenting is done. If everything is not done fermenting, it will still ferment in new container, even when it is sealed in a glass bottle.
Fermenting causes gases to form.
Gases and liquids in a sealed glass contain build preasure. Preasure goes boom evebtually.
My kitchen smells like strawberry mash
Beyond awesome. Prehaps you should gift them to your least favorite people. No harm just hopefully startle the hell out of them at an unexpected moment.
Comment by Anonymous — April 6, 2009 @ 7:56 pm
I think we both know someone whose wife could use one of these…or two…or three. ;D
Comment by Kris — April 8, 2009 @ 8:10 pm