How to make sherry at home! Apricot sherry recipe and method

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4 жыл бұрын

Making sherry at home is slightly different to making a normal wine as you needd to break some wine making rules!
Here, I go into the basic method for making a sweet sherry wine using tinned apricots.
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@RadagonTheRed 3 ай бұрын

I prefer a sweet sherry. People often criticise me as though my preference for sweet sherry makes my palate less sophisticated. I don’t understand why. I love your video and it has inspired me to try making my own sherry.

@dustymiller7758 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid again, love the clove tip, thanks.

@Nudgeworth Ай бұрын

This was a great video. Excellent work. Thank you. I will definitely have a go at making some of the sherries you mentioned here.

@artystaar 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, really great stuff-- I feel the content keeps improving from an initially admirable position.

@barrywalden6255 3 жыл бұрын

Man - you are inspirational - I have learned so much from you - many thanks - i will give the sherry a go!

@peterwhelan173 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video! I’ll definitely be making some sherry . Thanks!

@artystaar 4 жыл бұрын

I have been inspired by your advice to try something new. I call it RYCE. It is a rye and rice wine. It is only about 3 months old. I used about 800g of sugar on two gallons and an all purpose wine yeast, so it is more powerful than I expected. Green it was drinkable, but again, strong. Keep up the fine work. Greetings from STL.

@michaelgutman4910 3 жыл бұрын

I was looking for a video on how to make sherry and found your channel. I did some reading about sherry first and found that it is oxidized. I have experience making home brews and the idea of making sherry in a "wrong" way sounds different and fun. Thank you and I have subscribed. Cheers!

@ciri51 4 жыл бұрын

Don'ting the do's and doing the don'ts! Sounds easy and fun!

@Quadromodo 3 жыл бұрын

"Do the don'ts and don't the do's. " I laughed out loud. Great videos! Great guidance!

@NatFablife 4 жыл бұрын

Keep at it, enjoying your videos

@KinEllKokabel 3 жыл бұрын

Made moonshine. Starting small, obv. 2L cloudy apple juice from the LIDL shop. Crossmyloof yeast. Regular granulated sugar. Spooned in a little liquid caramel after 3 days. A pinch of cinnamon in each bottle. Drank it all in the end. Was.. surprised when I _really_ liked it! Gonna get a big fermentation bucket for when the weather gets warmer and try more now I know it's possible to get drinkable wine!

@purestilton 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I would love more sherry content

@HappyHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you :) I have filmed the taste test review for this and will be the next upload, and I am also making a rosehip sherry :) Watch this space!

@purestilton 3 жыл бұрын

Happy Homestead great, thanks! Looking forward to it.

@kb2vca 4 жыл бұрын

Love the tip about adding a clove to the airlock to keep away fruit flies during the summer. Thank you for that one. But here's a question. If the idea when making sherry is to allow exposure of the wine to air then why are we to seal the fermenter with a lid and an empty airlock? Would it not be easier to simply use a bucket (very large surface area) that we cover with a dishtowel or muslin cheesecloth (could be secured with a large elastic band)? Is that too much exposure to oxygen? Thoughts? Thanks

@edgarburlyman738 4 жыл бұрын

Don't'ing the do's and doing the don't's! Haha. Sorry if I came off as rude earlier, showing off my blaand knowledge n'all. I'll admit I had to look up what exactly a sherry was. Loving the natural backgrounds, by the way.

@Quadromodo 3 жыл бұрын

Seems like I cracked up at the exact same point in the video. (I hadn't bothered reading previous posts).

@keirapudding1714 3 жыл бұрын

I was si happy to find this video but wondering where to get the yeast. Not familiar .plus the bottle..hmm can I use any other bottle?love from Malaysia

@daniellichtenstein1194 3 жыл бұрын

Hi James, I'm doing this recipe and have got it in the secondary fermenter now. Only when I siphoned it I didn't do it so cleanly and there is a layer of peach bits floating at the top of the demijohn. Is this OK? Or will they spoil the wine and should I rack to a new demijohn? Any help would be appreciated :) Danny

@Molach101 3 жыл бұрын

Would you fortify a country sherry at all with brandy or vodka at any point?

@fishfocker4540 4 жыл бұрын

The peaches I usually buy have acidity regulator, will this be ok to use?

@martintoloczko3231 3 жыл бұрын

Hiya... quick question...can i keep it in oak cask?

@Nudgeworth Ай бұрын

What do you know, I accidentally made a carrot sherry. It tastes fantastic. Very fruity 😊. About 6 months ago I started bottling my 16 month old wine. Then I had a series of unfortunate events which led to me leaving a demijohn half full of dry carrot wine and half full of oxygen filled air. 6 months later I have finally gotten around to bottling it, and it's now a sherry:) I was a little worried it would be vinegar.

@yonilebovich3204 2 жыл бұрын

I make sherry for the first time from, pomegranate, lemon, pineapple, hope it works

@BrewabitRick 3 жыл бұрын

👍🍷that was super interesting

@mazzabarz8216 2 жыл бұрын

What peaches or apricots can I use. You say with no. Preservatives. I'm in uk

@ganni025 2 жыл бұрын

I cannot find sherry recipies such as rice and raisins..can you please send me the link

@worldofenigma1 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting video - have not seen anything like it before. Why would you want oxidisation with sherry? I have not looked into the issue of oxidisation before.

@worldofenigma1 4 жыл бұрын

I know with home brew beer kits that you can do a vigorous stirring to get oxygen in at the start, but maybe only then.

@cjcjxjducjcjxudu5503 2 жыл бұрын

شراب الكرز كيفية استخدام

@parishna4882 3 жыл бұрын

Why not just wrap the cloth/bandage/etc around the top of the demijohn, instead of using an airlock that doesn't use water?

@Den-xf5em 3 жыл бұрын

when you add the sugar, you say you will add a further 400g later on in the process, however at the point of adding the sugar, you say add the 200g of sugar? I'm at this point. Which is it please.

@avisswain1263 3 жыл бұрын

Den, did you find out if it was 200 or 400g of sugar to b added please?

@Den-xf5em 3 жыл бұрын

@@avisswain1263 Hi ,no reply i'm afraid, I like sweet so I just put 400g. its still very cloudy but it is still fermenting. I have it at the side of a radiator, so it gets hot and cold? i'm will be 6 months in May lets see what happens. in the mean time, We are enjoying our white grape wine from the garden. cheers.

@avisswain1263 3 жыл бұрын

@@Den-xf5em ok, thanks anyway, I'll use 400g, see how it goes.

@EnglishCountryLife 4 жыл бұрын

Never tried this, but I have a LOT of parsnips in

@marksmith9366 3 жыл бұрын

you say there's 2 types of sherry but there's a cream sherry 2

@althalus9850 4 жыл бұрын

Shame he does not allow for a print out of his recipes, i have quite a few but i do get fed up having to sit at the computer every time i want to watch the video.

@HappyHomestead 4 жыл бұрын

I am working on getting the written side of the recipes written up. Juggling work and family I find the days dissapear too fast. It's a flaw and something I am trying to improve :)

@althalus9850 4 жыл бұрын

@@HappyHomestead OK mate don't mean to push you, just that i am using some of your recipes and as an oldie my memory not what it was so written instructions would help, but i will cope till you can get to it. Phil

@wokevirushandsanitzer5300 2 жыл бұрын

Hehehe… Now my basement distillery and fermentation factory is almost complete…😈😈😈. All I need is a desert and some sudo… NO! FBI please I was just joking, please don’t put me on your watchlist.