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Every time I’m in New Zealand, I eat as many of these as I can get my hands on. In the states, they’re also known as Pineapple Guava; if anyone reads this, and doesn’t know what a Feijoa is. They taste like if a pear, a kiwifruit, and an pineapple had a baby.
I wouldn’t call that a ‘modern’ home brew. There are a few issues from a quick view:
- Sanitize everything
- take OG readings
- Don’t use wood. Stainless or plastic are better * <=edit for clarity *
- Sanitize everything
- stagger the nutrients if you can
- 4 days on the fruit may not enough
- take SG readings
- use a syphon
- Sanitize everything
- don’t use muslin
- vodka is better than water in the airlock
- take FG readings
- use an auto-syphon - don’t put your dirty lips all over the syphon
- Sanitize everything
One last point that I didn’t mention above but is very important, Sanitize Everything
PS I make meads and one of my favorite is a Feijoa mead
Doesn’t the alcohol sanitize it?
once you get above about 9%abv yes, but before that Sanitize Everything
Is that about it growing the wrong bacteria (?) and ended up with something different than alcohol?
We normally use yeast to make wine, bacteria and mold can ruin a brew.
With a fruit wine molds are common, that is why we mix the fruit in daily. Some bacteria (lactobacillus) can be interesting in a ferment, but acetobacter will turn your lovely fruit wine into a demijohn of vinegar.
Thanks for the explanation!
I actually have a wild ferment going at the moment on a mead that is on the sour side that probably have a component of a bacteria ferment along with wild yeasts.
Wild ferments are an interesting thing to try, there is no guarantee that what you end up with will be enjoyable or even drinkable.
So what’s the difference between a wine and a cider?
I wish I still had a Feijoa tree to try this out. It looks so tasty and not that hard to make
Yeah now you’ll have to wait until next year!
Personally I don’t like fejoa (gasp!) but there is always ample stock around in March/April and the rest of the family loves them.
Can I just say that you are a freak…
Behind every dislike of mine, there is a story about how I binged and ruined it for myself.
This got me thinking about a new-years night that ended in 000, and bottle of vodka. I now dislike vodka, so I can understand.
And how the f did 2000 become almost a quarter of a century and almost half a life ago?
