Chilli Wine

[theHippySeedCo]

i had to go do a job for an old dude the other day, crush 25 foam fruit box's full of grapes, so he could make wine.. It Sucked, but got paid lots so yay,,

anyway i mentioned chilli's, he said "chilli wine" i went "oh, whats the go there?" so he brought out a recipe(which i copied) and brought home.

i got bored today and thought, what can i do that will reallly piss the wife off (that i haven't done for a while), i know Make chilli wine.. so i did

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/thehippyseedcompany/chilliwinekempseyred1.jpg


have to wait a while i suppose and see what happens, dunno never made wine.

lets ya's know..

[talas]

same here buddy,keep us informed on the fermenting process and how it tastes :drooling:

[Omri]

Nothing says "quality" like plastic bottles. :P sounds good, though. :)

[rainbowberry]

i got bored today and thought, what can i do that will reallly piss the wife off (that i haven't done for a while), i know Make chilli wine.. so i did

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/thehippyseedcompany/chilliwinekempseyred1.jpg


Sorry couldn't resist that. Let us know what it's like when you do taste it.

[Omri]

Sorry couldn't resist that. Let us know what it's like when you do taste it.
:shocked:
i got bored today and thought, what can i do that will reallly piss the wife off (that i haven't done for a while), i know Make chilli wine.. so i did

[theHippySeedCo]

hahahahah , yes Omri i only used those bottles as not knowing wtf will happen in relation to fermentation so the plastic will take some expansion. and i will let you know rainbowberry what it tastes like.
ill open 1 at 1 month and see..

[stillmanz]

Have you tried the Disaster bay chilli wine, its definately the best on the market. Its a chilled desert wine.
Personally I'm not really into chilli wine or beer but there product is pretty good.

[talas]

stillmanz love the name disaster bay lol doesn't sound like an easy wine to consume :lol:

been after a recommended chill to try thx buddy :)

[stillmanz]

http://www.disasterbaychillies.com/
thats the website, the wine isn't blistering hot its just a nice burn like a "strong ginger heat" I think of it as a desert wine I'm not sure how they market it themselves.

[talas]

you are a * Stillmanz thx for the website link :cheers:

[talas]

they sell it at harvey nichols in brum..erm going over friday :)

thx again.

[gardenkiller]

If I were you I would take the caps off and put a balloon over the top. I make wine all the time in glass gallon jugs and the baloon method works quite well for me. Just a suggestion though.

[Novacastrian]

What happened with the wine Neil? Have you tried any yet?

[QuadShotz]

Enquiring minds want to know....

Hey, I gotta bottle of 2006 Kanga Sauvignon Blanc (http://www.kangawines.com) over here, and I'll use it....

[theHippySeedCo]

3 months tomorrow,, #!$^ it, ill go take a pic,, get a glass and see what happens, 8.30am whooo hooooooo, a sip

(decided as im the boss, to have the day off due to lack of interest hahahahahaha)


won't hurt :)

[fineexampl]

Well??? anything?

[theHippySeedCo]

oh yessssssssssssssssss, shit shit WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO

its amazing, the guy out back "hey Dave try this" Drank the whole glass, sweet and nice, bubbly,,,, and the glow is all way down and been 5 min, shit shit, ill send Bent a 150 ml, bottle so some1 can see Hey Scottttt PM ya adddy dude.. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO

shit, takes a while but Ohhhhhh so worth it, thought was gonnna be Crap Sooo Wrong

[theHippySeedCo]

here it is
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/thehippyseedcompany/cooking/100_0809.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/thehippyseedcompany/cooking/100_0805.jpg

shit yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Novacastrian]

Thats looks alright to me Neil, don't you drink too much tho, you may get pushed off the wagon!
I pmed you too, cheers for the post update:)

[imaguitargod]

I want the recipy, can you send it to me? I used to drink a shit ton of wine and now they put artificial sulfites into all of them and I am allergic to that. I haven't had a sip of wine in over two years :(

This way, I could make my own and ensure that it doesn't have sulfites!

[Novacastrian]

You may as well post the recipe when you find it Neil, everyone is going to be hounding you for it!
Any idea of the alcohol content, like did Dave get a glow up from it?
hehehehe, getting paid to spend time on THP at work, gotta love it!

[bentalphanerd]

woohoo - looking forward to it :cheers:

[theHippySeedCo]

Yea Suppose i can put up recipe only had to crush a tonne of grapes over 4 hrs by hand to get it, ill go find it..

[theHippySeedCo]

its got a nice glow to it tooooooooo :)

[JayT]

I don't think you ever said (sorry if you did) what kind of peppers did you use? I can see little bits in there of something red. I am definitely going to try this when you post the recipe.

[theHippySeedCo]

yea , the Kempsey Reds, or some1 called them someting else,ill find name , but its a sweetish mid heat Red 1..

hahaha as i was running into house with some, the wife goes "whats that" (as they do) so i said "hey try this" and didnt say what was :)
Her Face was Priceless, and she couldn't scream at me as couldn't talk, but making weird sounds pointing "oh Water, ok" so its got a bit of bite,, but she said tastes bit like ginger beer but sweeter and hot..

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/thehippyseedcompany/100_0814.jpg
THIS WAS BOTTOM OF BOTTLE SO SEDIMENTY..
oh, yea the recipe, i keep going to garage and not getting..

[theHippySeedCo]

Chilli Wine

40 smal red chillis (i put 70 gms Fresh Kempsey Reds)
5 cups sugar
16 cups water
4 teapoons Lemon Essence
1 teaspoon citric acid

chop chilli's, put chilli's , water , sugar inpot bring to boil and simmer for 20 - 30 min,, mash that in the pot add lemon essence and citric acid,, Strain and put in sterilised bottles..

thats it.. i left for 1 day under 3 months..

:cheers:
THSC

[Novacastrian]

Thanks Neil, it amazes me that your missus would try anything that you handed her, let alone this with bits of chillie floating around.
Im gunna try to make this this afternoon if i can find some nice chillies.
Woot woot.

[theHippySeedCo]

no probs, ya bottle is on way hahahahaha skull skull skull

it wil surprise ya i think :)

yea her guard slippped, but as i had to run get water (what would i know , that waters not good) i was Laughing, like the other day, when jumped out from behind door and went RAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH,, she shit..

[Chiliac]

Sounds and looks very interesting. I think I gotta try this, too!

[theHippySeedCo]

yea,, i reakon the go is to put in the final bottles when making then let sit and try 1 every now and again. like put in my old fermenter, use the little bottler and capper like homebrewing

heres what looks like when sediment drops

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/thehippyseedcompany/100_0817.jpg

[imaguitargod]

Chilli Wine

40 smal red chillis (i put 70 gms Fresh Kempsey Reds)
5 cups sugar
16 cups water
4 teapoons Lemon Essence
1 teaspoon citric acid

chop chilli's, put chilli's , water , sugar inpot bring to boil and simmer for 20 - 30 min,, mash that in the pot add lemon essence and citric acid,, Strain and put in sterilised bottles..

thats it.. i left for 1 day under 3 months..

:cheers:
THSC

No grapes?

Those woozies look tasty!

[theHippySeedCo]

nope no grapes just the chilli's and sugar, sort of ginger beeerish but great burn lol

[imaguitargod]

Few questions:

1. How's the buzz. Could you get smashed on one whole leter bottle? Less? More?
2. Did they expand at all? Do you think glass is an ok medium? I'm thinking pint jars.
3. How'd you starilize the plastic bottles?
EDIT:
4. How did you get the chilies to look like they do? Did you remove the seeds and throw them into a blender with all the other ingredient?

[theHippySeedCo]

1. How's the buzz. Could you get smashed on one whole leter bottle? Less? More? Dunno, havent had more than a swig but will have a few little bottles and see what happens..


2. Did they expand at all? Do you think glass is an ok medium? I'm thinking pint jars. Yes 1 Expanded and was Bubbly, the other 2 1 was seemi hard (lol) and 1 wasn't.. prob be better in glass and yea Pint size be perfect..

3. How'd you starilize the plastic bottles? well as was just a test, i washed then filled with boiling water, that was it, but prob use the steriliser if doing again..
EDIT:
4. How did you get the chilies to look like they do? Did you remove the seeds and throw them into a blender with all the other ingredient? Nope, i just chopeed in half, threw in pot, then after boiling used a potato masher and mashed them in the pot, simmer a bit then ran through strainer into bottles.

Bents got a lil bottle and is gonna have a try tonight i think, and ill see what a pint does (when every1 goes to bed lol)

cheers

[Novacastrian]

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x281/Combustation/chilliman-2.jpg
Thanks for sending the sample of the chili wine Neil, it was very tasty, chillied it and drank it for lunch.
The main was omlette that i plastered with your "dunno" sauce which was an unexpected bonus, cheers.
i agree with comments above such as, fruity, it also has a kind og bbq flavour- not intense heat but not "all" people are fire eaters, i get where you were going with this one. Love it.

Edit: The buzz is there i think but being a total piss head it makes it hard to tell, twoo bottles off winne hardlyy give me a blow up!! hehehe

[QuadShotz]

Hahahaha..love the artwork.... ;)

[bentalphanerd]

Bents got a lil bottle and is gonna have a try tonight i think, and ill see what a pint does (when every1 goes to bed lol)

cheers

sorry my friend, today life dragged me kicking & screaming to the bottle shop & I came home with some cheap bourbon.
What I'm going to do though is put my alco-meter into it tomorrow & see what it reads. Its a bit hard for me to tell being a spirits drinker.

*hic*

:cheers:

[Novacastrian]

sorry my friend, today life dragged me kicking & screaming to the bottle shop & I came home with some cheap bourbon.
What I'm going to do though is put my alco-meter into it tomorrow & see what it reads. Its a bit hard for me to tell being a spirits drinker.

*hic*

:cheers:


Sweeet, you have a device that can tell the alcohol content of liquid! I will be waiting for the results.:P

[bentalphanerd]

Sweeet, you have a device that can tell the alcohol content of liquid! I will be waiting for the results.:P

i'd test it now but it's 9 C here...the Alchometer is calibrated to be accurate at 20 C. Will wait for daytime

[imaguitargod]

simmer a bit then ran through strainer into bottles.
OH! So you don't really put the peppers into the bottle? I was going to do that!

[bentalphanerd]

OH! So you don't really put the peppers into the bottle? I was going to do that!

yeah - he's made the wine from the peppers. Now if he can just send me 4 litres I can distill it instead of having to do this:

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/1725/cropedvi9.th.jpg (http://img375.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cropedvi9.jpg)

lol that stuff was clear when i bottled it.

[imaguitargod]

Ok, just to make sure, you don't stick the peppers into the fermentation bottle?

And also, I've looked and looked, but still don't know what Lemon Essence is....someone fill me in.

[bentalphanerd]

What happens if I stick the peppers into the fermentation bottle?

[Pepper Belly]

Nothing says "quality" like plastic bottles. :P sounds good, though. :)

ROFL!......Believe it or not here in Germany they have started selling Beer in plastic bottles.........whoever thought of that needs to be drug out in the street and shot.

[imaguitargod]

ROFL!......Believe it or not here in Germany they have started selling Beer in plastic bottles.........whoever thought of that needs to be drug out in the street and shot.
They started doing that in Russia too. Baltica is sold in huge plastic bottles now. Such a polutant and horrible for the beer.

[Pepper Belly]

They started doing that in Russia too. Baltica is sold in huge plastic bottles now. Such a polutant and horrible for the beer.

We recycle (forced) here in Germany and thy make sure you do by putting a €0.25 cent refund on each bottle.

[rainbowberry]

And also, I've looked and looked, but still don't know what Lemon Essence is....someone fill me in.

Lemon Essence is the oil extracted from lemon peel. Also known as lemon oil. There's a cold pressed variety and a hot pressed one.

[imaguitargod]

Thanks RB...now I must go find this "lemon oil"....

[QuadShotz]

McCormick sells it..most likely in your grocers.

A link for ya: http://www.foodpast.com/lemon-essence/

When ya take the peel of a lemon and bend it back until it 'sprays;, check that..it's that stuff. It's usually pressed out though.

[theHippySeedCo]

OMG plastic bottles for german beeer, NO

no, no chillis in bottles, ya chop boil mash, strain..

[imaguitargod]

Thanks for the link, Quad. Ok, I just baught some Pure Lemon Extract. The ingredients read : Alcohol 90%, Natural Oil of Lemon, Water. Will this work? Should I use slightly more than 4 teaspoons for this because it's not 100% oil?