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November 17th, 2011
Our distillery is almost ready to start work, so we’ve begun preparing prunes harvested from our trees before firing up our kettle for the first time. It’s the first step on the way to our very first batch of pruim mampoer!
We started by removing the pips, and then Wian and I crushed the prunes to make a pulp. This pulp has started a fermentation process now (see below), just as happens with grapes, and once it has fermented (and the distillery is finished), we will put it into the kettle to be distilled.
Ons kan nie wag om ons eerste glasie te maak nie!
Groete,
Charl
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