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August 25th, 2019 by Nate
I went out and spent around 3 hours picking blackberries since they are starting to get ripe, and I have now run out of blackberry wine. The berries seemed to be smaller this year, maybe it is a bit early in the season or they didn’t get enough water, so it took a while to get the amount I wanted. I ended up with 20 pounds of fresh blackberries to use for this wine.
Blackberry Wine
5 Gallons
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| OG: |
1.125 |
FG: |
0.— |
%ABV: |
1-.- |
TA: |
-.–% |
| Sugars |
| 20.00 lb |
Fresh blackberries, frozen |
| 12.00 lb |
Sugar |
| Additives |
| 3.00 tsp |
Yeast nutrient |
| 2.00 tsp |
Pectic enzyme |
| Yeast |
| 1.00 Packet |
Cote des Blancs Wine Yeast |
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Tags: berries, blackberries, blackberry, wine
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Time for more raspberry wine. We have been getting lots of berries this year even though we have fewer plants than we have had in the past. They just continue producing, so I am running out of freezer space for more berries. To make this batch, I used some older frozen berries I had and some of the berries I had already frozen from this year (5 lbs. from 2017, 7 lbs. from 2018, 3 lbs. from 2019).
Raspberry Wine V
Fruit Wine – Kent, WA
5 Gallons
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| OG: |
1.100 |
FG: |
1.— |
%ABV: |
1-.- |
TA: |
-.-% |
| Fermentables |
| 15 lb |
Raspberries, Frozen |
| 12 lb |
Sugar |
| Yeast |
| 1 package |
Cote des Blancs Wine Yeast |
| Additives |
| 2.5 tsp |
Pectic Enzyme |
| 5 tsp |
Yeast Nutrient |
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I’m doing another batch of raspberry wine now that the berries are coming in. I had some saved in the freezer (4 lbs. from 2013, 6 lbs. from 2016) but have been waiting for enough to do a 5 gallon batch. In the past week or so I have picked another several pounds, so I finally have enough.
Raspberry Wine IV
Fruit Wine – Kent, WA
5 Gallons
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| OG: |
1.090 |
FG: |
1.000 |
%ABV: |
12.5 |
TA: |
-.-% |
| Fermentables |
| 15 lb |
Raspberries, Frozen |
| 8 lb |
Sugar |
| Yeast |
| 1 package |
Cote des Blancs Wine Yeast |
| Additives |
| 2.5 tsp |
Pectic Enzyme |
| 5 tsp |
Yeast Nutrient |
|
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Strawberry Wine III
Fruit Wine – Kent, WA
1 Gallons
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| OG: |
1.080 |
FG: |
1.000 |
%ABV: |
10.5 |
TA: |
-.-% |
| Fermentables |
| 4 lb |
Strawberry Fruit Packs, Frozen |
| 1 lb |
Sugar |
| Yeast |
| 1 package |
Cote des Blancs Wine Yeast |
| Additives |
| 1/2 tsp |
Pectic Enzyme |
|
|
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Tags: frozen, strawberry, wine
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August 28th, 2016 by Nate
Our plums are ripe early this year, and we need to use some up. I haven’t made my Pume Wine in a few years now, so I figured it would be good to make a new vintage. I am following the standard recipe I have used in the past, but I am cutting the sugar in half to make a bit of a lighter wine and to see how else that affects the final flavor. I am also skipping the step with the Campden tablets, as the ones I had were old and probably not effective anymore.
Plum Wine IV
Fruit Wine – Kent, WA
5 Gallons
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| OG: |
1.065 |
FG: |
1.000 |
%ABV: |
9.0 |
TA: |
0.–% |
| Sugars |
| 25.00 lb |
Fresh Plums |
| 5.00 lb |
Sugar |
| Additives |
| 1.00 Tbsp |
Pectic enzyme |
| 1.50 tsp |
Grape Tannin |
| Yeast |
| 1.00 Packet |
Cote des Blancs Wine Yest |
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Tags: italian plum, plum, recipe, wine
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I’ve been wanting to try making Mango Wine for a little while now. I helped my brother make some while I was visiting him a couple years ago, but he didn’t give it the best reviews on the results. I had some ripe mangoes that I had put in my freezer last year, and then I recently came into a box full of very ripe mangoes that needed to be used somehow. Well, that made it pretty easy to decide to finally make this wine. I’m aiming for a sweeter desert wine, and may play with some back sweetening if there isn’t enough residual sugar left over.
Mango Wine
Fruit Wine – Kent, WA
3 Gallons
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| OG: |
1.100 |
FG: |
0.990 |
%ABV: |
14.7 |
TA: |
-.-% |
| Fermentables |
| 1 gallon |
Blended mango (~17 mangoes) |
| 4 lb |
Sugar |
| Yeast |
| 1 package |
Premier Cuvee Wine Yeast |
| Additives |
| 1.5 tsp |
Pectic Enzyme |
|
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Tags: fresh, mango, pulp, recipe, wine
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August 31st, 2013 by Nate
I made another batch of Raspberry Wine today. The berries were picked from our garden and then put in the freezer to store, and I used some from both last year and this year in this batch of wine.
Raspberry Wine III
Fruit Wine – Kent, WA
5 Gallons
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| OG: |
1.090 |
FG: |
0.994 |
%ABV: |
12.6 |
TA: |
-.-% |
| Fermentables |
| 15 lb |
Raspberries, Frozen |
| 10 lb |
Sugar |
| Yeast |
| 1 package |
Cote des Blancs Wine Yeast |
| Additives |
| 2.5 tsp |
Pectic Enzyme |
|
|
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Another batch of rhubarb wine is in the mix, since the frozen rhubarb is bulky and taking up space in my freezer. Space I need so that I can freeze raspberries which are coming into season and soon plums as well. I’m making a recipe similar to the one I did last year, but with a little more rhubarb (10.5 pounds instead of 9 pounds for the same 3 gallon volume).
Rhubarb Wine III
Fruit Wine – Kent, WA
3 Gallons
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| OG: |
1.078 |
FG: |
0.992 |
%ABV: |
11.4 |
TA%: |
0.– |
| Fermentables |
| 10.5 lb |
Fresh Rhubarb |
| 5.00 lb |
Sugar |
| Yeast |
| 1 package |
Premier Cuvee Yeast |
| Additives |
| 1.50 tsp |
Yeast Nutrient |
| 2.00 tsp |
Pectic Enzyme |
| 3 |
Campden Tablets |
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Tags: rhubarb, wine
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Today I used up some cherries by making a batch of cherry liqueur. I found a good looking recipe here and decided to give it a try. It calls for aging the liqueur for 6 months and for using brandy as the base alcohol, both quite different from the previous liqueurs I have made.
This will be the third liqueur I’ve made (I’ve previously made Blackberry liqueur and Banana liqueur) and the first one I am putting up on the blog. I hadn’t added the previous ones since they aren’t really brewing, mainly just steeping flavorings in alcohol, but I figured it is all in the same vein of home-made alcohol and so I will include these recipes here in the future.
Cherry Liqueur
Liqueur – Kent, WA
2 Quarts
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| Flavorings |
| 1 Quart |
Fresh Bing Cherries (stems removed) |
| 1/2 |
Lemon |
| 2.00 Tbsp |
Sugar |
| 1.00 tsp |
Almond Extract |
| Alcohol |
| 750 mL |
E&J Brandy |
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October 5th, 2012 by Nate
In an attempt to use up the rest of our plums, and protect against not having any plums next year like we had last year, I am making another 5 gallon batch of plum alcohol. This will be a melomel, and I think the plum and honey flavors will mix well together.
Plum Melomel
Melomel – Kent, WA
5 Gallons
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| OG: |
1.090 |
FG: |
0.997 |
%ABV: |
12.4 |
TA: |
0.–% |
| Sugars |
| 15.00 lb |
Fresh Plums |
| 10.00 lb |
Pure Clover Honey |
| Additives |
| 1.00 Tbsp |
Yeast nutrient |
| 1.00 Tbsp |
Pectic enzyme |
| Yeast |
| 1.00 Packet |
Premier Cuvee Wine Yeast |
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Tags: clover, honey, italian plum, mead, melomel, plum
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