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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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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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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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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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September 26th, 2012 by Nate
This year we got plums on our trees, unlike last year where we only got a handful. I have been waiting for plums to make a new batch of my Plum Wine, one of my favorites. I am going to try and make the same recipe I did the first year I made it, which turned out the best (more plum flavor than the last batch which used the steam juicer).
Plum Wine III
Fruit Wine – Kent, WA
5 Gallons
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| OG: |
1.125 |
FG: |
1.000 |
%ABV: |
13.4 |
TA: |
0.–% |
| Sugars |
| 25.00 lb |
Fresh Plums |
| 10.00 lb |
Sugar |
| Additives |
| 5 |
Campden Tablets |
| 1.00 Tbsp |
Yeast nutrient |
| 1.00 Tbsp |
Pectic enzyme |
| 1.50 tsp |
Grape Tannin |
| Yeast |
| 1.00 Packet |
Cote des Blancs Wine Yest |
|
|
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August 29th, 2012 by Nate
Strawberry Wine II
Fruit Wine – Kent, WA
5 Gallons
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| OG: |
1.080 |
FG: |
0.994 |
%ABV: |
10.0 |
TA: |
-.-% |
| Fermentables |
| 19.5 lb |
Strawberry Fruit Packs, Frozen |
| 5 lb |
Sugar |
| Yeast |
| 1 package |
Montrachet Wine Yeast |
| Additives |
| 2 tsp |
Pectic Enzyme |
| 1 Tbsp |
Yeast Nutrient |
|
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