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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 IVFruit Wine – Kent, WA5 Gallons | | 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 IIIFruit Wine – Kent, WA1 Gallons | | 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 IVFruit Wine – Kent, WA5 Gallons | | 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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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 WineFruit Wine – Kent, WA3 Gallons | | 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 IIIFruit Wine – Kent, WA5 Gallons | | 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 IIIFruit Wine – Kent, WA3 Gallons | | 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 LiqueurLiqueur – Kent, WA2 Quarts |
| 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 MelomelMelomel – Kent, WA5 Gallons | | 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 IIIFruit Wine – Kent, WA5 Gallons | | 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 IIFruit Wine – Kent, WA5 Gallons | | 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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