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Raspberry Wine V

July 12th, 2019 by Nate


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
OG:1.100FG:0.992%ABV:15.2TA:-.-%
Fermentables
15 lbRaspberries, Frozen
12 lbSugar
Yeast
1 packageCote des Blancs Wine Yeast
Additives
2.5 tspPectic Enzyme
5 tspYeast Nutrient

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Raspberry Wine IV

July 17th, 2017 by Nate


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
OG:1.090FG:1.000%ABV:12.5TA:-.-%
Fermentables
15 lbRaspberries, Frozen
8 lbSugar
Yeast
1 packageCote des Blancs Wine Yeast
Additives
2.5 tspPectic Enzyme
5 tspYeast Nutrient

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Strawberry Wine III

May 13th, 2017 by Nate


Strawberry Wine III

Fruit Wine – Kent, WA
1 Gallons
OG:1.080FG:1.000%ABV:10.5TA:-.-%
Fermentables
4 lbStrawberry Fruit Packs, Frozen
1 lbSugar
Yeast
1 packageCote des Blancs Wine Yeast
Additives
1/2 tspPectic Enzyme

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Plum Wine IV

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
OG:1.065FG:1.000%ABV:9.0TA:0.–%
Sugars
25.00 lbFresh Plums
5.00 lbSugar
Additives
1.00 TbspPectic enzyme
1.50 tspGrape Tannin
Yeast
1.00 PacketCote des Blancs Wine Yest

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Mango Wine

May 26th, 2014 by Nate


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
OG:1.100FG:0.990%ABV:14.7TA:-.-%
Fermentables
1 gallonBlended mango (~17 mangoes)
4 lbSugar
Yeast
1 packagePremier Cuvee Wine Yeast
Additives
1.5 tspPectic Enzyme

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Raspberry Wine III

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
OG:1.090FG:0.994%ABV:12.6TA:-.-%
Fermentables
15 lbRaspberries, Frozen
10 lbSugar
Yeast
1 packageCote des Blancs Wine Yeast
Additives
2.5 tspPectic Enzyme

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Rhubarb Wine III

July 7th, 2013 by Nate


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
OG:1.078FG:0.992%ABV:11.4TA%:0.–
Fermentables
10.5 lbFresh Rhubarb
5.00 lbSugar
Yeast
1 packagePremier Cuvee Yeast
Additives
1.50 tspYeast Nutrient
2.00 tspPectic Enzyme
3Campden Tablets

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Cherry Liqueur

June 21st, 2013 by Nate


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
Flavorings
1 QuartFresh Bing Cherries (stems removed)
1/2Lemon
2.00 TbspSugar
1.00 tspAlmond Extract
Alcohol
750 mLE&J Brandy

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Plum Melomel

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
OG:1.090FG:0.997%ABV:12.4TA:0.–%
Sugars
15.00 lbFresh Plums
10.00 lbPure Clover Honey
Additives
1.00 TbspYeast nutrient
1.00 TbspPectic enzyme
Yeast
1.00 PacketPremier Cuvee Wine Yeast

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Plum Wine III

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
OG:1.125FG:1.000%ABV:13.4TA:0.–%
Sugars
25.00 lbFresh Plums
10.00 lbSugar
Additives
5Campden Tablets
1.00 TbspYeast nutrient
1.00 TbspPectic enzyme
1.50 tspGrape Tannin
Yeast
1.00 PacketCote des Blancs Wine Yest

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