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September 17th, 2011 by Nate I had wanted to make some strawberry wine earlier this summer when I saw them on sale at the local Valley Harvest, but by the time I went to go buy some they were all gone. Today I received some strawberries for free from a family friend, and I will now get to make this wine.
Strawberry Wine2.5 Gallons | | OG: | 1.078 | FG: | 0.994 | %ABV: | 11.1 | TA: | 0.70% |
| Sugars | | 6.00 lb | Fresh Strawberries | | 5.00 lb | Sugar | | Additives | | 1.00 tsp | Pectic enzyme | | 3.00 Tbsp | Acid Blend | | 2.00 Tablets | Campden tablet | | Yeast | | 1.00 Packet | Cote des Blancs Wine Yeast |
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August 30th, 2011 by Nate Blackberries are just starting to ripen this year after a colder than normal summer. Went out and picked berries for about 2 hours and ended up with around 27 pounds. I will make a larger batch this year since last years Blackberry Wine turned out pretty well. This year, however, I won’t use my steam juicer and am hoping for more of a blackberry flavor in the final product.
Blackberry Wine II4.5 Gallons | | OG: | 1.100 | FG: | 0.994 | %ABV: | 14.1 | TA: | -.–% |
| Sugars | | 20.00 lb | Fresh blackberries, frozen | | 11.50 lb | Sugar | | Additives | | 3.25 tsp | Yeast nutrient | | 2.00 tsp | Pectic enzyme | | 1.50 tsp | Acid Blend | | 3.00 Tablets | Campden tablet | | Yeast | | 1.00 Packet | Cote des Blancs Wine Yeast |
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Sierra Cascade Ale5.5 Gallons, Extract – American Pale Ale – Kent, WA | | OG: | 1.048 | FG: | 1.008 | %ABV: | 6.30 | IBU: | 37.4 | SRM: | 10.3 |
| Grains | Steep at 155° F | | 1.00 lb | Crystal 40L | 30 minutes | | Extract | Total Boil Time | | 6.50 Lb | Pale LME | 60 minutes | | Hops | Add | | 1.00 oz | Perle (8.2% AA), pellet | 60 minutes | | 1.00 oz | Cascade (8.1% AA), whole | 15 minutes | | 1.00 oz | Cascade (8.1% AA), whole | 5 minutes | | 1.00 oz | Cascade (8.1% AA), whole | Dry hop into Secondary | | Yeast | Cool wort to 75° F | | 1 package | Wyeast 1056 American Ale | Pitched from packet | | Additives | Time | | 1.00 tsp | Brewing Salts | When first heating water | | 3.80 oz | Priming Sugar | Bottling |
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I have been picking raspberries from our garden every few days and freezing them to build up a larger supply to use for my wine. In just two weeks I collected roughly 25 pounds of berries so I will be making up a 5 gallon batch of raspberry wine this year. Quite a haul, and there are still lots of raspberries yet to ripen and be picked. I really liked the Razzle Dazzle Raspberry Wine I made last year, so I will follow the same recipe except increase it to a 5 gallon batch, and maybe cut down on the acidity a bit.
Raspberry Wine5 Gallons | | OG: | 1.111 | FG: | 0.990 | %ABV: | 17.0 | TA: | 0.7% |
| Fermentables | | 15 lb | Fresh Raspberries | | 12 lb | Sugar | | Yeast | | 1 package | Cote des Blancs Wine Yeast | | Additives | | 2 tsp | Pectic Enzyme | | 3 tsp | Yeast Nutrient | | 5 | Campden Tablets |
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Patersbier5.5 Gallons, Extract – Belgian Specialty Ale – Kent, WA | | OG: | 1.040 | FG: | 1.007 | %ABV: | 4.3 | IBU: | 13.2 | SRM: | 3.9 |
| Grains | Steep as heating to 170° F
| | 0.50 lb | Cara-Pils | 45 minutes | | Extract | Total Boil Time
| | 6.00 Lb | Pilsner LME | 60 minutes | | Hops | Add | | 1.00 oz | Hallertau (3.6% AA) whole | 60 minutes | | 0.50 oz | Saaz (4.9% AA), pellet | 10 minutes | | Yeast | Cool wort to 75° F
| | 1 package | Wyeast 3787 Trappist High Gravity | Pitched from packet | | Additives | Time | | 4.50 oz | Priming Sugar | Bottling |
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Caramel Cream Ale5.5 Gallons, Extract – Cream Ale – Kent, WA | | OG: | 1.059 | FG: | 1.012 | %ABV: | 6.2 | IBU: | 16.6 | SRM: | 12.9 |
| Grains | Steep at 155° F
| | 1.00 lb | Crystal 60L | 45 minutes | | Extract | Total Boil Time
| | 4.25 Lb | Pale LME | 60 minutes | | 4.25 Lb | Wheat LME | 60 minutes | | Hops | Add | | 1.00 oz | Cascade (6.3% AA) whole | 60 minutes | | 0.50 oz | Saaz (4.9% AA), pellet | 20 minutes | | 1.00 oz | Tettnang (4.8% AA), pellet | 0 minutes | | Yeast | Cool wort to 75° F
| | 1 package | Wyeast 1007 German Ale | Pitched from packet | | Additives | Time | | 4.00 oz | Lactose | 15 minutes | | 1.00 tsp | Irish Moss | 10 minutes | | 2.00 oz | Pure Vanilla Extract | Primary | | 8.00 oz | Lactose | Bottling | | 3.00 oz | Pure Vanilla Extract | Bottling | | 3.50 oz | Priming Sugar | Bottling |
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Third and final mead recipe I’m doing on my first mead making day. I wanted to do just a basic mead recipe, with only honey, to see how that turns out.
Basic Mead1 Gallon | | OG: | 1.132 | FG: | 1.005 | %ABV: | 17.1 |
| Fermentables | | 3 lb | Honey (used Haggen 100% Pure Honey Blend) | | Yeast | | 1/3 package | Cote des Blancs Wine Yeast | | Additives | | 1.00 tsp | Pectic Enzyme | | 1.00 tsp | Yeast Nutrient |
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Second mead recipe for my first mead making day. This is actually a melomel, which is a mead with fruit added to it. I had some frozen blackberries from last summer which I had planned to use in another batch of beer, but I never got around to it. So, I decided they could be added to some mead, as I will be picking fresh blackberries in a couple months anyway. Here is a simple recipe for blackberry melomel I put together from different online sources. It will have to age quite a while from what I hear.
Blackberry Melomel2 Gallons | | OG: | 1.106 | FG: | 0.998 | %ABV: | 14.4 |
| Fermentables | | 5 lb | Honey (used Haggen 100% Pure Honey Blend) | | 4 lb | Blackberries (previously frozen) | | Yeast | | 2/3 package | Cote des Blancs Wine Yeast | | Additives | | 2.00 tsp | Pectic Enzyme | | 2.00 tsp | Yeast Nutrient |
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Today is mead making day. I’ve wanted to make mead for a while but the price of honey has always been a deterrent. Yesterday I found 15 pounds of honey for a good price, so I bought it and came home to look up some mead recipes. The first mead I am making today is one that I have seen all over the internet, and it is touted as a fool-proof, delicious mead perfect for beginners. The most common name it was referred to by was Joe’s Ancient Orange Spice Mead, or JAO. Making a 2 gallon batch of this, using 7 of the 15 pounds of honey I bought.
Joe’s Ancient Orange Spice Mead2 Gallons | | OG: | 1.134 | FG: | 1.046 | %ABV: | 13.75 |
| Fermentables | | 7 lb | Honey (used Haggen 100% Pure Honey Blend) | | Yeast | | 2.00 tsp | Bread Yeast | | Additives | | 2 | Large Oranges | | 50 | Raisins | | 2 | Whole Cloves | | 2 | Cinnamon Sticks | | 0.125 tsp | Allspice | | 0.125 tsp | Nutmeg |
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Tags: allspice, brewing, cinnamon, clove, home-brew, JAO, Joe's Ancient Orange, mead, nutmeg, orange, recipe, spice
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Making another batch of rhubarb wine this year, but doing it without the steam juicer. I found that the steam juicer tends to give a “cooked” flavor to the wines I made with it, so I am going to stop using it this year and see if I end up with better quality wine. In order to get the juice out of the rhubarb I will instead do a freeze/thaw and sugar extraction. I am following the juicing method used by Erroll at WashingtonWinemaker.com but will otherwise use the same recipe I did last year. I am also going to make a 3 gallon batch instead of a 2 gallon batch, as I liked the tart wine that last year’s recipe produced.
Rhubarb Wine II3 Gallons | | OG: | 1.088 | FG: | 0.998 | %ABV: | 12.53 | TA%: | 0.65 |
| Fermentables | | 9 lb | Fresh Rhubarb | | 8.25 lb | Sugar | | Yeast | | 1 package | Lavlin 71B Yeast | | Additives | | 1.50 tsp | Yeast Nutrient | | 2.00 tsp | Pectic Enzyme | | 3 | Campden Tablets |
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