Blueberry Wine

[pizz65]

What is a good starting SG for blueberry wine?? And any other help you all have.

 

[Goodfella]

1.085-1.090


I would suggest a nice f-pack down the road also....

 

[xanxer82]

A good yeast starter will help it along too.

 

[Tom]

1.085-1.090


I would suggest a nice f-pack down the road also....

YES I agree.



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Add 20-30% of #’s of fruit what was used in the primary <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">(if you used 30# in recipe then you will need 6-9# more for the f-pac) [/I]in a large frying pan or pot. Simmer to extract all "flavor" and reduce the water from the fruit. Strain thru a kitchen strainer and add AFTER you rack and after the wine is DRY ( .990) You MUST have added k-meta and Sorbate before adding the f-pac. Once adding the f-pac you can add clearing agent. You will have to rack at least 2+ more times. Then
back sweeten to YOUR taste using simple syrup.

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[hannabarn]

LOL!!!! Tepe, has anyone ever asked you how to make an F-Pack?

 

[Tom]

LOL!!!! Tepe, has anyone ever asked you how to make an F-Pack?

NO! this is the 1st time...

NOT!!

 

[Wade E]

Good idea Tom, I cant count how many times Ive had to type all that out but then again I cant count period! Hehehe. Blueberry, if using enough fruit can be in any general gravity from a light wine to a nice heavy Port as it has enough flavor to hide many gravities.

 

[Tom]

Good idea Tom, I cant count how many times Ive had to type all that out but then again I cant count period! Hehehe. Blueberry, if using enough fruit can be in any general gravity from a light wine to a nice heavy Port as it has enough flavor to hide many gravities.

Just like no one ever asked me what a f-pac is! I had tosave it inword for this reason.

 

[pizz65]

So who's asking how to make an F-pack?? I was just asking what a good SG would be to start at.

 

[intoxicating]

I just added oak chips to my blueberry 3 gallon better bottle. Am I supposed to stir it to mix the chips in and extract the flavor, or just let is sit still for two months? If I stir, how often?

 

[Tom]

Just add they will slowly drop. No need to stir. How much oak did you add and was it toasted? this will tell us better how long. Do you like a oak taste?

 

[intoxicating]

I pulled off about a cup of wine and mixed the 1/4 tsp K-meta with it, and poured it into the carboy, then tossed in 1 Tbsp of med toast french oak chips. I like the cinnamon and vanilla that oak gives. Then I racked the three little one-gallon carbabies into the big one.

Was that about the right amount of oak?This is a fruity dry red right now, and I plan to bottle one to one-and-a-half gallon
dry. Maybe after the F-Pac, maybe before. It seems a little weak, but merlow/chianti light, not defective thin. BEAUTIFUL cranberry Christmas red! This month I am on a big red kick, so the lighter wines don't seem right. I will have time to get over this latest fad before the blueberry is oaked and ready to bottle. I do plan to sweeten about half of the batch after the F-Pac. (I have several friends who like to pour sweet wine over ice as a wine cooler.)

 

[pizz65]

ok, so is blueberry wine acidic? i tried to check it with my tester but it is very hard to see it change and i did a 50/50 to lighten it up. i didn't put any acid blend in its been fermenting since early sunday morning. do i need to add any and is it to last?

 

[Wade E]

Its fairly low to medium in acid usually requiring about 1 tsp per gallon depending on how much fruit you use per gallon.

 

[pizz65]

I steamed off 16 lbs of berries got 5 qts added water to 3 gallons. So can I still add it?

 

[Wade E]

I would use about 2 tsp of acid blend or citric acid for that.

 

[pizz65]

OK, thanks for the help

 

[First250]

Hi Wade.. My batch of blueberry ( at least the one bottle I opened several months ago) had a great aroma but have a definite 'cloves' aftertaste. Enough to ruin the flavor.Have you ever run acrossthis before? I fermented the wine in July or August last year, so I am hopeful that age will take care of it, or maybe it's just the one bottle ( and not the 28 other ones). Thanks, Jim

 

[Tom]

Did you;
Add wine condidioner
or
Back sweeten (how)
or
Added f-pac

 

[Wade E]

Clove taste from Blueberry, cant say I have ever tasted that with the exception of when I actually added it and I dont do so anymore cause Im not hugely fond of it and they are very strong and can over power very easily!