Some of my rookie mistakes and speedbumps have been documented well enough in other threads but everything is going great now thanks everyone's help on here. This is our first attempt at making wine and the raspberries are unbelievable right now so we figured we'd give them a shot. Here's the recipe I used and a few pics. Having done some reading on here I now wish we had used more fruit, but you can't get it perfect on the first try, right?
15 lbs. fresh raspberries (these were picked so perfectly ripe you can't even imagine)
10.5 lbs. sugar
2 T nutrient
3/4 t pectic enzyme
2.5 T acid blend
water to 5 gallons
Lalvin K1V-1116 yeast
The initial SG was 1.120 (oops!) Added a gallon of water to bring the batch to 6 gallons and the SG came down to 1.100. Waiting on my acid test kit so no reading to share on that.
The start was slow but on day 4 signs of fermentation finally began. Days 4 and 5 (today) things are really cooking and it's bubbling like it's being simmered on a stove. Pretty neat thing to watch having never done this before. I'm already thinking about what I want the next batch to be....another fruit or maybe a kit. Any recommendations for a good red wine kit?
Here's a few pics of me and my brother we took along the way....
15 lbs. fresh raspberries (these were picked so perfectly ripe you can't even imagine)
10.5 lbs. sugar
2 T nutrient
3/4 t pectic enzyme
2.5 T acid blend
water to 5 gallons
Lalvin K1V-1116 yeast
The initial SG was 1.120 (oops!) Added a gallon of water to bring the batch to 6 gallons and the SG came down to 1.100. Waiting on my acid test kit so no reading to share on that.
The start was slow but on day 4 signs of fermentation finally began. Days 4 and 5 (today) things are really cooking and it's bubbling like it's being simmered on a stove. Pretty neat thing to watch having never done this before. I'm already thinking about what I want the next batch to be....another fruit or maybe a kit. Any recommendations for a good red wine kit?
Here's a few pics of me and my brother we took along the way....
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