Juggernaut
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I've only make one batch of the original and I'd like to make a variant next.
I've made 2 batches of DangerDave's dragon blood... Yum! But my favorite has been "Jet Blue" made just like DB but blueberries only and I added 2 bananas, raisins, & a little french toasted oak to the primary. It's a hit with my fam!
Ah, the Jet Blue. I have some bottles I stashed from last year on my rack. Very smooth. That was before I discovered enhancers like bananas and oak. I bet yours is a step above. I'll have to make some more---your way!
I know I sound like a broken record, but Juggernaut, you should really try a batch of Dragon Blood.
You'll find the latest recipe version in the Wine Made Easy pdf file here: http://www.winemakingtalk.com/forum...rry-skeeter-pee-33076/index11.html#post425337
Jet Blue is exactly the same recipe as DB, just use all blueberries instead of mixed berries. However, for mine I also added 2 peeled/sliced bananas & a box of raisins to the fruit bag & also a couple palmfuls of French medium toasted oak chips to the primary. It's been in the bottle only a month or two, but it is smooooth!
I'm a newbie....and looking to try this recipe since I have tons of fresh picked blueberries from the summer.
What do the raisins and bananas do? How do they "enhance the flavor"?
Just curious! I'll be starting "Jet Blue" this week and I'm curious as to whether or not I should add those....
Thanks!
Rosa
rosa,
the bananas add some body and mouth feel to the wine, as do the raisins, but the raisins add some flavor as well. The bananas don't.
Use the concentrate like a back sweetener!!good ideaTRy making a batch of the origional skeeter pee. When you get it done and stabalized, rack into a gal. jug that you have put a can of frozen concentrate. Mix well. Try it with different concentrates. Some mite take a little more than one can, some need just a touch of sugar. Some of the concentrates leave the S.P. clear, some will cloud it. Good luck with it, Arne.
...When you get it done and stabalized, rack into a gal. jug that you have put a can of frozen concentrate. Mix well.
yep, get it clear, then add the k-meta and sorbate. Now you can just sweeten with sugar and drink or put a can of concentrate in a gal. jug and top off with your s.p. Mix it up and see how it tastes. Might need a bit more sugar or fine just the way it is. Try it with different flavors of concedntrate. Some concentrates will cloud it up and you will have to wait for it to clear again or summer is coming on, just drink it the way it is. Good luck with it, Arne.So I'm getting tripped up on the "done and stabilized" part when you add the frozen concentrate....
Exactly "when" do I do that? I sort of read it like this:
1) Rack off gross lees, add k-meta/k-sorbate/sparkloid
2) Let settle for two weeks or until clear
3) Rack to a new clean carboy with the frozen concentrates in the bottom
4) Back sweeten if needed
Or do I do the k-meta/k-sorbate/sparkloid AND frozen concentrates all at the same time, then let that settle down/clear, rack again and back sweeten?
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