White chocolate peppermint bark wine 1.5L
Test batch
SG 1.080
2tsp yeast nutrient
1tsp tannin
1tsp acid blend
mixed in peppermint bark with warm water until all dissolved.
Mixed in all ingredients.
Let sit overnight
Next day skimmed off cooled chocolate bar... LOL oops
2 days later added yeast...
turned out rather delicious! couldnt keep the stuff around! did have a small problem with 1 bottle being racked a little early just popped the cork the rest of them kept a good amount of fizz and are in high demand :)
Thank you eveyone who could help with advise!
i plan on topping up with an apple juice/sugar combo to sweeten and hopefully restart the ferment a tad as well.
Im not too happy with the flavor right now its quite tart but i can already tell that with age this will be a beautiful wine.
The abv right now is at 15% and the color is that of a...
2 weeks into ferment and its still bubbling away nicely in the carboy
last checked the sg was at 1.020 two days ago
About 4 inches of sediment at the bottom.. hoping this compresses more over the next few weeks, or im gonna have to do a lot of topping off.
I would also like to thank luc for the...
Im kinda new and never have i made watermelon wine but having that in mind here goes.
What about juicing the watermelon meat and then reducing it by 25%-50% might that evaporate a lot of the water and leave more flavor?
Ok so fermentation slowed slightly as of Tuesday when i got home (or just more fruit had fallen to the bottom so there was less cap...).
I racked into a 5 gallon carboy, topped off with a half gallon of boiled down apple juice.
Checked on fermentation yesterday and its just a bubbling away, a...
yeah i was thinking i might be light on fruit as well. The bags were easy 3-4lbs ill know for sure tonight.
And yeah probably gonna bring the juice down to 1/2 when i top it off. thx for confirming that for me.
Im aiming for a sweet wine abv isn't a big issue as long as its over 10%.
Had no...
Ok so i was kinda sloppy with this last batch i didn't write anything down really but here goes. Any comments will be appreciated.
Apple wine 5gal
13 lbs Apples (cored, sliced, and frozen)
1 gallon frozen squeezed apple juice
lavlin EC-1118
2 tbsp cinnamon
yeast nutrient
yeast energizer
pectic...
The 1 gallon batch finished up Great! i cleared it using gelatin in about 3 days qand it was beautiful & delicious. my main 5 gallon carboy should be done any day now the fermentaion has stopped just gotta clear it and add the last ingriedients.! :gb
ive also managed to pick a lil over 20lbs...
yes the peach rings are just for flavor (you could dmell them through the bag!) i might add more peaches as you guys are saying peaches have such a low taste