Davielovesgravy
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Howdy folks, hope everyone is supping well and staying safe. This is my first post after making my first ever red wine kit (first of many I am sure) and I am looking for some advice please.
A little bit of background before I ask my question. I managed to get hold of two short dated red wine kits and I made one of the red wine kits a while back and am happy with the 30 bottles I now have stored away, they will last me a good while. So I now have a second one of the exact same kit to make ASAP as it is almost at its Best Before date. I don’t have another 30 empty bottles though but do have 6 empty demijohns, so what I will be doing is racking the kit into 6 separate 5L demijohns once secondary fermentation is complete, filling right up to the top to make sure there is no air trapped in, and then bottle them all at a later date.
My questions are these:
I want to add different flavours into each of the demijohns after fermentation just to experiment a bit, what is the best way to add flavour after fermentation has finished? Is it actually possible or does it have to be added at secondary fermentation stage?
I am guessing that adding certain actual fruit would be dangerous as it could blow up the bottles? Would any fruits or flavours be completely ok to add Into the demijohns after fermentation has ended? I do have some muslin bags that I could fill and use in the demijohns.
What other options do I have to add flavour, can any suggest any extracts or additives that I can get hold of in the UK please? And cheapish if possible as I am skint!
Also I am open to recommendations of what other flavours work well in flavouring red wine, what have you had success with? I was thinking peach in one DJ, cherry in another, pineapple, mango etc...
I hope this makes sense, let me know if you need any more info at all from me. Any help as always guys would be fantastic!
A little bit of background before I ask my question. I managed to get hold of two short dated red wine kits and I made one of the red wine kits a while back and am happy with the 30 bottles I now have stored away, they will last me a good while. So I now have a second one of the exact same kit to make ASAP as it is almost at its Best Before date. I don’t have another 30 empty bottles though but do have 6 empty demijohns, so what I will be doing is racking the kit into 6 separate 5L demijohns once secondary fermentation is complete, filling right up to the top to make sure there is no air trapped in, and then bottle them all at a later date.
My questions are these:
I want to add different flavours into each of the demijohns after fermentation just to experiment a bit, what is the best way to add flavour after fermentation has finished? Is it actually possible or does it have to be added at secondary fermentation stage?
I am guessing that adding certain actual fruit would be dangerous as it could blow up the bottles? Would any fruits or flavours be completely ok to add Into the demijohns after fermentation has ended? I do have some muslin bags that I could fill and use in the demijohns.
What other options do I have to add flavour, can any suggest any extracts or additives that I can get hold of in the UK please? And cheapish if possible as I am skint!
Also I am open to recommendations of what other flavours work well in flavouring red wine, what have you had success with? I was thinking peach in one DJ, cherry in another, pineapple, mango etc...
I hope this makes sense, let me know if you need any more info at all from me. Any help as always guys would be fantastic!
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