Anyone try the Orchard Breezin Blackberry merlot or the MM Summer Breeze Blackberry Cherry Pinot Noir? I'm looking for blackberry flavor to make for a friend that lovessweet blackberry wine. I'm not much on sweet wines myself but friends love them.
Jackie said:I have a small amt of blackberries (just a couple pounds)and was considering adding those to the kit for a little extra flavor.
Billy Bob which kit are you making? Most of them are already too sweet and that is why we add half the f pack upfront.Hillbilly Bill said:I'll be starting my Blackberry Merlot kit within the next few days. My plan is to add sugar to the primary until the s.g. is about 1.075 to boost the abv a little. I also plan to back-sweeten with simple syrup if necessary.
Please keep your progress posted... I'll be watching to pick up some hints.
HB
HB:Hillbilly Bill said:Thanks Coyote...
I'll forego the back-sweetening idea and will be very conservative with the f-pack. The kit isthe RJS Orchard Breezin' Blackberry Merlot.
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Author : John Y.
OK so you like wine.That means you probably enjoy a little jelly on a cracker now and then. I had been searching my cookbooks looking for a recipe for a wine jelly that was not boiled when this one surfaced. You need a double boiler.
Get a good amount of water in the bottom of the boiler boiling briskly. Add to the top 2 cups of your chosen wine and 3 cups of sugar. Heat this mixture until the sugar is completely dissolved (about 3-4 minutes). Then remove the double boiler from the heat source leaving the wine/sugar mixture over the hot water. Immediately add 1/2 package of Certo liquid (1 pouch) and stir thoroughly. Pour into 4 sterilized 1 cup size mason jars and seal.
This jelly is excellent with all the taste and wallop of the original wine. I tried two batches, one with a sweet sherry and the other was an amarone.
Definitely a ``Do Again``
Remember thats Certo liquid not powder. And the wine jelly was the first time that I ever used liquid.Jackie said:Do you still add 3 cups of sugar to a mist wine? I can see that with a dry wine but not a sweet one. I'll have to get some Certo, I always use Suregel powder.
fivebk said:Hillbilly Bill,
I made the blackberry merlot. The only thing I did was to up the SG to 1.085 . I added all the F-Pack at the end. My wife loves sweet wines too and turned her nose up at the thought of drinking a merlot. With the full F-Pack at the end it was sweet enough for her and she says how good it is every time we open a bottle.
BOB
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