Candy Cane wine Recipe

[Tom]

When I got mine @ Wally World the cashier and a customer asked WHY??

 

[Runningwolf]

I told them I was buying Halloween candy for next year.

 

[sly22guy]

Just tell them you got an inside tip that there is going to be a major candy cane shortage christmas 2011 and your tryin to corner the market!!! But do it dead serious! That would Hilarious!

 

[tjbryner]

Should have seen them look at me, I forgot the number of gallons that the 96 canes made so I purchased 50 boxes of 12. So I should have plenty

 

[Runningwolf]

With that many boxes you should be able to put the stripes back in the wine.

 

[tjbryner]

I got them for $.22 a box, so no big deal on the money.

 

[UglyBhamGuy]

I got them for $.22 a box, so no big deal on the money.

wow, is your walmart already at 75% OFF?

 

[Runningwolf]

Today I started my candy cane wine. Below is the bucket being emptied of broken canes

The big melt down

A banana soup addition

I dropped my hydrometer in the must and it flew out so fast and shattered on the ceiling. Troy always said go for the alcohol. Well I'm not one to give up and I know cpfan wouldn't believe my sg reading so I pulled out the big guns. My brix reading is just a hair over 43 or an sg of 1.195. Sorry Julie you lose on highest sg.

The final product before adding chemicals

 

[tjbryner]

wow, is your walmart already at 75% OFF?

Yep they did it 1st thing Saturday morning. I also picked up butterscotch and spearmint hard candy, (Value brand) So I'm making 2 1/2 gallons of each cost me $1.00 / lb

 

[Runningwolf]

Since I suspected a hard start to the fermentation I through one pack in and used another pack for a starter just in case. Well four hours later the main batch already is starting to work and here is a picture of the starter.

 

[Julie]

Dan add some water and make a bigger batch, that sg is way to high, lol, what yeast did you use?

 

[DavidB]

Evidently, you guys came to North Carolina to buy the candy canes! The Walmart and Dollar stores are completely out of all them. They had cases sitting around before Christmas, but not a one left in my area. I can see the word is out!

By the way, the candy cane I did for Christmas was big hit! Everyone that tried it liked it. Only have two bottles left from a 5 gallon batch (we gave it away with our Christmas wine Basket gifts)

I think I'm going to expand this a little and do some butterscotch and winter green candy wine. Bet that would be good too!

 

[Runningwolf]

Dan add some water and make a bigger batch, that sg is way to high, lol, what yeast did you use?

Julie I did (that was about 3 gallons). That was with 11 cans of Welches White Concentrate, 276 Candy Canes and 8#'s of banana's (which only produced about a cup or so of soup). I added water to make a good 7 gallons as you can see the primary is full for a new sg reading of 1.094

 

[winemaker_3352]

I just picked up about 200 candy canes!! Going to try this as well!!

 

[Runningwolf]

I just picked up about 200 candy canes!! Going to try this as well!!

Jon you don't retain the stripes in your wine until you go over 225 canes.

 

[Tom]

I just picked up about 200 candy canes!! Going to try this as well!!

Do I hear OBSESSION ? ? ?

This stuff better turn out GOOD !

 

[Julie]

Evidently, you guys came to North Carolina to buy the candy canes! The Walmart and Dollar stores are completely out of all them. They had cases sitting around before Christmas, but not a one left in my area. I can see the word is out!

By the way, the candy cane I did for Christmas was big hit! Everyone that tried it liked it. Only have two bottles left from a 5 gallon batch (we gave it away with our Christmas wine Basket gifts)

I think I'm going to expand this a little and do some butterscotch and winter green candy wine. Bet that would be good too!

Well David, if you can't get candy canes, maybe we can do a trade...................... like some muscadine for candy canes??????????

 

[winemaker_3352]

Jon you don't retain the stripes in your wine until you go over 225 canes.

Well then - I better go get some - i was wanting the swirled effect

 

[winemaker_3352]

Do I hear OBSESSION ? ? ?

This stuff better turn out GOOD !

Yeah - i will be starting this along with an apple wine again soon.

 

[Runningwolf]

The coolest thing happened today. As you know my primary is "way full". I just snapped my lid on without an air lock and it started blurping red juice out the air lock hole. All I could do was laugh as it looked like a heart beating blood out of it. Oh well thought I had to share that.