Candy Cane wine Recipe

[Tom]

LOL !
I just DEwraped 48 canes for my f-pac on the 4 gal batch.
Mine stopped just above 1.005. Never went dry

 

[Runningwolf]

Tom, I could not get mine lower than 1.014. It is crystal clear and when I rack off the sediment that'll leave space for the f-pack. The f-pack made 5.5 cups. Boy, if only the wine was this red!

 

[Runningwolf]

Added my f-pak (84 candy canes) today. Sg is up to 1.026. Tastes pretty mediciney (is that a word). I would like to know how Lon's ended up as I remember him referring to the new stuff as toilet bowl cleaner. We'll leave it in the carboy to age and clear back up and see what happens.

 

[BigBend]

Racked mine 5 days ago. It never went below 1.016. Lots of seditment (guessing from the banana soup) and slowly clearing. Well stabilize and super clear and F-Pac at the next recking.
Pink in color right now.

 

[UglyBhamGuy]

Tastes pretty mediciney (is that a word).

Medicinal.

 

[Julie]

Medicinal.

Thanks UglyBhamGuy, I'm glad I am not alone in having to correct Dan.

 

[UglyBhamGuy]

lol. i'm a nerd.

 

[Runningwolf]

Medicinal Medicinal Medicinal Medicinal Medicinal Medicinal Medicinal Medicinal

ok ok you're a rough bunch, I git it!

 

[Tom]

Medicinal Medicinal Medicinal Medicinal Medicinal Medicinal Medicinal Medicinal

ok ok you're a rough bunch, I git it!

OK now that we have that taken care of.

WHAT FLAVOR??

 

[winemaker_3352]

Hopefully not the taste of cough syrup.

 

[Runningwolf]

It was minty, maybe a weak Nyquil. How do you say medicinal?

 

[UglyBhamGuy]

It was minty, maybe a weak Nyquil. How do you say medicinal?

meh diss in uhl. (or there abouts)

http://www.forvo.com/word/medicinal/

 

[reefman]

I'd be interested if everyone's taste like this? Sounds like Mead, rather than wine.
I didn't care for Mead at all.

 

[Tom]

It was minty, maybe a weak Nyquil. How do you say medicinal?

Dan,
I went to The Restaurant Store. I picked up some "syrup". I got a bottle of PEPPERMINT which I will add some to the CC Wine. I think this wil help big time.
Also picked up more Peach (2), Strawberry (1), and Raspberry (1).

 

[UglyBhamGuy]

Is this what you got?

http://www.therestaurantstore.com/Dolce-DaVinci-&-Oscars-Coffee-Flavoring-Syrup/711SYRUP.html

 

[Tom]

Yep sure did !

 

[UglyBhamGuy]

i assume you use these as a sort of f-pack... what ratio of syrup to wine?

 

[Tom]

yes. To MY taste.
I have now way of making a candy cane f-pac so, peppermint

 

[Runningwolf]

Tom I will have to look around and see if I can find that locally. The f-pack I made helped but not enough and that 72 CC'c made about 5 cups

 

[Tom]

yea all that did is bump up the gravity ..no real "flavor" Hence the unsweetened peppermint to be added. Added superkleer on the 7th crystal clear w/ nice color. Will wait 2 weeks or so to rack and add syrup