Hibiscus and black tea wines

[winechef]

I took a few kilograms of dried hibiscus flowers, steeped in 5 gallons of water and about 6 kg of sugar. I also steeped 2kg of black tea about 10 gallons.

I adjusted ph, before making a yeast starter.

1st batch 5 gallons is just black tea, a little lemon and a hint of ginger.

2nd batch 5 gallons is 20 % black tea, and 80% hibiscus,
3rd batch is 80% black tea 20% hibiscus.

all with sugar content will be about 14% abv if dry but will back sweeten with some hibiscus and tea I reserved and froze.


the black tea has some nice tannins and the citrus. sweetness from hibiscus really matches it.

really excited to discover what the final product will be

 

[Vinobeau]

I took a few kilograms of dried hibiscus flowers, steeped in 5 gallons of water and about 6 kg of sugar. I also steeped 2kg of black tea about 10 gallons.

I adjusted ph, before making a yeast starter.

1st batch 5 gallons is just black tea, a little lemon and a hint of ginger.

2nd batch 5 gallons is 20 % black tea, and 80% hibiscus,
3rd batch is 80% black tea 20% hibiscus.

all with sugar content will be about 14% abv if dry but will back sweeten with some hibiscus and tea I reserved and froze.


the black tea has some nice tannins and the citrus. sweetness from hibiscus really matches it.

really excited to discover what the final product will be

 

[Vinobeau]

When you bottle the wine, add a couple of springs of dill to the bottles. The Hibiscus & Dill flavors meld very nicely!