Kool Aide????

[Country Roads]

I am having a hard time finding something to give my strawberry wine a real strawberry flavor. Has anyone ever used strawberry cool aide Everything else that I see has a variety of fruits with the strawberrys. I have already used and F-Pac of 25% of the oringial amount of strawberrys I made the wine with. It still seems rather flat.

 

[Runningwolf]

I would use unsweetened Kool=Aid for color but not flavor. I would use what Thomas the almighty wine/beer master uses, Da Vinci Syrup. I just bought a bottle today. Ultimately real fruit is what you should be using.
http://www.davincigourmet.com/products/product_details/?productID=104

 

[SpoiledRotten]

Dan, how much of that syrup would you use in a 5 - 6 gal batch to bring out flavor?

 

[FTC Wines]

I used strawberry Kool Aid [unsweetened] to kick up the color & flavor of my Strawberry Skeeter Pee. It worked, but I added it way too close to bottling & it settled out in the bottles. I now have to shake the SP before serving, still tastes & looks good! Roy

 

[SpoiledRotten]

I used strawberry Kool Aid [unsweetened] to kick up the color & flavor of my Strawberry Skeeter Pee. It worked, but I added it way too close to bottling & it settled out in the bottles. I now have to shake the SP before serving, still tastes & looks good! Roy

How much of that do you generally use, Roy? Add and taste?

 

[Tom]

Do you have a restaurent supply store nearby? If so look for sugar free Strawberry "coffee" flavoring. Its in a 25oz bottle. Same kind you see at 7-11 to squirt in the coffee

 

[Tom]

Alwasy best thou to make a f-pac.

 

[Runningwolf]

Tom, did you add the entire bottle?

 

[winemaker_3352]

Alwasy best thou to make a f-pac.

I agree - I would make an f-pac with strawberries - artificial flavor is not the same as fresh fruit juice.

 

[Tom]

Tom, did you add the entire bottle?

Yep sure did

Butt, nothing like fresh f-pac

 

[SpoiledRotten]

Is it good to make the f-pac out of the frozen juice from your grocer's freezer, especially if you made the wine out of Welch's? Just make it as strong as needed?

 

[BobF]

If the wine is 'flat', I would look at acid before adding kool-aid. Getting the acid right will have the effect of 'peaking' the flavor; assuming you're starting with a low acid wine. I wouldn't describe a high acid wine as 'flat' so I'm guessing you're low ...

 

[FTC Wines]

Spoiled Rotten, I used 3 packets per 5 gals. for the SP. If I was doing wine I would do an F-Pac of strawberries or use the syrup like suggested. I take more chances with my "Pee" than I do with my wine! Roy

 

[Runningwolf]

I used strawberry Kool Aid [unsweetened] to kick up the color & flavor of my Strawberry Skeeter Pee. It worked, but I added it way too close to bottling & it settled out in the bottles. I now have to shake the SP before serving, still tastes & looks good! Roy

I don't think too early bottling was the problem. I added one pack to 6 gallons of my candy cane wine 4-5 weeks ago and still had some floaties. I did dissolve before adding. I racked today and will see what happans in another month. Of course I'm sure filtration will take care of it also.

 

[Country Roads]

Kool Aide???

I should be able to get the coffee flavoring. I just really wanted it to burst with strawberry flavor. The fruit that we get here leaves something to be desired taste wise. Is it a strawberry??? Yah, but does it taste like one Nah.

 

[Daisy317]

Do you have a restaurent supply store nearby? If so look for sugar free Strawberry "coffee" flavoring. Its in a 25oz bottle. Same kind you see at 7-11 to squirt in the coffee

I have used chocolate, vanilla, and raspberry torani syrups before. They come in sugar free or regular varieties in about a billion flavors. I add them to my f-packs to taste. They sell it in strawberry

 

[Minnesotamaker]

If the wine is 'flat', I would look at acid before adding kool-aid. Getting the acid right will have the effect of 'peaking' the flavor; assuming you're starting with a low acid wine. I wouldn't describe a high acid wine as 'flat' so I'm guessing you're low ...

One of the main ingredients in Kool-aid is citric acid. So adding it would increase acid along with color and flavor.

 

[Arne]

Should let em know in Hastings, Ne. we have found a new use for Kool aid. It was born in Hastings and they havin a Kool aid days thing this weekend. Bet not many of the kool aid people have heard of bumping up wine with a package. Last strawberry I made, was with a bucket of strawberries I bought at a grocery store. Weighed em out when I got home. Had 20 lb. of strawberries and 10 lb of juice. Made a 5 gal. batch with the 20 lb. When it got done fermenting and was stabalized, dumped the 10 lb. of juice in. It has a great strawberry flavor. Had a terrible time getting it to clear. Was fairly clear but still had a haze. Tried many things but finally bottled it. When bottled the haze fell out in a couple of days. It is pretty clear tho, before drinking a quick shake of the bottle and the sediment leaves. It doesn't affect the flavor and you really do not see it in a glass. Guess I should invest in a filter. Arne.

 

[Country Roads]

Kool Aide?????

Thanks for the advise. I did make an F-pac, but maybe I should have added more strawberrys to it. Anyway, I will be looking for the coffee syrup.

 

[SBWs]

I made a 3 gallon batch of Strawberry Niagara and couldn't get the strawberry flavor I wanted. I added 2 cans of frozen Bacardi Strawberry Daiquiri Mixer. Tastes like strawberry now!!!