Oh Julie bring your recipe for the strawberry breeze

[pwrose]

So I decided to go ahead and backsweeten today. I had mixed up some sugar syrup a few days ago and couldn't remember how much sugar I had used, so I had to go about this one the hard way, add some, mix, measure, and try, add some, mix, measure, and try. Finally at a SG reading of 1.010 I stopped and considered it good. Put it all back in the 3 gallon carboy and put it back on the shelf to age and finish any clearing that it might do.
I like this wine but it is a very light bodied wine, which isn't always a bad thing but I would love to see what it does next time with a bananna added and done with 4 cans per gallon instead of the 3 I used this time.

Thanks Julie for a good recipe.

 

[countrygirl]

i'm looking to do a strawberry next. i could either use frozen fruit, or this...any other thoughts on adding body? i've never done the banana/banana soup trick. i added white grape concentrate to my peach to help with the body. and when backsweetening, has anyone used additional summer breeze concentrate for a ready made fpac?

 

[pwrose]

I would recommend making it 4 cans to the gallon and either adding raisens, your white grape concentrate, or a banana or two for some body. That is unless you like a lighter body wine with plenty of flavor, then I would just do the 4 cans per gallon.

Thats just my opinion.

 

[countrygirl]

I would recommend making it 4 cans to the gallon and either adding raisens, your white grape concentrate, or a banana or two for some body. That is unless you like a lighter body wine with plenty of flavor, then I would just do the 4 cans per gallon.

Thats just my opinion.

i do like lighter, fruitier wines, but i'm also learning and teaching my palate, lol. i didn't think about the raisins! that might be the trick. i may do some searching on the banana soup info. i will let u know which way i go!

 

[countrygirl]

racked the strawberry breeze today. i didn't do either, bananas or raisins. thought i'd give it a chance on it's own merit and then go from there. if it's too light and i'll do something different next time. smells and taste great so far!

 

[BrewPahl]

hey this one fermented down pretty quick? Waiting for it to clear. How long typically till this is drinkable Allie? I haven't snuck a taste yet.

 

[BrewPahl]

Sorry Julie, said Allie, ment Julie

 

[Julie]

Pretty early, I was drinking 6 months after I started it.

 

[djrockinsteve]

My batch is fermenting along nicely, GFS had the bags on sale. It is drinkable in @ 6 months but I bet it won't last long. It's very good.

 

[countrygirl]

i'm 3 months in and some people were clamboring for some, so i bottled 4 bottles off the top and racked the rest into 3 one gallon containers. i found the sediment to be VERY light and fluffy...is this something everyone else has encountered? i think it still smells a little yeasty, too?