Alright y'all, collectively we (mostly you, I just did what you said) saved my cranberry wine. Now I need your help on extracts.
I have an orange that is about 3 months along, I've racked it twice and it's clearing nicely. I have it at room temp in the North East, so currently about 70*F. I have sampled the wine and I am rather disappointed. It still needs to clear a bit, but it taste like... Well like it's wine toffoo. It is a simple (not aweful but but not great) white. I expected a twinge of orange flavor but it taste like a wine blank. Sorta like, here is a tasteless wine, add flavor and enjoy... Is this right? Anyone in orange world have the same experience? It was brewed with ec-1118 and 9.5lbs suger to total volume of 5 gal.
So I want to add extract. I purchased it from my local grocer, "pure orange extract", ingredients are alcohol (79%), water, and oil of orange.
I sampled out 4 oz of wine, and added extract to taste. As it worked out I did a bunch of math and conversions, (google did it, I just typed in the figures, full disclosure...) And it seems like I need about 470 ml extract to 4.5 gallons wine.
Does this sound right? That's like 16oz extract to 4.5 gal wine. Seems like a lot. Has anyone used orange extract and do you know your ratios? Also when is the best time to add it, and should I change my wine temp? If so to what?
Okay, that's it. Just those millions questions.
Thanks guys.
this was typed on my phone, so please excuse typos and spelling errors.
I have an orange that is about 3 months along, I've racked it twice and it's clearing nicely. I have it at room temp in the North East, so currently about 70*F. I have sampled the wine and I am rather disappointed. It still needs to clear a bit, but it taste like... Well like it's wine toffoo. It is a simple (not aweful but but not great) white. I expected a twinge of orange flavor but it taste like a wine blank. Sorta like, here is a tasteless wine, add flavor and enjoy... Is this right? Anyone in orange world have the same experience? It was brewed with ec-1118 and 9.5lbs suger to total volume of 5 gal.
So I want to add extract. I purchased it from my local grocer, "pure orange extract", ingredients are alcohol (79%), water, and oil of orange.
I sampled out 4 oz of wine, and added extract to taste. As it worked out I did a bunch of math and conversions, (google did it, I just typed in the figures, full disclosure...) And it seems like I need about 470 ml extract to 4.5 gallons wine.
Does this sound right? That's like 16oz extract to 4.5 gal wine. Seems like a lot. Has anyone used orange extract and do you know your ratios? Also when is the best time to add it, and should I change my wine temp? If so to what?
Okay, that's it. Just those millions questions.
Thanks guys.
this was typed on my phone, so please excuse typos and spelling errors.