X-71 Experimental Wine

[Wade E]

Thats hilarious and you are demented and thats why we love you Frank. Thats a great label. Did you ever get to taste this one?

 

[AAASTINKIE]

I'm going to make a new batch soon, but keep it at 12%, but I also want to try to make an ice style wine with welches also, thats what I started to do with the X-71 but never sweetened it.

 

[AAASTINKIE]

We had a bottle at Ramona's house, but I mixed mine with juice and Ramona fell asleep...lol

 

[Wade E]

Probably more like passed out!

 

[rgecaprock]

Hey guys !!!


More like a coma !!!


Ramona

 

[Cracked Cork]

ASTINKIE, out of curiosity, what if you just used only the concentrate and not the prediluted gallons? Would that give you more grape in less volume so you could stick with 5 gallons and not have to keep raising the volume while trying to get more juice? I have been looking for a strong welches recipie to try for fun, I like your idea of putting a lot of juice into it. Crackedcork

 

[AAASTINKIE]

My next X-71 will be all concentrate, no bottled juice.

 

[Cracked Cork]

AAASTINKIE, are you planning on 4 or 5 cans to the gallon to start off with? THanks, Crackedcork

 

[AAASTINKIE]

Started my second batch of X-71 the other day, also started a batch of fastdrinkingwine.com (10% ABV Welches).

 

[Wade E]

You are a madman!

 

[zember311]

*Bookmark*

 

[Joanie]

Frank! WHAT is on your head???

 

[merlot joe]

whwen are u gonna do the all concentrate x71 recipe i would like to try also

 

[PolishWineP]

Frank! So good to see you in your normal state!

 

[AAASTINKIE]

I added the acid blend as per my former instructions and wound up with way too much acid when I tested it and had to put the calcium to it, I have the X-71 on oak chips now for a few months.

 

[Waldo]

Did you have to cold stabilize after you added the calcium?

 

[AAASTINKIE]

I guess not cause I didn't, it was still fermenting when I found the problem.

 

[NorthernWinos]

Looks good Stinkie...like the looks of oak in a dark wine....

Keep us Posted.....

 

[AAASTINKIE]

The X-71 was bottled yesterday, it finished at SG 1.014 with around 17% Alcohol, my wine expert tester and sweetheart says it's a Port so that's what we called it. I also have a Spagnols Port kit fermenting now and will enjoy comparing the taste when they are done I also will include a bottle of red ice wine in the tasting, the ice wine kit and port kit are around $77 each for 3 gallons and the X-71 was $65 for 6.5 gallons.

 

[SmokinDawg]

nice label a view from where you live?