How many wine makers do we have here?

[kuntrygirl]

Question........... How is everyone's distillery set up? We have a cheap-o/deap-o set up.

Um, distillery? Are you making distilled spirits (brandy, vodka etc) or making wine?

We have a cellar and a garage for the winemaking. Fermentation in carboys - we have about 60 gallon capacity right now.

I'm making wine.

 

[kuntrygirl]

I just went and re-read about 5 pages so far. I want to read all 30 pages again. Good info on this thread.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Does anyone have a good apple wine recipe?

 

[IanJones]

My black cherry wine from 2006 / 2008 bottled.

 

[IanJones]

Does anyone have a good apple wine recipe?

hi kuntrygirl

I use 6kg of apple's put them through a food processor or juicer use the juice to dissolve 2kg sugar over heat with 2 ltr of grape juice, add a small stick of cinnamon once warm or half teaspoon of powder.

In the fermentation bin I put half the rough apple waste and pour the warm sugar juice in and topup with cold to make 40 pints. then add a vanilla pod and champagne brewing yeast.
Or you could use normal wine yeast.

it needs to keep warm apox 18/20'c it will foam like crazy so dont cover tight... Or boom apple everywhere. Once its at the hydrometer 1010 reading or tastes ok stop fermentation, clean/filter and bottle

Enjoy my apple pie wine x

 

[kuntrygirl]

My black cherry wine from 2006 / 2008 bottled.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Does anyone have a good apple wine recipe?

hi kuntrygirl


I use 6kg of apple's put them through a food processor or juicer use the juice to dissolve 2kg sugar over heat with 2 ltr of grape juice, add a small stick of cinnamon once warm or half teaspoon of powder.


In the fermentation bin I put half the rough apple waste and pour the warm sugar juice in and topup with cold to make 40 pints. then add a vanilla pod and champagne brewing yeast.

Or you could use normal wine yeast.


 it needs to keep warm apox 18/20'c it will foam like crazy so dont cover tight... Or boom apple everywhere. Once its at the hydrometer 1010 reading or tastes ok stop fermentation, clean/filter and bottle


Enjoy my apple pie wine x

Thank you.

 

[kuntrygirl]

What are some of your favorite fruit combinations when making your wine? I want to try strawberry and trying to decide what other fruit I want to add. What is everyone's top 2 fruit combo wines?

 

[kuntrygirl]

Anyone try banana wine?

 

[Kassaundra]

I would like to try making some fruit wine this year. I have never made any before, been reading through this thread, but not finished yet.