Blackberry Wine
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:38 pm
Started in July 2, 2013(a year+ ago)
This was my first Country Wine, I plan on loosely following this recipe by Jack Keller http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/blackbr2.asp
but plan on increasing the amount of berries and adding some Oak for about a month during the final racking.
With the additional berries, I think a cup or two of raisins should make it a heavier bodied wine and keep it balanced. I am leaning towards letting it clear naturally, so I think it should be ready in somewhere between 12 and 18 months.
25 pounds of blackberries:
freezing the berries should help maximize the amount of juice I get out of them:
This was my first Country Wine, I plan on loosely following this recipe by Jack Keller http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/blackbr2.asp
but plan on increasing the amount of berries and adding some Oak for about a month during the final racking.
With the additional berries, I think a cup or two of raisins should make it a heavier bodied wine and keep it balanced. I am leaning towards letting it clear naturally, so I think it should be ready in somewhere between 12 and 18 months.
25 pounds of blackberries:
freezing the berries should help maximize the amount of juice I get out of them: