My raspberry canes have produced a bumper harvest this year (now I've learned how to prune them properly!!) I've got just under 7lbs of the beauties in the freezer. Suggestions for producing alcoholic beverages from them would be gratefully received!!
The blackberries are now starting to ripen too if anyone has any ideas for these (these aren't brambles, they're proper cultivated blackberries, big buggers they are!!)
Raspberry mountain
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oldbloke
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Re: Raspberry mountain
I've got this going at the moment. The rassies were all wild, from a bit of Railtrack-owned land at the end of our road...
2011-07-07
2040g frozen raspberries and crushed Campden into gallon bucket.
Full kettle boiled water poured over. Left to defrost. Mashed.
Stirred twice daily
2011-07-09
Strained onto 3.5lbs sugar
Nutrient
Yeast pitched: Vintner's Harvest SN9
It climbed out of the airlock once, so be careful.
I'm sure lots of people put all kinds of extras in, but (a) I want to find out what straight rassy wine is like, and (b) I averaged the recipe from a couple of books and a brief Google.
Yeast choice was a best guess from what I had about the place.
Oh, and when I was straining the pulp, the bag slipped off the stand, twice, so (a) there's a bit of pulp in the demi so it'll want racking soon, and (b) don't wear your best clothes and be ready for major cleanup operations
2011-07-07
2040g frozen raspberries and crushed Campden into gallon bucket.
Full kettle boiled water poured over. Left to defrost. Mashed.
Stirred twice daily
2011-07-09
Strained onto 3.5lbs sugar
Nutrient
Yeast pitched: Vintner's Harvest SN9
It climbed out of the airlock once, so be careful.
I'm sure lots of people put all kinds of extras in, but (a) I want to find out what straight rassy wine is like, and (b) I averaged the recipe from a couple of books and a brief Google.
Yeast choice was a best guess from what I had about the place.
Oh, and when I was straining the pulp, the bag slipped off the stand, twice, so (a) there's a bit of pulp in the demi so it'll want racking soon, and (b) don't wear your best clothes and be ready for major cleanup operations
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Wolfy
Re: Raspberry mountain
Single batch of light coloured, lightly hopped Ale, using clean yeast that does not attenuate too much, when primary fermentation has finished, rack onto 5kg raspberries in secondary, sample/taste every day or so, and bottle when it has reached the flavour and aroma level that you enjoy.