My mixed grape and strawberry concoction

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Brewhunter

My mixed grape and strawberry concoction

Post by Brewhunter » Thu Apr 02, 2015 6:42 pm

I've just acquired 5kg of mixed grapes (and a few strawberries) :D
Here's what I've done..

Crushed the fruit
Campden tablets added
Left over night
Added 2kg of sugar dissolved in boiling water
Added a small tin of white grape extract
Added 2 and a half tsp pectolase
Top up with cold water until gravity of 1.090 was achieved
Wine yeast and nutrient added
Two day later remains of fruit removed

Result = 13 litres of rose wine bubbling away nicely

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Re: My mixed grape and strawberry concoction

Post by MarkA » Wed Apr 08, 2015 12:56 pm

That sounds nice, Brewhunter! Be interesting to see how it turns out. I managed to get hold of a load of grapes last year for a gallon, it's maturing nicely in the demijohn. I've made gallons of wine in the past, but this is the first time from grapes :-)

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Re: My mixed grape and strawberry concoction

Post by Brewhunter » Wed Apr 08, 2015 10:23 pm

MarkA wrote:That sounds nice, Brewhunter! Be interesting to see how it turns out. I managed to get hold of a load of grapes last year for a gallon, it's maturing nicely in the demijohn. I've made gallons of wine in the past, but this is the first time from grapes :-)
I did do one last year and it was easily as good as a kit, it was made with black grapes and kind of has a slightly artificial taste like grape flavour bubblegum :D
I've still got about 6 bottles left which I'm trying to save as long as I can to see how it matures.

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Re: My mixed grape and strawberry concoction

Post by Brewhunter » Sat Apr 11, 2015 7:55 pm


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Re: My mixed grape and strawberry concoction

Post by MarkA » Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:20 pm

=P~ Looking good!

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Re: My mixed grape and strawberry concoction

Post by nursebetty » Thu Jun 18, 2015 5:02 pm

Sounds nice :D

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Re: My mixed grape and strawberry concoction

Post by Brewhunter » Sun Jul 05, 2015 8:39 pm

Just finished my first bottle of this and it's gorgeous,
Better than any rose I've bought (admittedly I've never paid more than £10 for a bottle :D )
I'll definitely be doing this one again..

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Re: My mixed grape and strawberry concoction

Post by nursebetty » Wed Jul 08, 2015 9:41 am

Brewhunter wrote:I've just acquired 5kg of mixed grapes (and a few strawberries) :D
Here's what I've done..

Crushed the fruit
Campden tablets added
Left over night
Added 2kg of sugar dissolved in boiling water
Added a small tin of white grape extract
Added 2 and a half tsp pectolase
Top up with cold water until gravity of 1.090 was achieved
Wine yeast and nutrient added
Two day later remains of fruit removed

Result = 13 litres of rose wine bubbling away nicely

Where do you get the tin of white grape extract?

Brewhunter

Re: My mixed grape and strawberry concoction

Post by Brewhunter » Wed Jul 08, 2015 4:09 pm

most home brew shops will stock it, I think mine was 'youngs' brand like this one
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Youngs-Brew-D ... 541ecd5543

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Re: My mixed grape and strawberry concoction

Post by nursebetty » Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:55 am

Will try this when we get back from holidays :D

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Re: My mixed grape and strawberry concoction

Post by nursebetty » Thu Aug 13, 2015 12:22 pm

I fancy making a real Bubblegum flavoured wine, does this taste really Bubblegum?
Any recipes or ideas in how to make a Bubblegum flavoured wine, do you just add Bubblegum flavouring?

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Re: My mixed grape and strawberry concoction

Post by Brewhunter » Thu Aug 13, 2015 1:47 pm

I've done this.. made a white wine and added 15 drops of flavouring per bottle before drinking :mrgreen:

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Re: My mixed grape and strawberry concoction

Post by Pinto » Fri Aug 14, 2015 11:58 am

nursebetty wrote:I fancy making a real Bubblegum flavoured wine, does this taste really Bubblegum?
Any recipes or ideas in how to make a Bubblegum flavoured wine, do you just add Bubblegum flavouring?
Providing you keep the ABV something sensible (~10%) then fermenting with a belgian ale yeast @ 22-25 degrees will give bubblegum flavoured esters without the need for artificial chemicals...
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Re: My mixed grape and strawberry concoction

Post by Faeyana » Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:48 pm

Drank too much of my homemade Bubblegum Wine, now cant stand the taste of it :-(

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