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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2011 7:16:46 GMT -5
I make my own organic wine at home. I make it from anything and everything possible. Last year I made sugar snap pea pod and rose petal. Both were good and are nearly gone. I now have apple, started last fall - maple started late winter as soon as the maple syrup was ready - banana started a few months ago - and mint started this spring. Tomorrow I am making 5 gallons of rhubarb wine! I have 14 pounds of chopped rhubarb in the freezer and another 5 gallons of strawberry as soon as our berries are ripe. This year I plan to make: raspberry, more mint, choc mint (if I have enough choc mint), lemon mint, rose-hip/petal, blackberry, hibiscus, more apple and anything else I have time for and think might be good. Hubby and I cannot handle sulphite. It gives me severe migraines and him a rash. So it's make it myself or don't drink it. I have been very successful at making wine from anything and have perfected a recipe that we like. I always use E-1118 yeast because I like the flavour and it's FAST. I have been tempted to try champagne yeast as well, but just don't want to risk it. I also always use an organic acid blend of citric, malic and tartaric natural acids that I buy at the wine supply store, instead of the orange and/or lemon juice in most old recipes. I like the way it tastes too and it makes it all so easy. I also add pectic enzyme to all of them. It's a natural enzyme that eats the pectin. Pectin can ruin a good wine and make it cloudy. This is just a precaution and has no flavour and no downside. All of these ingredients are really cheap. I have a long list of flower wines and jellies I want to make this year, time permitting! I have written a book on the subject. It's free and downloadable from my farm site, if anyone is interested. Really, it's free. This is not a sales pitch. Its here: www.providenceacresfarm.com/farmstore_freebies.htm#wineFeedback on the book would be welcome
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Post by spacecase0 on Jun 13, 2011 13:47:23 GMT -5
if you have a farm site, what is it ? I would like to read what you have
I have been playing with making beer, but being gluten intolerant now, am thinking about making wine,
I have a question, can you filter the wine to make it clear if you don't have pectic enzyme ?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2011 16:38:17 GMT -5
Yes, you can filter it or you can add a clearing agent, like bentonite or chitosan. I have used both agents and they work well. I also have a filter, but have never used it.
My farm blog site is: providence-acres.blogspot.com My seed store is: providenceacresfarm.com This is where you will find the book ;-) I fixed the broken link above.
I love making wine! Its a great creative outlet!
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Post by Penny on Jun 15, 2011 9:09:55 GMT -5
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