Blueberry Batch

[K&GB]

Thanks all. Any suggestions for min aging time on this one?

 

[Wade E]

If you do sweeten that, IMO opinion takes about 2-3 months off the time needed to age and i will say approx 6 months to when it gets good bt around 10 months it really starts to shine and at 1 1/2 years will be so good you will be sorry you didnt make more.
Edited by: wade

 

[K&GB]

I racked and back sweetened the blueberry today.Got another quart of blueberry juice and dissolved 3 cups of sugar into it.

This wine is just semi-sweet now and LOADED with blueberry flavor! Gina says I'll have to sweeten it some more, but I plan to let it age before making up my mind.

 

[Wade E]

Looks yummy!

 

[K&GB]

Update on the Blueberry. This wine turned out GREAT!

I bottled it in January, and I've already drunk or given away four bottles. I can tell this one isn't going to last long. So....


I mentioned last week as we were having a glass fo the blueberry that I'd like to make some more before too long,... just in case we ran out in oh, say... a few months or so. So the inlaws took Gina grocery shopping yesterday and she brought home several more quart jars of blueberry juice and three 12 oz bags of frozen berries. What a gal!


Things I may do differently this time. I think I'll keep the next batch dryor maybe only back sweeten part ofit. I remember this one tasted great even before gina made me back sweeten it.

Also, with the last batch I used two quarts of Concord grape juice along with the six quarts of blueberry. Well, there's a definite "Welch's Grape Juice" flavor to this wine. Not that it's bad. In fact, it tastes great. but I want to see what pure blueberry will be like. Can't wait!

 

[Wade E]

Try using the Wymans Wild Juice in this one, I love that stuff!

 

[K&GB]

Pics of the new batch...


The starting lineup.

Of course, the wine puppies wanted to be involved.

They wanted a peek at those frozen blueberries.

And here it is today fizzing away happily.

 

[PolishWineP]

Now you are just making my mouth water for that final product!

 

[mjdtexan]

That does look really good. I am gonna have to start going to the health food store I reckon.

 

[K&GB]

Transferred the blueberry to secondary today. SG 1.025, a bit soon, but I needed the primary bucket for my Gruener Veltliner.

Squeezed every last drop out of those blueberries in the strainer bag.

 

[K&GB]

Here's a pic of the first batch bottled...

 

[Wade E]

Nice color extraction on that!

 

[Waldo]

Oh yeahhhhhhhhhh!!!!

 

[NorthernWinos]

Very nice!!!!

 

[smokegrub]

Looks great! Blueberries make a great wine.

 

[PolishWineP]

I can vouch for this wine.

This stuff is as good as it looks! We got this package the other day and low and behold there were 2 bottles of wine in it!

One of them was this wonderful, Blueberry Thrill. Aptly named, too.

Ken, you asked for honesty, and it's good enough that I can give you honest in front of everyone else.

This wine has a nice aroma that develops after it's beenpoured. There is a definite blueberry flavor without being over powering. It has enough sweetness to bring forward the flavor of the berries without overpowering other aspects of the wine. It is certainly not too sweet. No hints of cough syrup here. There is a mouth dryness after-taste that appeals to my love of really dry wines.

I think the grape juice was a good addition to this wine; maybe the source of the dryness in the background. Ken and Gina, you did an excellent job with this wine!

 

[K&GB]

Thanks PWP.

 

[uavwmn]

Ken and Gina. I was wondering why you never asked for my address to send me a bottle or two.

All kidding aside, it looks awesome!! This was a 6 gal batch, correct?
Maybe when you get a chance you could send the Wine Puppies Blueberry wine recipe.