Don't Dump That Wine Yet!!

[Runningwolf]

After a day of making a 25 gallon "country Apple" blend I was getting ready to dump my Maple Syrup wine I made a year ago. Besides maple syrup it included honey and flavored with oranges. It ended up tasting more like tree sap. The only other wine I ever dumped was Candy Cane which just didn't work out.

So I still have 11 gallons of apple wine I have to blend or do something with when I got the idea of trying a 80/20 mix with the Maple. Bingo, it really made the apple pop and saved part of my maple wine. Looks like only 3.5 gallons go away instead of 6 gallons.

 

[dangerdave]

Good job, Dan! That's why you da man! Bench testing is fun!

 

[winemaker_3352]

Way to think outside the box!!

Sometimes you never know what will spice up a blend...

 

[Noontime]

Fantastic! And I'm so happy to see someone else who will give a wine a chance to develope before dumping. Cheers to you my friend!

 

[Wade E]

Now you just need to think of something to make to incorporate the rest of that maple wine into.

 

[ibglowin]

I can think of one thing to use it for......

Its bound to go good with vanilla ice cream etc.

Congrats on the blending exercise. I know the happy feeling of blending out a wine with a fault!

 

[Runningwolf]

Mike I'm not sure if the wine had a fault. It tasted like tree sap and just wasn't good, until I took the low acid apple and blended it. This wine would not have gone good with any meal by itself. What I had left, I used as draino. I have done a gret deal of blending this year and quite happy with the results.

 

[SarahRides]

I have 3 gallons of maple going, i've taken a few tastes of it, and all i can say is that it tastes like breakfast! It tastes pretty good, but is only a few months old.

 

[Runningwolf]

Sarah thats great. I couldn't find any solid recipe any where. It seam like most people make a mead out of it. One person suggested adding oranges to it to increase acid and I did do that. I also sweetened with honey. I think the oranges were the start of my down fall. I am excited to see how your's go. I would make the venture again if I could find a proven recipe.

 

[SarahRides]

I pretty much bought the darkest Maple syrup I could, added orange juice and made it like a mead. I used about 3/4 of a gallon of it (I think) to make a 3 gallon batch.

 

[Runningwolf]

I pretty much bought the darkest Maple syrup I could, added orange juice and made it like a mead. I used about 3/4 of a gallon of it (I think) to make a 3 gallon batch.

I also used dark. I've heard controversy both ways on whether to use the dark or light.