Huckleberry/Apricot Wine

[montanaWineGuy]

The Huckleberry "recipe" called for 18lbs of Huckleberries. I had 3 one gallon bags of frozen Huckleberries, which took probably about 6 hours of picking and cleaning and weighed at 9lbs. That's a lot of berries and a lot of time spent. So I compromised and threw in 2lbs of previously cleaned and frozen Apricots. Well that was 5 days ago and it's been fermenting vigorously. This morning I opened the bucket for inspection and to stir and squeeze the fruit, and Wow! The creation is a deep blood red. The color and depth happened in a day and it looks way cool.

I'll move it to a carboy in a few days and will top off with Welch's Concentrate Grape Juice, but I sure hope this blood color survives.

 

[PhilDarby]

Sounds good to me ;-)

 

[Stressbaby]

Why would you top with Welch's Grape Concentrate? I have found that Welch's Red Grape Concentrate imparts a uniquely strange, unpleasant character to the wine.

 

[montanaWineGuy]

Why would you top with Welch's Grape Concentrate? I have found that Welch's Red Grape Concentrate imparts a uniquely strange, unpleasant character to the wine.

I've found differently.

 

[Arne]

Gotta remember all of our tastes are different. It is what keeps the world going round. If you like the way it comes out, go for it. If you don't like it, change it. We can make our wines however we like them. It is why I keep on making my own. Good luck with yours, Arne.