( 2 gallon ) Moms’ Apple Pie Wine ( 7/26/09 )
2- 3qt. Bottles of 100% Apple Juice
1can Frozen Apple Juice Concentrate
½ box Golden raisins
½ box Craisins
2 cups each of light and dark brown sugar to SG of 1.085
4 tsp Yeast nutrient
1 ½ tsp Yeast energizer
6 tsp Acid blend to .55 TA
1 stick Cinammon
¼ tsp Nutmeg
2 tsp Pectic enzyme
¼ tsp K-Meta
1 pkg. Cotes Des Blancs yeast
Add all ingredients except pectic enzyme ane yeast. Wait 12 hrs and add pectic enzyme. Wait an additional 12 hrs and pitch yeast.
7/27/09 Pitched yeast
7/30/09 Racked to glass SG of 1.010
8/2/09 Racked off sediment , add K Meta , Sorbate , degassed and add an F- Pack of apple juice cooked with cinnamon stick and nutmeg . SG .995
8/6/09 Add SUPERKLEER
8/16/09 Racked off sediment and bulk aged
10/28/09 BOTTLED ( in 375 ml belissima bottles )
12.2 % ABV
I backsweetened to SG 1.020 using simple syrup
BOB