making wine from fruit with freezer burn

[Elmer]

This weekend going through my deep freezer in search of some burritos I came across 10 lbs of homegrown raspberries labeled "2012" lurking at the bottom.
The raspberries have freezer burn, coated in ice.
but I have very little use for them aside from wine making.

Will the age and ice burn affect the flavor of wine?

Or should I send them to the compost and go buy some?

 

[beano]

I can't answer the freezer burn question, but maybe you can thaw and squeeze the juice out and see what it tastes like. Hopefully someone who knows can say.

 

[JohnT]

This weekend going through my deep freezer in search of some burritos I came across 10 lbs of homegrown raspberries labeled "2012" lurking at the bottom.
The raspberries have freezer burn, coated in ice.
but I have very little use for them aside from wine making.

Will the age and ice burn affect the flavor of wine?

Or should I send them to the compost and go buy some?

My guess is that it will affect the flavor. That being said, what do you have to lose by turning it into wine?

 

[Elmer]

My guess is that it will affect the flavor. That being said, what do you have to lose by turning it into wine?

The answer would be nothing.
(that is unless I spend countless man hours making wine, only to have it taste horrifically bad, make me ill, send me to the ER, end up having to have a tummy transplant, because the freezer burned berries caused my insides to melt)

 

[Kraffty]

Test it on Cranky old Aunt Edna first...
Mike

 

[GreginND]

Burned fruit will be different. But good or bad would likely depend on the fruit and subjective evaluation. I made a wine with old burned peaches and didn't like the result. Other fruits I've had better luck with.

 

[Arne]

The answer would be nothing.
(that is unless I spend countless man hours making wine, only to have it taste horrifically bad, make me ill, send me to the ER, end up having to have a tummy transplant, because the freezer burned berries caused my insides to melt)

Let us know how that turns out. LOL, Arne.

 

[JohnT]

My guess is that it will affect the flavor. That being said, what do you have to lose by turning it into wine?

Hey.. We are just talking about some freezer burnt raspberries. It's not like you are using Welch's or arsenic.

 

[Elmer]

Hey.. We are just talking about some freezer burnt raspberries. It's not like you are using Welch's or arsenic.

Arent they basically one in the same?

 

[JohnT]

Arent they basically one in the same?

ROTFLMAO! Where is that "Quadruple Like" button?????