No radish wine recipes!!???

[BigDaveK]

I think the home grown radish has so much flavor. Every year I grow mostly the French breakfast radish, a bit on the spicy side. Great fresh, and I also make a radish kraut that's darn good. Of course I had to search for a radish wine recipe. Zero zip zilch nada nothing! Not a mention anywhere, not even Keller. What gives?

Can anyone offer any insight?

Without admonitions and no available recipes I think I know where this is going.......

 

[FlamingoEmporium]

Without admonitions and no available recipes I think I know where this is going.......

Yep, I did the coconut, now it’s your turn.

 

[Jovimaple]

$5 says @BigDaveK makes up his own recipe.

 

[winemaker81]

Can anyone offer any insight?

With radish, it's not just bite -- there's bitterness. My dad grew black radish -- he peeled it, sliced it thin, and layered in a dish with salt. Let it rest 40 minutes and the bitterness is gone.

Depending on the bitterness of the radish, this treatment, followed by a good rinsing to eliminate the salt, might be helpful.

I'd use a mixture of radish varieties, including daikon.

 

[FlamingoEmporium]

 

[VinesnBines]

https://soranews24.com/2013/11/05/w...-wine-but-didnt-expect-it-to-taste-like-this/I think winemaker_81 found the same link.

Where is RiceGuy this morning? He'll have some suggestions.

 

[crushday]

Let me work up a bottle for you...

 

[crushday]

 

[VinesnBines]

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Nice but where are the radishes?

 

[crushday]

Nice but where are the radishes?

LOL! You're witnessing an epic fail. I read radishes but with only one cup of coffee so far, I envisioned Beet Wine for Dave's new project.

 

[FlamingoEmporium]

https://www.winemakingtalk.com/threads/radish-wine.40556/
unfortunately no recipe. Several negative nellies here a few years ago

 

[VinesnBines]

Beet is too standard I'm waiting for him to try the eggplant and sweetcorn blend.

 

[winemaker81]

I think winemaker_81 found the same link.

Nope, I didn't search before I posted. I have since then, and found zip. This is surprising, as I figured SOMEONE would have tried it. However, I did find this thread:

I plant black spanish radishes and I'm wondering if I should plant a few more than usual to harvest and make into wine.

Jericurl, can you comment? Thanks!

 

[winemaker81]

@FlamingoEmporium and I posted at the same time!

 

[FlamingoEmporium]

@FlamingoEmporium and I posted at the same time!

Great Minds…..

 

[FlamingoEmporium]

Sounds like a good pairing for salad night.

 

[CortneyD]

I found that roasted radishes lose all their bitterness and are so delicious- the flavor is incredible, I'm wondering if doing a percentage of the radishes dry roasted (obviously no oil/salt/pepper) would help mellow out the bite and bring the actual flavor forward?

I'm impatiently waiting for a recipe to test- I love how fast and easy radishes are to grow so I ought to get enough volume easy-peasy!

 

[FlamingoEmporium]

https://patents.google.com/patent/CN1231332A/en
it’s patented

 

[winemaker81]

@CortneyD's idea of roasting the radishes is better than mine. Although ... I can visualize roasting some, salting-n-rinsing some, and using some raw to provide a mixture. Take all the bitterness out, the radish flavor may be gone.

Note that this could turn out like garlic wine -- useful for cooking, not drinking. But in my book, that's ok!

 

[CortneyD]

https://patents.google.com/patent/CN1231332A/en
it’s patented

That link @VinesnBines shared was fascinating, the wine looked like an unfiltered sake! The glutinous rice makes sense then! Reading your link verifies that! Fascinating! Has anyone here made or attempted sake? Could this be the way forward? That recipe only stated that it used radish juice, presumably added to the rice mix???