Raspberry Wine

[Bill B]

Looking good Steve, nice label too. Ill be starting my RED RASBERRY later this week. 5 Gal U.S. From Walkers Fruit Basket.


Bill

 

[Steve]

Here are some new pictures:


SG 1.086 and going strong.

The diper, I am affraid it might bubble over. I filled it upa bit tomuch.

Edited by: Steve

 

[Waldo]

Man that looks good Steve

I really wish people would refrain from posting pictures of their wines on the forum though. I dont have enough money to try all of what I am seeing and wanting to make

I like that label too Steve. It will speak well of what lies awaiting the removal of the cork.Edited by: Waldo

 

[Steve]

Racked into secondary. Still very sweet with a hint of alcohol tastes very good...

 

[PolishWineP]

Very nice indeed, Steve. And glad to hear that you and your wife are enjoying the hobby together!

Keep us up to date!

 

[darrenlm]

Steve,


Your wine looks great, how low did the d-47 get the SG? What did you think of its performance?


Im going to be doing some off-dry fruit wines this spring and would like to experiment with some different yeast strains.


Thanks...

 

[Steve]

darrenlm,


When I pitched my yeast I had an SG of 1.118, this is how it progressed:


11/26 Pitched re-hydrated yeast-SG 1.118


11/27 1.108 (am)/1.098 (pm)


11/28 1.083 (am)/1.076 (pm)


11/29 1.064


11/30 1.050


12/1 1.034-racked to glass


14/4 1.016


In the fuller jug I am getting a bubble about every 3 seconds which is slower than the first few days that it was in glass.


With the potential alcohol about 16% itI suspect it willfinish up about 1.015-1.008, giving me 14-15% ABV. This should make a pretty sweet desert wine.


I hope this helps. I'll let you know what the FG is when I get it...Edited by: Steve

 

[Steve]

The Raspberry Dessert has stopped ferminting. It has an FG right at 1.000, so that gives it about 15.5% ABV by my calculation.It has a slight taste of alcohol, we will sweeten before bottling. The D 47 kept going a little more than I expected. Istabilized and it is starting toclear.


This is the first non-white I have done, how clear should I expect it to get?

Edited by: Steve

 

[darrenlm]

Steve, Ive only completed one scratch wine, which was an apple. It finished extremely clear with color and clarity similar to a pinot grigio. I have bottled a kit red and seen a few others. I would suspect that itshouldresemble a commercial wine. I dont know about the problems a raspberry could pose in clearing.

 

[MedPretzel]

With that color, you should see colors and outlines of things behind the wine when a light is behind it.





This is sort of what I'm talking about. 3 gallons of rose-hips, which had the same color as your rasberry dessert.

This was before filtering.

 

[OldWino1]

Yes your wife assists Mine assists with the drinking part so it get empty bottles pretty quick.