Did you ferment on the chopped beets? I did and the flavor was very intense. It took two years to really lose the beet taste. Most who taste it can’t place the fruit.2022 Beet Wine (wonderful… it smells like a dark raspberry but has an earthy flavor and not at all like beets)
I shredded them with a kitchen aid and then boiled the pulp to soften it a bit. I added sugar to 1.090, pectic enzyme, and step fed with Fermaid O and K. I used a starter and I think RC212. I’m sure I used oak in the primary as well. I’ll have to go back and look. I'm fairly certain I did an extended maceration and then let it sit. When I tasted it this summer it still had a bit of a beet taste. Now though, it’s amazing. It is dark raspberry on the nose with a hint of chocolate perhaps. It smells syrupy but then it’s not at all. It’s quite earthy and fairly dry. You wouldn’t know it’s beet wine. Well, I wouldn’t … I do lIke the earthy-ness of it.Did you ferment on the chopped beets? I did and the flavor was very intense. It took two years to really lose the beet taste. Most who taste it can’t place the fruit.
Happy anniversary!
Here's to another 58 years!
I can’t speak to the others but you got a good one this time!Way to go. I’ve been married 41 years, unfortunately it has been to 4 women.
Same here. People don't seem to realize it takes time to pick out the right one - gotta try them out. Kinda like buying a new car.Way to go. I’ve been married 41 years, unfortunately it has been to 4 women.
I meant TOM , sorryToday Tim’s wife and daughter are here to pick up there wines , Carol and Moreen still miss Tom ( the originator of this thread).
For those of you who didn’t know of Tom, here’s a good wine maker and can even better Beer .
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