Blackberry wine question

[DanielB]

Brilliant!

Can I ask, how will it end up a bit sweet, if you ferment to dry?

 

[Bigcol49]

Hi!
I tried a new technique this year. I passed the berries through a Mouli processor - I ached in muscles that I didn't know I had! This got a lot of the pulp out, which I put in a muslin bag and suspended in the FV. The extracted "juice" I treated just the same as I would a wine kit.
Racked it into DJS a couple of days ago - still lots of "bits", but I expect them to settle out in the DJ.

 

[Cwrw666]

Cheers Cwrw666 for the sloe recipe and advice..
Definitely going to give this one a go
.Do I need to break the skins of the sloes with a fork or just leave them ?

Just pop them in the freezer for a couple of days - it ruptures the cell membranes. Much easier and actually more efficient than pricking them.

 

[RobinB]

Recipe please

 

[ScottE75]

The start gravity on this one was 1127 which is a tad high so might end up a bit sweet..time will tell. Got one more on go then one more after that. Hope it tastes nice as I will end up with 18 bottles..

With an SG 1.127 you'll either have a sweet wine or a 17% ABV wine.

 

[GDog]

my blackberry wine was amazing after a year max, brewbitz recipe. Elderberry on the other hand (and blackberry/elderberry mix) tastes like dog **** after 2 years, will try again after 3. Never again.