Federweißer

[GeorgeSalt]

Does anyone have a recipe for making a federweißer as a juice wine?

Wiki and other sources suggest that it's served at 4% and would ferment dry at 10%. Plugging numbers into my spreadsheet suggests:

5l Tesco WGJ
300g sugar
Yeast +nutrient
Acid?

Would give c.10% fermented dry, much sampling required as fermentation progresses to capture it at the right time - then bottle and refrigerate (probably using plastic-wrap and elastic bands instead of caps. I've seen a recipe posted here that uses concentrate, but I'd like to try and get something similar from a juice wine if at all possible.

 

[GeorgeSalt]

Bump..

Or am I pioneering this idea? :

 

[alanywiseman.]

I would think you will definitely need some tannins.

 

[GeorgeSalt]

Maybe a teaspoon of tannin per gallon? Do you think it will need any acid as well?

 

[alanywiseman.]

I suspect it will need acid, probably a blend would be best but how much I do not know. Maybe best to add the acid post fermentation as long as the must has a ok pH for the yeast.

 

[tonyhibbett]

I have tried making wine from these juices, but as they are from dessert grapes, the result was unimpressive. However, I did not add acid or tannin and only used a generic wine yeast. Oak chips may help. 300 g of sugar is about right, as the juice on its own will, at best, produce 9% abv.

 

[GeorgeSalt]

I have tried making wine from these juices, but as they are from dessert grapes, the result was unimpressive. However, I did not add acid or tannin and only used a generic wine yeast. Oak chips may help. 300 g of sugar is about right, as the juice on its own will, at best, produce 9% abv.

I am specifically looking for a sweet and only partially fermented end-product with this at around 4%. Somewhere between 4-7 days fermentation, then chill to slow yeast production and consume as quickly as possible. Federweißer isn't widely known outside the Germanic wine producing regions, the traditional combination of yeasty partially fermented wine and onion cake has memorable side effects.

 

[tonyhibbett]

In which case omit the sugar. Sounds a similar concept to traditional ginger beer and elderflower 'champagne'.

 

[DrHopper]

did anyone get any success making Federweißer . i was just reminiscing with the missis about a trip to Salzburg- when we discovered it- brilliant stuff.