Japanese Knotweed wine

[jondi11]

back in May I collected some Japanese knotweed stems and boiled up for wine, I seen that knotweed is edible, like rhubarb, so I thought it try it out as a wine. The problem is it won't clear, I have transferred several times even used a clearing agent, but still cloudy. It smells quite nice, but will it be drinkable?

 

[Soton]

You could try filtering it

 

[Chippy_Tea]

When i first started making wine i was useless with the syphon (thank god for bucket clips which also work on a DJ) and ended up with cloudy wine, i was told drinking it does you no harm and having had many bottles of the stuff i am proof it doesn't.


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[ManseMasher]

back in May I collected some Japanese knotweed stems and boiled up for wine, I seen that knotweed is edible, like rhubarb, so I thought it try it out as a wine. The problem is it won't clear, I have transferred several times even used a clearing agent, but still cloudy. It smells quite nice, but will it be drinkable?

Just be really careful you don't transfer any seeds into your garden....

 

[jondi11]

I heard very evasive , so I cut and trimmed where collected, only brought back what I needed to boil.
I don't think a filter will help ,its not collecting sediment at bottom much.

 

[ManseMasher]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...demolish-300k-home-rid-Japanese-knotweed.html

Bits in clothing etc!!

I heard very evasive , so I cut and trimmed where collected, only brought back what I needed to boil.
I don't think a filter will help ,its not collecting sediment at bottom much.

 

[Soton]

If you have a filter I would try it, I have had wines that would not clear and a filter fixed they every time

 

[Cwrw666]

Just be really careful you don't transfer any seeds into your garden....

Japanese Knotweed does not set seed in the UK, which is probably just as well. It spreads by tiny bits of broken off roots so the last thing you should do is try to dig it up. Actually it can be got rid of by constantly mowing it off though it will still take several years to eventually dissapear. We had a paddock here that was totally full of the stuff - so I built a good strong fence round it and got a couple of goats which cleared it in about 4 years.

 

[ManseMasher]

You're right - the rhizomes are the worst bits. Couldn't get a mortgage on a property because it was on waste ground next to the land. Got a specialist out - to eradicate it properly, they dig 3 metres down from the last discovered rhizome, and 3 metres out. Cost - in excess of £50,000, and any waste has to be treated as hazardous!! Edited my last post to say bits, not seeds!