tinned mandarin segment wine or tc?

[ptsupermix]

Hi there, I've recently picked up a couple of big cans of mandarin segments in light syrup( 50p a tin ).
thinking of making either a turbo cider, or wine out of them with apple juice as the base.
I want to try to keep the mandarin taste but I know it's difficult as it will ferment to dryness so might rack off after a week and then add the tins.
Any ideas?

 

[cheapbrew]

I've heard people add some seville oranges or marmalade maybe as mandarins are a bit bland on their own.

here is one
3 312g tins of mandarins
6 oranges rind and juice
500g sultanas
1 kilo sugar

 

[Dave Ne]

I have 2 DJs of the above recipe on the go at the moment, to early to comment though, Dave

 

[ptsupermix]

2gl on the go.
Oranges boiled in apple juice, 2 bramley apples grated, cooled, zest ed and juiced .
1/3 bottle of polish orange syrup, topped up with apple juice to 1.5 gallon, 6tbag brew, 2tsp bentontite , 2tsp pectolase, 2tsp glycerine, 2tsp nutrient, 1tsp citric acid.
Going to ferment for a while then ad large tin of mandarin segments in syrup and more applejuice :)

 

[Dave Ne]

This has turned out to be one of the worst wines for sediment so far, its my own fault though, I blitzed the sultanas to extract as much sugar/juice as possible and what with the mandarin segments I lost about 1ltr per DJ. I ended up with a full DJ and 3 wine bottles with loose fitting tops and a bit left over for quality control:), how I am going to rerack the 3 bottles is anyones guess, Dave

 

[ptsupermix]

Dave, I used to add sultanas or raisins for body to wines but did the same as you and blitzed them then ended with loads of sediment.
I'm trying a different aporoach by using glycerine.
Pt

 

[cheapbrew]

You only need to roughly chop them just to open the goodness inside to the yeast, then they can easily be strained off.

 

[ptsupermix]

Back sweetened and primed now.
if I knew how to put pics up I would:lol:

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Use the manage attachments button under the quick reply box.

 

[ptsupermix]

Still can't do it, it says enter url?

 

[ptsupermix]

Oh, t worked after all