Gooseberry wine

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pepsi100

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Re: Gooseberry wine
« Reply #15 on: September 05, 2014, 20:08 »
I put this pectolase in at 1-2 pm today, its now just gone 8 pm, and you just wouldnt believe how clear it has gone, there is a bit of fluffy stuff at the bottom of the demi-joohn

I could decant this tomorrow, run it through a filter, then bottle it

It is quite dry, so I am not sure whether to sweeten it half of them (was going to use sucrose)

I was a bit dubiousth this pect, but now I am just amazed how fast the haze cleared

If anyone has any suggestion about sweetning it and with what and how much per bottle, please let me know
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Re: Gooseberry wine
« Reply #16 on: September 05, 2014, 21:49 »
Brilliant news pepsi.  :)  My rhubarb seems to be clearing (finally) but doesn't taste of much.  :(  May have to have a think on additives...

I used Splenda to sweeten my ginger beer, and it worked well with no bitter aftertaste.  I'd go for sweetening the whole lot at once, but gradually, until it's at the required sweetness. 
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Re: Gooseberry wine
« Reply #17 on: September 05, 2014, 22:19 »
The reason I was thinking of sweetning half and half was the wife likes a sweeter wine, I like a dry wine

I was thinking of truvia, but that even has an after taste in my coffee :(

Tomorrow, when I filter it, I'll have a taster, and see if it does need sweetening

I havent had a taste of it yet, so no idea what it will taste of or like

It seems the longer I leave it the clearer its getting, so I might leave it until the afternoon, evening, it will have a full 24 hours to clear (but if it carries on like this I may not even have to filter it)

So I have to thank crh75 for suggesting the pectolase after it had finished  ;) I had never given any thought to using it

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Re: Gooseberry wine
« Reply #18 on: September 08, 2014, 17:04 »
Glad it worked.

As for sweetening, I never have but if someone wanted a sweeter wine I would sweeten it when opening the bottle.  Either a small amount of sugar syrup or even a dash of lemonade!

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Re: Gooseberry wine
« Reply #19 on: September 08, 2014, 17:16 »
I had a taster of it, the gooseberry flavour I was expecting seems to have disappeared, its like a satuerne now, a bit insiped,  but nice chilled, but I reckon it might improve with a few weeks/months in the rack

I was a bit disappointed with it, I was really expecting a 'gooseberry' flavour  :(

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Re: Gooseberry wine
« Reply #20 on: September 08, 2014, 22:10 »
Mine is gooseberry, the best yet is peapod which smells of peapods but tastes fab.

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Re: Gooseberry wine
« Reply #21 on: September 14, 2014, 14:13 »
Gooseberries do not have a strong flavour to carry through, and the fermenting process reduces this.
If you wanted to help the flavour you would be advised to have made wine with say half the gooseberries allow this to ferment to about 1.010 then add the remaining gooseberries for the end of the fermenting.

This allows more of the gooseberry flavour to survive, also the yeast variety is relevant. Bit late now but it is an aspect worth thinking about on later mixes.

I made a pineapple by this idea, I fermented the initial with 1 pineapple then chopped up a second one towards the end of the ferment. The results is a wine that has a taste of pineapple and smells of pineapple. Pleased with how it has come out.

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Re: Gooseberry wine
« Reply #22 on: September 14, 2014, 14:26 »
I never thought of that Annie, thanks for the tip.   :)

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Re: Gooseberry wine
« Reply #23 on: September 14, 2014, 19:48 »
Thanks Annie, that does seem the right way to go to keep the gooseberry smell and taste

I can get pineapples easy enough, have you got any recipe for it ?

(type of yeast ? How many pineapples for a 5 liter demi john0, legth of time brewing ?)

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Re: Gooseberry wine
« Reply #24 on: September 21, 2014, 15:36 »
My pineapple recipe was a bit weird, 2 bits that I threw in were simply because they were hanging around, I'll leave them in but as striked out text:

Pineapple:
More of a hybrid: Need 2 pineapples.
1 pineapple chopped,
Half mango (had ½ spare)
2 banana's for body.
1 litre white grape juice,
1 litre white grape drink with apple and pear (hanging round doing nothing)
Teaspoon nutrient.
Water for 5 litre (sorry made a weird amount of 7)
Sugar for 1.100
Yeast Gervin Var D used.
1 teaspoon Pectalose.
As normal ferment for the lot above.
Ferment to 1.020, bit less if you can hold off.
For 5 litre ignore the white grape drink with apple and pear and use bit less water.

At 1.020 pour through a sieve to remove main bits, return to fernentation bucket.
Chop and add the 2nd pineapple to the fermentation (bucket).
Leave for 3 days.
Sieve again and pour into DJ’s (have a half size one – hence 7 litre.)
Ferment to completion, should make about 13%.

As said the mango was sat doing nothing and the grape juice drink was better fermented then having to drink it. However the small bit of apple and pear present did  no harm, it was also low in actual fruit juice content, most things marked "drink" are it seems.

You could add a couple of kiwi's, a peach/nectarine or whatever if wanted. or as in my case whatever falls to hand.

The idea follows a Bill/Bob Smith who has a book of late addition wines (title is something else), his tend to be water, juice, nutrient, sugar, yeast all fermented (no fruit) then when the mix gets to 1.010 he adds the fruit aspect. I just prefer to do it sort of half and half - half at the start, half at the end.

Just found the gooseberry one I made, that was choatic. Wrong yeast and seems I added sugar in at least 2 lots. All gooseberries for that were added towards the end.
« Last Edit: September 21, 2014, 15:58 by AnnieB »

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Re: Gooseberry wine
« Reply #25 on: September 22, 2014, 23:31 »
I'm going to givethis a try, but I have a mango in the fridge, so I'll lob that in

Not so sure about the bananas though

Got a couple of apples

So I reckon its a case of mash it all up, put in a demi john, add water, yeast and let it do its 'thing'

Never heard of that yeast though,I just use wine yeast or champagne yeat

I dont have a hygometer, I just let it bubble until it stops, so that will be a bit of hit or miss

I'll add a pound of sugar to kick it off, then add the other pound

Then I guess I would add the other pinapple when it al stops bubbling, leave it a month or so, then chuck in the finings (I have been told egg shells work, but never tried that)

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Re: Gooseberry wine
« Reply #26 on: October 20, 2014, 20:13 »
I don't worry about a wine clearing or not - for me, it's only aesthetics.

If it tastes great, I'll forgive a little (or - indeed - a lot) of clouding. The best cider I had was murky as anything and my wines taste no different either cloudy or not.

fwiw, I don't use campden tablets and my goosegog wine loses its colour.
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Re: Gooseberry wine
« Reply #27 on: October 20, 2014, 20:15 »
I agree about the cider, best cider I drank came in a gallon container, was sold out of a kitchen window in Devon

Ah, they were the days  :)



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