Rasberry wine

[Jack]

I've only seen one recipe for Rasberry wine (Garr's book - Joy of Home Winemaking). I'm about to make about 4 gallons of rasberry wine from frozen rasberries. Any recipe ideas? I guess the main thing is which yeast to use.

Hippie, thanks for the link to this site.

[Hippie]

No problem Jack.

3-4 pounds berries to each gallon of finished wine desired. You might want to check acid and Ph, if you have means to. I would not add any acid unless checked and found to be deficient. I am thinking K1-V1116 or 71B-1122. Use a straining bag.

[lockwood1956]

Here are some more Rapberry recipes for you to have a look at...

hope this helps

http://www.winesathome.net/forum/showthread.php?t=81

Regards
Bob

[Jack]

I bought 16 12oz bags (all Walmart had), which comes out to 12 lbs. or 3 lbs./gal assuming I start with 4 gallons. When I hear 3-4 lbs./gal, I always strive for the midpoint or 3.5 lbs./gal. My question: I can obviously buy 2 or 3more bags once Walmart restocks. However, I have 1 to 2 lbs. of frozen blueberries and a big handfull of elderberries. Do you folks recommend I be a purist and add another 2 - 3 bags, or throw in the frozen blueberries and elderberries and go with the 3 lbs./gal?

[Hippie]

I recommend you make a 3 gallon batch from the 12 pounds raspberries.

[Jack]

In that case, I'd probably buy several more bags of raspberries-- reason being that I want to bulk age a minimum of 3 gallons (fits my 3 gal carbouy). Hence, I have to start with greater than 3 gallons, or either top up alot or use gallon and half gallon jugs for bulk aging. I'd rather spend a few more bucks. If I reduce the size of the batch to 3.5 gallons, I would be @ 4 lbs. per gallon if I only purchased 2 or 3 more 12oz bags.