Tinned Fruit wines

[goldseal]

I prefer drier wines, so I'm going to try starting at 1.080 and see what happens.

Admission time - the reason I need the recipe is that, whilst making a batch of something different last night, I inadvertantly opened the wrong yeast! (must have fallen out of the cupboard whilst picking the correct one, then picked wrong one up from worktop, opened it without looking). Moral - don't make wine when tired and/or after a few glasses of the finished product! Being tight, I didn't want to waste a whole sachet of RC212, and there are tins of blackcurrants in the cupboard, so .....

EDIT: Duff - just saw your post. Don't worry mate, I use it all the time. In fact, I'm about to order a spare, because I'm bound to break this one just at the time I really need it.

[danpug]

Has anybody had trouble getting tinned peach wine to clear? I've even put mine through a Harris filter and it still won't clear.

[lockwood1956]

Has anybody had trouble getting tinned peach wine to clear? I've even put mine through a Harris filter and it still won't clear.

Add pectolase (2tsp per gallon) peach wine can be difficult to clear.

regards
bob

[danpug]

I added 1 tsp per gallon before fermenting. Do you think i should another tsp per gallon now? Is it not a bit wierd the filter wouldn't clear it?

[Hippie]

Filters are for polishing clear wines.

A hazy or cloudy wine needs a fining agent. Stone fruit wines are notoriously hard to clear. An extra dose of pectic enzyme now will do it loads of good.

[lockwood1956]

I added 1 tsp per gallon before fermenting. Do you think i should another tsp per gallon now? Is it not a bit wierd the filter wouldn't clear it?

Do you not want to take the advice for some reason?


I said you should add more pectolase, so yes thats what I think....

Its is far from weird that the filter wouldn't clear it, thats not what filters are for, they are for polishing allready clear wines.

[danpug]

I've added finings to one of the demijohns, i'll wait and see how it gets on. In future i'll add more pectolase, i didn't realise peach was a bugger to clear! Thanks for your help guys.

[goldseal]

OK, who has a recipe for tinned rhubarb (or rhubarb-and-something)?

39p per 500+g tin in Tesco's - it sould be a shame not to

EDIT: didn't check my original post - said 3p per tin, not 39p! Sorry if you have just got back, disappointed, from Tesco's

[goldseal]

No sooner had I posted here, than JTFB posted a recipe here:

http://www.winesathome.co.uk/forum/showpost.php?p=39663&postcount=9

So it looks like I'm sorted

[Trish]

These sound really good!
I've 4 tins of strawberries in the cupboard so might have a go if my current attempt is a success (and even if it's not!)

[mctoon]

Tinned strawberry recipe amended

1 15oz tin of strawberries
2 1/4 lb sugar
3 teaspoons citric acid
1/2 teaspoon tannin
1 tsp Pectolase
1 Vitamin B1 tablet or yeast energiser
Good quality yeast
Water to 1 gallon


Am i reading this correctly?, 1 tin of strawberries for a gallon of wine?

[Duffbeer]

Tinned strawberry recipe amended

1 15oz tin of strawberries
2 1/4 lb sugar
3 teaspoons citric acid
1/2 teaspoon tannin
1 tsp Pectolase
1 Vitamin B1 tablet or yeast energiser
Good quality yeast
Water to 1 gallon


Am i reading this correctly?, 1 tin of strawberries for a gallon of wine?

To be honest, yes it does seem a little poor on the fruit front, there is also no body or base for vinosity.

Add 1ltr of grape juice
1tlr of apple juice
2 tins of strawberry
forget the sugar and start with a sg of 1.080
add all the other adjuncts, except the acid (try 1 tsp at a time, 3 seems excessive) an Bob's yer uncle...

[Trish]

I started this wine earlier in the week and followed the recipe, except I used 2 tins per gallon. I had no tannin either, so added some black tea instead. Think the tins were 425g each.
It seems to be going ok so far ... but I'm still new to wine making My first one was a big hit though

[mctoon]

I started this wine earlier in the week and followed the recipe, except I used 2 tins per gallon. I had no tannin either, so added some black tea instead. Think the tins were 425g each.
It seems to be going ok so far ... but I'm still new to wine making My first one was a big hit though

Trish, is that all you added 2 tins of strawb?, no juice?

I might give it a go, and another one with extra juice just in case!!!

[Mamgiowl]

I've made this and used 5 tins for 2 gallons, including the juice in the tin. I think 2 per gallon would suffice but I decided to add the extra as I'd over-bought. One tin certainly didn't seem enough to me, anyway.