Lychee Wine

[Rich]

Anyone got a recipe for lucky heather wine?

Somewhere yes, it's aged on handcrafted clothes pegs

[Mamgiowl]

and a curse goes with it if you don't degass

[alan66]

this evening i checked the gravity of my lychee and its just below 1.000, so have strained and racked it, happy days.
Bubbling slowly in a dg now..

Alan

[Rich]

Well done you! it'll be worth it.

[alan66]

Update guys,
i done the usual, when fermenting finished and now in just 5 days or so i have 5 inches that is relay clear... soooo i had a taste of the wine from the top of the dj, its very pleasanly nice, but i think lacking a little strengh, it reminds me of a wine that i have purchased in the past, very pleasant and a very socialble drink. i am this weekend going to start another 10 gallon, possibly 5 gallon as recipe and 5 gallon with the added vanilla sugar as i did with my first gallon
all in all a very nice and very drinkable brew, (i just hope i can leave a little to mature a little)

Alan

[Richard S]

The bottle of Lychee wine that I entered in the Lincs Fed show came first, what a cracking wine this is.

[Rich]

Well done Richard_s, that's 2 firsts with it then you've had!!

[lockwood1956]

Somewhere yes, it's aged on handcrafted clothes pegs

oak clothes pegs?

French Hungarian or American?

[alan66]

The bottle of Lychee wine that I entered in the Lincs Fed show came first, what a cracking wine this is.

I would have to agree hence brewing another 10 gallon

well done guys and thanks for a great recipe

[Rich]

10 Gallons!!! wow. I'm just about geared up to make a 5 gallon batch of it.

Are you doing the 10g all in 1 lot? or split?

Any tweaks to any of it, so you don't end up with 60 bottles the same?

The recipe I posted was my first go, which turned out well. But if we oucld compile a list of various tweaks people have made, and how it turned out that'd be great. I could even update the first post with them then.

If made it with different yeast, and made another batch that aged on some american oak cubes for 1 month. At botling time it was brill, but I've since tasted a bottle and not so impressed. hopefully it'll come round after a few months in the bottle. (Both Bob and Richard_S have a bottle of this, so we'll see what they think!)

[alan66]

10 Gallons!!! wow. I'm just about geared up to make a 5 gallon batch of it.

Are you doing the 10g all in 1 lot? or split?

Any tweaks to any of it, so you don't end up with 60 bottles the same?

The recipe I posted was my first go, which turned out well. But if we oucld compile a list of various tweaks people have made, and how it turned out that'd be great. I could even update the first post with them then.

If made it with different yeast, and made another batch that aged on some american oak cubes for 1 month. At botling time it was brill, but I've since tasted a bottle and not so impressed. hopefully it'll come round after a few months in the bottle. (Both Bob and Richard_S have a bottle of this, so we'll see what they think!)

Hey rich, i followed the recipe exactly ecept for the addition of vanilla sugar edit: and citric acid, i purchased this from tesco, i think it was 89p for a 150g tub, as i only brewed 1 gallon i cant compare with not using it, however.. yes i am making 10 gallon in 2 batches, 5 gallon with the original recipe and 5 gallon again with the vanilla sugar, when i rack into djs i may add to some flowers/a little somthin to experiment with.
When i said it tasted a little weak i was comparing this with the wine number 1 wine that i made, only 2 gallon of this left now lol so must also get some more fermenting bins and get brewing.
I will of course keep you all posted on the outcome with details of any changes i made to the recipe if any.
Alan

[alan66]

Have just added the yeast to a 5 gallon batch guys, i used the recipe to the note with gervin no2strain gv2 yeast..
Alan

p.s another 5 gallon will be started later this evening

[Richard S]

Another first place and best wine in show, Lychee strikes again.

[lockwood1956]

It took a Highly commended also ansd I got a third with it at Lincoln (I think)

[alan66]

Good work guys, mine is bubbling away like a goodun, 10 djs of lychee all blooping away