How to Make Wine from Fruit The Only Wine Recipe You Will Ever Need- Part IV - Bottling Wine
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- This is how you make wine from fruit. This video series concentrates on the making of wine directly from fresh picked fruit or frozen fruit. It is relatively simple once you know the equipment you need and the necessary ingredients and the process of turning fruit into wine. This is Part IV of a 4 part series of making wine. (Finishing and Bottling)
It is a great hobby and if you like wine, you can not beat homemade wine that you have made. You can share with your friends or just keep it all to yourself. Once you get the equipment and ingredients you can make wine from .50 cents per bottle to 3.00 dollars per bottle which is cheap.
But it's really not about the savings, its about the taste. Literally this recipe is the best Fruit Wine I ever have tasted and have been told by others that as well.
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Strawberry Pomegranate Wine Recipe
Ingredients
16 Pounds Strawberries
1 60 oz 100% Pom Juice
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I have watched all 4 parts of this series. As an amateur brewer myself, I must say that I am impressed! Nice video quality, good commentary and apparently great product! Well done!
I work on much smaller scale (1 gallon-which gives me 4 bottles per batch). Following are my comments/observations (for whatever they worth 😊)
1) Star san is not available in my part of the world however, I have got access to 50% hydrogen peroxide. Being an experienced chemist I use it as a sanitizer at about 1.5% dilution. It is a great sanitizer. Never have lost a batch.
2) on my scale, I have found egg white is an effective clarifying agent. I use 2 teaspoons per batch and it makes the batch clear as yours.
3) rather than using Camden tablets for final disinfection, I prefer to pasteurise my wine. It is simple procedure for my scale. On a 5 gallon batch probably Camden tabs are easier way to go.
4) I adjust the wine sweetness based on the gravity. At about 1.00 to 1.01 you get semi sweet wine and 1.02 definitely gives sweet wine.
4) on your scale the dead air volume in the raking vessel is definitely a significant oxygen source especially when you rake it 3-4 times. Have you considered purging the vessel with CO2?
This is some great tips and thanks so much for commenting and give us ideas to think about. CO2 purging is just not necessary. You would have to expose your wine for many hours to be affected by oxygen. I have never had an oxygen issue when Bottling or racking. But I know some people do it so whatever works for you. Thanks again may try the egg whites and test it.🙂🙂👍👍❤️❤️
@@HowToDoneRightjust one question why when you start racking do you add more wine to get it to original capacity of the five gallon container I seen where you added some more wine so I watched all the series and I don't get why you do that I know there's a reason but my light just hasn't come on yet LOL, and so when I first do this should I just go ahead and go out and buy a bottle of two or wine ? I would rather not have to go out and buy wine if I'm trying to make it myself so can it be juice ? You made everything real easy to understand I appreciate it🇺🇲🦅🌍⚓ USMC
You want to keep out oxygen and eliminate headspace in carboy. To much oxygen can ruin wine at this stage.. yes juice will work also.
Can we use Potassium Metabisulfite as an alterative to Campden..
Yes... I have a video on wine additives in this video czcams.com/video/XMacqVTHe3c/video.html
I was just gifted a large amount of wine making items with the purchase of my wife's great aunt home. You have inspired me to make our own wine and the detail in your videos has made me confident that I can do this with great results. Thank you and thanks to many of your followers tips. Cheers!
You will love it and will never buy wine again. It's a great hobby. Keep me posted as work through some videos and let me know if need anything. 👍👍😁😁🍷🍷
It really is the best lol. You will be so happy you started
Thanks for sharing.. You are the best👍👍
This is the very best tutorial I have seen, the explanations were on point. After watching all 4 parts. I felt like making wine. I will be checking our the tools needed to start the process. I appreciate the items used and how it must be used to achieve the final product. Thank you, thank you so much for a job perfectly done. Love from Trinidad and Tobago.
Alllll thank you so much ♥️♥️♥️... we appreciate your feedback and thanks for commenting and subscribing. It means so much to hear from all of our viewers. 👍👍♥️♥️😁😁🍷🍷
Wao, this is a real school tuition made simple for easy understanding thx. My problem is the link of how to get the appliance used to purchase and surely a personal contact. Thx a great deal.
Thanks for watching our channel.
Nice job especially for retired people! Remo
Nobody dies because of dry wines, sir:)) thanks for amazing efforts and helpful tips. 🎉
Love it guys im inspired i live in the Cayman Islands so i have access to lots of different and unusual fruit im gonna have fun using this process
That is awesome. I'll be on your island in October shooting video for my other channel. Make sure you check that out. youtube.com/@alongforthejourney?si=uOByCFAHOxNUhpal 🍷🍷
When I first saw the screenshot of the first video I watched, I was very impressed with the crystal clarity of your wine. Thank you for telling us how to do it.
Thanks for watching. Got some surprises coming up so stay tuned. 👍👍😁😁🥂🥂🍷🍷
You and the Misses are livin the life!
Very good commentator, very good speaker, i bet he is a doctor or surgeon that teaches others of his profession.
I have looked at Several Wine making Video's. Loved all your videos. I believe you have the best instructional videos out there! Thanks for sharing!!
Allll thank you so much and thanks for watching. I thank you for commenting and stay tuned for more wine videos. 😁😁👍👍🍷🍷
Awesome! I've been waiting with anticipation for this video, looks amazing! I'd love to see what the triple berry looks like bottled!
Oh yeah. I'll show that in the next video. Haven't tried it yet but looks beautiful
Awesome! Great series.. thank you!
He is a very good clear speaker.
Great instructional video. I had stopped making wine due to several personal challenges and I don't think I will restart my hobbies but I suggested to one of my children who is interested to follow your channel. I'm not a fan of sweet wines like the two of you but your wine had a great color. The one thing I came away with from an old man we affectionately called "Uncle" was make your wine taste like you like it, don't try to please everyone else. He was so right so if you inspire others they would do well to make it to please themselves and ironically you'd be surprised how many other people will like it too.
Fantastic words of wisdom. I love the motto ....please yourself first. 👍👍😁😁♥️♥️
Just beautiful looking wine!
Thank you for your videos, I have learned a lot.
Great to here. That's what this channel is all about learning from each other. 👍👍😁😁♥️♥️
Thank you so much for creating a full video series where a beginner can follow. I have a playlist called Wine Recipes where I had videos that showed one piece that I would put together. Just removed all the videos and added this series as well as your sanitizing video. Again, thank you.
That is so kind. Thanks for watching our channel. It means so much. It's not the best quality video but it's informational.. was one of the first videos ever talked in. My new stuff is a little better.. lol😁😁🍷🍷👍👍
Thank you so much! I’ve always wanted to make my own wine. Some day soon I will, and I appreciate the details you give us in your videos!
Teresa you must. I have links in description for kits 1 gallon and 5 gallon. You will never buy wine again... 👍👍👍🍷🍷🍷😁😁😁
Y'all are bad ass love this!! My uncle lives in Alabama he makes his own muscadine wine. Which I love every time i visit him. Just ordered all the stuff to make wine that you just showed me. So now when I go see him you can have some of my wine lol thank you so much
Thanks so much.... 👍 👍🍷🍷❤️❤️
Cannot wait to see small batch cooking of wine. 😊
What a lovely couple. Ive learned a lot from this series.
Thanks so much for watching our channel👍👍
My wife and I love your energy. Cheers to you both! We’ve been wanting to make our own wine for while now. You’ve inspired us to do so.
Thank you very much for watching the channel. It's a great hobby and wish you much success. You will never buy wine again it's that good. 👍👍😁😁🍷🍷
Love it! Just started making wine today 🤩 can't wait to see how it'll turn out
You will be hooked. Keep me posted how it is going. 👍👍🍷🍷
I watch all the four vedios thanks im amaze
Well Done Series, Thank You Two...
Thanks for watching. Don't miss some of our new stuff lots more coming🍷🍷
Both you look amazing 🤩 thanks 😍
Thanks again👍👍
Professional wine drinker😄😄
I love your home, God bless it.
Thank you👍
Looks great, I can't wait to try making wine.
Blackberry sounds good.
Thank you for the informed video's I can't wait to get started.
Keep me posted.. it's relativity easy once you get the basics. 👍👍
Pretty!
Six 5 gallons wines started 1 year ago looks good .Thanks for all your videos was a great help.It’s hard because I don’t drink I make it for friends and family so I’m not sure what it’s supposed to taste like .Fun hobby for sure really like the fact that others can injoy something I have made.
That's awesome. It's rewarding to give away and if they like it that's what matters. Lol. 👍👍
Just finished bottling my first mixed wine based on you recipe. Turned out great! Crystal clear using the bentonite. I let it clear for 3 months after adding bentonite. Great flavor without adding sugar. Bottled 1/2 the batch dry and the other 1/2 with 1/2 cup of simple syrup for 6 bottles of wine. Seemed the right level of sweetness for us. Thanks again for the great video series!!!
Thats awesome. You are now a wine maker. Lol. Cheers to many more successful batches. 👍👍
Really glad I found your channel. Because of this series I have 5 gallons of the mixed berry wine in secondary right now and I can’t wait to rack and filter it to clear it. It’ll be great to take camping this summer I bet!
You sound like you’re from Maryland. Very distinct MD or PA accent!
Dag you are a mind reader.. lol.. I'm from PA and wife from Md... omg your making a favorite of mine mixed Berry. Yes it will be amazing. Now I'm thirsty. Thanks for subscribing to us. 👍👍❤️🍷🍷
Great Video!!!!!!
Alll thank you so much. More coming soon. ♥️♥️👍👍😁😁
looks great you guys, I've been making wine for a few years and instead of throwing away that last bit of cloudy wine in between racking, I simply put that leftover in a mason jar and put it in the fridge, that will help it settle out and I drink that goody goody off the top once again great series of videos.
Thank you so much.. and you are so right about letting settle in fridge and drinking it. Great tip and thank you so much for watching. 👍👍😁😁
She must be a nurse, or a teacher or both, she is a very good speaker.
So glad we found your channel. We have some fruit trees on our property that previously didn't get much use and was wasted. Now, my wife and I just made a Tangerine wine following your instructions and it turned out great. We just bottled it and are sipping on some semi-sweet wine. In the pipeline, we have blood orange and banana wines that are on month 1 and 2. We have the following trees that we can now use for wines (lemon, Valencia orange, naval orange, tangerine, mango, pomegranate, lime, apricot and peach). We even have a new banana tree that should give fruit in a year or two.
Omg you are making me so jealous. Can I come by to get some fruit lol... we are getting ready to move south so hoping i can find a property like yours. Thanks for watching our channel and supporting us. Don't miss new video tomorrow. 👍👍😁😁❤️❤️
great video. thanks
Thank you. 👍👍🍷🍷
I appreciate your dedication to your craft .
I live in the central valley of California and I am fortunate enough to know more than a few farmers . I started making my own wine 2 years ago and what a rewarding feeling to drink wine that I made myself . I have even took it a step farther and learned to make brandy .
Thank you for the great videos . My best to you both.
Thank you so much sir. I appreciate your support and watching my videos. I wish i had access to that kind of fruit. Lol. But your right there is nothing like homemade wine for sure. 🍷🍷👍👍♥️♥️
I would love your tips on Brandy😋
@@Aceuvnone the best tips I can give is you need to start with the best fruit wine you can get grape , peach , banana what ever you like . It can be store bought or homemade . The next thing is run your still slow . You don't want a stream comming out just fast drops . That's what makes in smooth going down .
Hope it helps .
Sir 🙏 ,You are the best of all the home brew wine 🍷 video maker,so simply & nicely explaining the entire process.kindly make video on all the gears & chemical stuff required for making 🍷 at home .Thank you again Sir🙏👍👍👌.
You just made my day and thanks for your kind words. Your a special person. 😁😁👍👍🍷🍷 and thanks for watching the channel. So much more coming.
Been using wine kits and now fresh fruits. Use your recipe to make a sweet cherry grape wine and it's now in the rack and doing its thing. Also I've already made a rhubarb raspberry wine from my gardens and it came out awesome Great ideas, great tips. thanks.
That's awesome Tom... I can't wait to hear about your finished product. your making some unique flavors and I love it.♥️♥️♥️👍👍👍🍷🍷🍷
Thank you
Watched a few ads, liked, and subscribed. Nice n short, easy to follow, lots of good info. Keep up the good work! 👍 😎
Welcome to the channel. Lots more coming👍👍🙂🙂
Wow
Ha ha ha when we went on our cruise, we took our own wine as well. It was the best experience sitting on your balcony popping open a bottle that you personally made ❤
For sure. 👍👍🍷🍷
You two are just sweet 😋
Awesome video! What are some books y’all love to fallow for recipes?
Thanks so much for commenting and subscribing. I've created all my recipes and get inspiration from subscribers or internet. Welcome to the channel.👍👍😁😁🍷🍷
Great videos! I just started my journey on winemaking. Your videos made a simple learning experience. What did it cost you to make the mixed berry wine in that large of a batch? I’m still in the small batch process. Thanks for the videos!!
Thanks so much for watching us. Once you have equipment and bottles you can reuse I can make a batch of wine for 1 to 2 dollars per bottle. If you have access to fruit you can even make it cheaper than that. BUT... homemade wine taste way better than Any wine you can buy because you can add more flavor from fresh fruit and skins from fruit. Keep in touch👍👍🍷🍷😁😁
Thank you for making these videos. Clear and informative. Two questions. Can I use a plastic food grade carboy and I have a juicing pot that separates the fruit from juice. Would the process work the same? Avoids dealing with musk
Never juice your fruit. Wine needed all the fruit including pulp. But yes food grade carboys will work I just prefer glass. 👍👍
Do you ever do sparkling wines? I once sampled, and then bought a case of some sparkling ruby grapefruit wine from a craft and foodie show. I live in Perth, Western Australia, and our summer temps get above 40 degrees Celsius often in the summer. This wine, chilled, was the most refreshing drink. I’d love to see you try something like that, and maybe some rhubarb wine? New subbie here. Love what I’ve watched so far. 🌹Rosie of Oz🇦🇺 & 🐶Omega the Cavalier🐶 - she likes watching CZcams with me. ☺️
Thanks for the great suggestion. I will put that on my list and try to do a video on that. Thanks for watching and commenting and subscribing. Grapefruit wine has been on my list too. Stay tuned for those videos. Have a great day from thr US. I want to get to Australia but that's for my other youtube travel channel. Lol👍👍😁😁🍷🍷♥️♥️
Thank you so much for taking the time to clearly explain the process from start to finish. I'm a complete beginner and became interested in wine making following a recent harvest of Blackberries near my home in the UK. I've watched so many "how to" offerings but this outshines them all in.my opinion because no prior experience/knowledge is assumed and the use/quantity of every additive is explained.
I'm also interested in making fruit based cider from harvested apples. Do you have any experience that you could share? Many thanks to you both from 🇬🇧
Thank you so much and welcome to our channel. BlackBerry wine is amazing and your lucky to have great access to fruit. Ciders is on my list too so need to get some videos together so stay tuned. Apple season coming up here. Welcome aboard. Lol👍👍😁😁
@@HowToDoneRightThanks for your reply. I'm starting small (1 gallon) but will keep my eye out for any cider recipe that you post. The apples are falling here now but again I'm going to start small to see how it goes. Happy brewing 🇬🇧
Keep me posted.
Hello. I'm really fond of your winemaking journey and believe me I'm about to embark on my journey in winemaking as well. I'm currently making Ribena Wine and it's a beauty thus far. One question though, what is the ABV of the Strawberry Pomegranate Wine ?
Wish you much success. If you watched my fruit wine videos and recipe you will see you can get your abv where you want it. By adjusting water in the primary getting to a potential alcohol you like.. I like to keep abv between 11 and 14 percent for all my wines. Best of luck👍👍
Just watched all 4 videos and bought everything needed to start making my own wine. I will try making some fruit wine once everything is shipped. I am going to have 6 grape vines going later this year and plan on making wine from the grapes I grow.
Welcome to the channel and the hobby.
@@HowToDoneRight Is room temp at 76 degrees cool enough for the fermentation process? I have a wine cooler coming in the mail that I can fit the 6 gallon bucket into it if the room temp needs to be cooler. If so what temp is best for the fermentation process?
Nope that's a perfect temperature. Unless you are using a strange yeast it will ferment between 60 and 100 degrees. Your making wine. Lol.
@@HowToDoneRight Thank you. I will be starting some up tomorrow. I will see if I can make a video or videos of the wine I make.
Sounds good.
Hello there, this was an amazing series and a very well made tutorial! Well done :) Can i ask a stupid question, because i have 0 experience besides watching this series..Do these final bottles age with time? Because in the final step i saw that you added some campden(?) pills to completely stop the growth of the yeast. Does this have anything to do with ageing?
Thanks so much for watching the channel. The campden tablet is just a precaution for some bacteria control and sanitize your wine. It will help with oxidation and wine spoilage also. 👍👍
I never knew it was such a long process. And not exactly easy. I have my 6 gallon bucket currently at the end of first ferment. I bought all the ingredients from your first video before-hand, but i was unaware of all the other tools and ingredients later on in the process. Just constructive criticism, maybe lay out ALL equipment and everything necessary for the entire process in the first video so other beginners can adequately prepare. Like an "Everything you need" video. But great videos, very informative, thank you!
I have a wine basics 101 tutorial going over all the equipment needed... we have everything on this channel.
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I would suggest taking a look at all the wine videos from using a hydrometer to backsweeten wine. Lots of info here.
@@HowToDoneRight thank you, I was unaware!!
Love these videos! Is there a swear word that would be appropriate for one to use when you drop the racking cane to the bottom of the carboy and stir up the lees?
Next time you add the Bentonite, just pour it in the wine ,as it falls to the bottom of the carboy it will have softened ,
Then simply stir no fuss no muss. The wine kit I use calls to add the bentonite to the fermentation pale liquid after mixing it in warm water ?{what a bloody mess} I then just add it to the pale and let it settle wait then stir !
I have been making the wine kits for 10 years from Costco, and I started adding frozen store Blueberry's ,I put them in a blender then pour in the fermentation pale .The people that have tried my wine said they would pay for wine like that , The more people that have heard of my wine started demanding how i make it ,
its good to see the time you spend and the patience you have in this art of the pleasing the palate and the mind 🍷🍷🥝🍇🍍🍓🍑🍉🍈
Great tips. Yes homemade wine cannot be beat. 👍🍷😁
Hi... your videos are brilliant. My question is what happens if you added the excess sugar ( used for sweetening the wine) in the starting.
Thank you so much. Alot of people add excess sugar up front. Once your yeast can't consume any more sugar or your alcohol content gets too high, the yeast will die leaving wine sweet. However alot harder to control rather than backsweeten ar the end. ♥️♥️👍👍😁😁
Have you made chokeberry wine before? I have about 25 pounds frozen berries. I really really value your videos!
Thank you so much for watching. I think someone else commented about chokeberries before. I never made and never even seen them in my area. I bet it would be great though. If you try it let me know how it turns out. ♥️♥️♥️👍👍👍😁😁😁
I sure will let you know. They are also known as Aronia berry. I'm a beginner and your videos are a Blessing to me! Thank you for your lessons.
Appreciate your videos on the wine making.
What if one doesn't want to use cane sugar to back sweeten?
Any reason Stevia or Erythritol couldn't be used as a substitute?
Yes you can use artificial sweeteners.. but from my research the longevity Is unknown and may not last for years but most wine makers don't make wine to last year's... lol. Great question. 👍👍🍷🍷
I am very new to wine making. My father and mother have made home made wine for years, mostly dad. He passed away and left some on the 4th racking. He had batch of
cherry and 2 batches of strawberry. We sanitized everything and bottled the cherry with my mothers help. Sadly like i said i am very new to it and mom didnt assist dad too much (we bottled it just so it would be sealed)
The problem i seemed to have is it was too sweet for me, almost to the point of cough syrup to my taste buds. I like semi sweet at best. We added no suger. Is there a way to make it a little drier (even if we have to uncork it) and rebottle.
On another note , some of the best wine he made
was strawberry banana.
Sorry for your loss. There is no easy way to do that. You would have to unbottle and add some water or juice and bottle being sure to add the correct additives. It should mellow out some overtime. Sounds like he made a dessert wine.
I love your videos and want to start making wine but I can't find your info. on supplies so that I can calculate the investment to get started.
Thanks so much. This video goes over all equipment to get started. czcams.com/video/K5Xz9q6HgDM/video.html
I also have amazon links to everything in the description of all my wine videos for equipment and additives. 👍👍
Thanks for all the information. I'm a homebrewer (beer) so I have a lot of this equipment. I usually ferment in plastic large mouth fermenters with spouts. Any reason I can't use plastic big mouth fermenter (I keep my equipment very clean and I have never had any infections)? Can I bottle directly from the spout?
Yes to both... you can ferment as long as you have an airlock in it... recommend a carboy when racking to eliminate headspace... you will want to rack a few times depending on fruit. But then can put back in big mouth and bottle from there.
I've seen her add sugar a few times while bottling. You throw sugar cubes in some wines. Do you add e202 (potassium sorbate) to prevent fermentation ;? Potassium metabisulfate alone may not be enough?🙄. I like sugary, I want to benefit from your experience 🤩
Thanks for watching channel. Yes i add stabilizer after backsweeten wine to prevent fermentation starting up. Hasn't failed me yet. 👍👍😁😁🍷🍷
@@HowToDoneRight ahh txk :))) By the way, I couldn't decide which of you was cuter☺. Greetings to your wife
That would be me.. lol.
When can we see the finished product and taste test of the mixed berry?
I pitched the yeast on my first batch of strawberry wine today following your instructions!
Oh wow. I got a video coming up where i rank the different wines i made.... Strawberry Is at the top. YOU WILL LOVE IT. My next live taste test is my plum because haven't tasted it yet. I missed doing mixed berry but it was great. Thanks for commenting and let me know when your strawberry is done.. The banana video finishing up is coming soon too.👍👍😁😁
I love ur videos. so I'm wondering, after u bottle ur wine, & put it in the wine cellar, do u let it age at all? does it get better with time?
thanx
Angelo
Thanks so much for watching our channel. It's probably a personal preference but I find with the fruiy wines I like the best around the 3 to 6 month range. But I have some wines 2 years old and enjoy those too. Great question🍷🍷👍👍♥️♥️
Thank you for this awesome series! New subbie here! May I ask if instead of sugar, can we use honey instead? Thank you
You sure can... but if use in fermentation it is called mead. Have a series on that too. Lol... welcome to the channel. 👍👍😀😀❤️❤️🍷🍷
What are your fruit percentages for the two fruit wines? Particularly the amount of strawberry to kiwi you used. Thanks and I really enjoy your vids.
It was about 40 percent strawberry and 60 percent kiwi. I will tell you the kiwi didn't add much flavor. The strawberry is my favorite. I am going to do a video soon ranking my favorite and strawberry ranks at the top. 👍👍😁😁
Do you add bentonite to all types of wine..? Lovely easy explanations on your channel!! ❤️
Oh yes. Every kind of fruit will get rid of fine particles . Great question👍👍😁😁♥️♥️🍷🍷
Thank you!! Keep the content coming, you are a great teacher!! 🍷❤️🥳
Alllll that is so sweet... like wine.. have a great weekend👍👍♥️♥️😎😎
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Thanks for the videos! How do you measure the fruit when you use juice? In your recipe video you explain how many pounds of fruit you use, but how much liquid would you use if it were just juice? Thank you!
Juice is going to be a little more tricky. Some juices have water added some don't so no easy conversion. I will do a video at some point on juice, I just prefer to totally use fruit for making wine because i know what's in it.... fruit. Sorry i don't have an easy answer for you and great question. 👍👍👍
@@HowToDoneRight Haha, no problem, thanks for the quick reply! Really enjoying your videos
Thank you so much😁😁😁😁
your wine looks clear and delishes do you degas your wine at all
Not at all. However when adding bentonite i stir the wine for 5 days to get it suspended and that is probably doing some degassing. But everything i have read it just is not necessary. 👍👍😁😁
@@HowToDoneRight thanks 👍
No problem Ken Keep me posted i want to know how your wines doing. New video coming out next day or so. Let me know if you think it's too confusing. Mainly for new wine makers. Always Looking for new wine ideas. 😁😁👍👍🍷🍷 Cheers
I have watched many of your videos and I’m wondering if I need to pasteurize the wine if I back sweeten it?
Nope not necessary but be sure to add campden tablets.
I have been watching your 4 part videos on making wine. Did you degass your wine at any point?
No its not just not necessary. When I add bentonite and stir 3 to 4 days that is doing some degassing. 👍👍
I would like to recipe for the pomegranate,strawberry wine
Here you go 5 gallon recipe
Strawberry Pomegranate Wine Recipe
Ingredients
16 Pounds Strawberries
1 60 oz 100% Pom Juice
10 pounds of Sugar
5 Campden Tablets
4 Tsp Yeast Nutrient
3 Tsp Acid Blend
1.5 Tsp Wine Tannin
3 Tsp Pectic Enzyme
1 Package Wine Yeast
Can you tell us at what temperature you did your fermentation and at what temperature you store your wine?
Great question. I ferment all times of year at room temperature. Generally 65 to 75... the red star yeast will handle most temperature swings. links in description. I store my wine between 60 and 65 in cool basement. Stability is the most important factor. 👍👍🍷🍷
@@HowToDoneRight such an optimal temperature to make wine, here i have 30 deg Celsius all year around! so just trying to figure out how to make my mango wine! Thank you for your time and loved your video, cheers!!
Hello again. I’ve racked my two 6 gallon carboys down to a 6 gallon and a 3 gallon carboy. When I rack again in about 30 days and add the bentonite, do I also add campden tablets? This is my first time making wine and I am laughing because it’s either going to be drinkable or dark purple water high in alcohol 😂
No campden tablets only added right before Bottling and in fermentation.. not additional rackings.. your making great wine... backsweeten to bring fruit flavor back. 😋
I'm just learning how to make wine, do you have a recipe for frozen canned grape juice for 1 gallon?
Not yet but hoping to do video on that down the road. Thanks for commenting and I will put that on my list. 😁😁👍👍♥️♥️
Your link to "Bottle Filler" takes me to corks at Amazon.
Thanks for reporting that. Seems like Amazon changes them time to time. That's going to be a pain to keep updating.. lol
So no pasteurization needed if you add the campdem tablets?
Not with wine.
Just did my first racking , cleaned out carboy and put it back in. But winter be enough to get near the top. I don’t have any wine to add to it. Should I go out and buy a wine to try to top off ?
Was going to let sit a couple weeks and add the bentanite . Any other suggestions or advice, have learned a bunch from your videos really helped a first timer like me..... have a ways to go for sure
Thanks for watching the channel. Is it a 5 gallon batch and what kind? What is abv at? How short is it.. you can top off with water no problem with this recipe up to half gallon or more. The recipe accounts for that.
@@HowToDoneRight When I wrecked it from the carboy to the buckets and left a lot of sediment back. I now have put it back in the carboy and it’s probably about 4 inches from the top. I do not know the ABC I didn’t have a hydrometer L O L. I(Iwill next time). I used some muscadine grapes that I had grown, may be called scuppernong they are amber and color anyhow. It does have quite a bite so I think it’s pretty high any alcohol Contant not really tasting the flavor of the Scuppernong. Which money back sweeten it and given time hopefully it’ll settle out. Just don’t want to lose all my alcohol content if it was too low in the carboy. Thanks for your response and all your information. Looking forward to doing some mango wine in the near future had a pretty good harvest.
Some people will topoff with just plain grape juice which is fine too. When you backsweeten wine you will really get grape wine flavor. I would just add water 4 inches is not much in 5gallon carboy if going up in the neck especially if seems high in alcohol content.
@@HowToDoneRight thanks you probably do that, although it is only a 3 gal carboy ....
Thanks again and keep up the good work
Question? Will sugar not dissolve if you added it directly to the wine without additional water? I do enjoy your videos!
Regards NC
Thank you so much I love to hear feedback good and bad. The yeast might not like it that way. Lol I have always dissolved it in water before adding to the must. I don't know anybody that has not. Try it and let me know if it works im curious now. Might be a good experiment for me. Lol😁😁👍👍🍷🍷
@@HowToDoneRight I'm pretty sure if you didn't warm it on stove, the sugar may not dissolve all the way, like when you make tea and add sugar to it after it's cold, it's grainy.
What if you added a sweet juice such as blueberry or pineapple to sweeten instead if sugar..? Would that work..?
That will work... just make sure you are using stabilizer so fermentation does not start back up blowing corks. I would be very concerned with adding any juice because of fine particles though.. your wine would not get real clear and probably cloudy since past the bentonite stage.
Is it also possible to use bottles with a screw cap? Or is a cork preferable? Keep the nice videos coming 😃👍🏻
I would only use screw caps if going to drink in a few weeks. Always cork for longer storage. Have a great day.
@@HowToDoneRight Tnx for the answer! I'm trying to source everything in Europe (most Amazon links can't deliver here). I see 2 options for the yeast. For red wine and white wine. Which one should I get and why? :)
Use Red Star champagne yeast. Never fails.
Hi! thanks to you I'm making delicious wine but my corks is breaking when open the bottles. Can you please let me know the name of the store where you buy your corks and the size thanks again i truly appreciate your wonderful help.
Yeah thst can be a common problems with cheap repurposed corks. I have some Amazon links in the description I've bought and this video on corks may help you too for sizes to get
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Hi I couldn't find the video about finding the right cork size?
Here you go.
czcams.com/video/gr_SaY6HHL4/video.html
Im getting ready to bottle for the first time this weekend. Do i need to wait 24 hrs after adding stabilizer and campden tabs before adding sugar and bottling? TIA
Nope... can do all at the same time. I show that in all my wine videos. Good luck.
When you add the campen tablet and the potassium sorbet to you add the sugar right away or you wait 24 hours
It can be added all at the same time.
Where do I find your video on “foiling” my bottles to make them look new? Thank you
Here you go. czcams.com/video/l9UQequfHhc/video.html
I got a qestion....because I make wine to ...Is it true that keeping wine in 40 or so feet deep ocen water will make the best wine ...idea came from finding dunked ships that had bottles of wine...thank you and I appreciate answer..😊
Great question. Never had wine found in the ocean. But there are alot wines hundreds of years old all over the world and alot of people tell you that is the best wine. So I guess it depends on who you ask and personal preference. 👍👍😁😁🍷🍷
Could you make watermelon wine?
Oh yeah. On my list... but really need to mix with something not strong enough. Strawberry watermelon wine i hear is great.
I started my batch today following your tutorial, can i just clarify its 40 - 45 days after you add the Champaign yeast, then another 40-45 days after first racking then one more 40-45 days after final racking with the filtering slurry? thanks in advance
Yep that will work. 👍👍
Correct me if I'm wrong, are these additional Camden tablets outside of the original 5 put in at the very beginning?
Yes you do it twice. In the Beginning to kill bacteria in fruit and kill wild yeast. And before Bottling incase anything got in your wine during the process of making the wine. Great question👍👍
I like the song music around the end, what is the title of the music?
I've just put my first batch in the closed. Do I need to stir it or just let it rest and settle for a month at a time the rack it again and maybe 2-4 times till clear. I just wasn't dure about the stirring.
Just let it settle out and rack it when it's clear enough for you. No stirring necessary unless your using bentonite.
Thank you very much. I have enjoyed your videos. They are fun to watch and a great learning tool.
I'm curious about the alcohol percentage. The dry was 12 percent. What did the sweet end up being after sugar water was added? I'm guessing 8-9 percent
The same. ABV will not drop that much adding the sugar water. Very minimal. Great question though. 👍👍😁😁
@@HowToDoneRight... thank you for responding. I was going to try making wine until I viewed the 4 videos. Great videos btw.. I'll stick to making alcohol and adding it to a fruit beverage ☕️ 😋
You must Try it.... you will never buy wine again. 😁😁
@@HowToDoneRight I actually do not drink wine. I was just curious about how to make it.
How do I improvise on the ingredients u have used more so the chemicals bcs getting them in my country is quite hard
This article may help and give you substitutes for additives. Each additive has a purpose but you can make wine with no additives with caution. advancedmixology.com/blogs/art-of-mixology/wine-making-additives-guide. Hope this helps some. 👍👍😁😁
Just wondering do u use 2 lots of camdon tablets at the start of fermentation, then when bottling, just trying to follow how you make wine. 😉
That is correct... initially to kill wild yeast up front if using fruit before adding packet of yeast... then when Bottling to prevent bacteria issues. Great question and thanks for supporting the channel👍👍🍷🍷
@@HowToDoneRight fantastic idea, I've been making wines for a few yrs now, usually jam wines, I use my homemade preserves, they always turn out sweet and delicious wines, still take 3 to 4 mths, well worth the wait.
I'm learning your way with fresh frozen fruit, so thanks again love your channel. Best I've watched. So thanks again.
Thanks so much for watching and keep in touch. 👍👍
Hello. After I bottle, may I put the wines in my wine refrig or will that stall the flavor enhancement ? I like my wine cold
I'm like you I like a chilled wine. Best to store wine in basement around 62 to 68 or if you have a wine chiller at that temperate that's prefect. 👍👍
Thank you
How dry would you say the first 2 bottles were? Dry as a Cabernet?
This recipe will eliminate all the sugar to perfection so very dry until sweeten it and get where you want.
When do you use yeast enhancer
Watch video 1. Right in the beginning called yeast Nutrient. That will make your yeast thrive👍👍
Why don't you use the hydrometer to gage semi sweet vs sweet?
Taste test is much much easier. Each kind of fruit you may want a little different. If I was making this to sell commercially and wanted it to be consistent each batch I would do it that way. Great great question. 👍👍👍