- 2 bags of cherries
- 3 cans of cherry pie filling
- 9 cups of sugar
- 4 cups cranberries
I cooked the frozen cherries lightly to get the juice out while mashing them with a potato masher. I took the juice off a few times to try to get more juice out. Then I put some water in the pan with the cranberries. I cooked and mashed them lightly too. I poured that juice in. Then I cooked the sugar to melt it. This isn't necessary because the yeast will eat it without it being dissolved but I wanted to be able to check the gravity.
I topped it off with the yeast and the water and checked the sugar. It's at 23%. Same as the first time. I also put the cranberries in to float around. Now to wait to see if the yeast starts. I used 116 yeast which is what I've typically used.
Early Feb - took this off of the fruit. Gravity was almost zero. Tastes very nice. Still bubbling and settling. Should be a delicious winter wine this Christmas.
March - Stopped bubbling. Just been too busy to bottle it. Hopefully in the next week or so. Posting this so that I can remember the "bottled" date.
May 26 2019 - Bottled on Sunday. Absolutely beautiful and so tasty even though its only a couple months old. Can't wait to have it next year. I only got 9 bottles out of the batch plus a half bottle of dreggy stuff, still very tasty. I enjoyed it in the back yard with Mary B and a nice Davidoff cigar to relax and celebrate a good day of working together before firing up the grill for brats at the in-law's.
December 27 2019 Had a bottle while watching It's a Wonderful Life with the family .So so very good. I kept thinking I smelled hints of cinnamon . Mary B smelled it too .Made me wonder if this might be a neat thing to try next time.
Early Feb - took this off of the fruit. Gravity was almost zero. Tastes very nice. Still bubbling and settling. Should be a delicious winter wine this Christmas.
March - Stopped bubbling. Just been too busy to bottle it. Hopefully in the next week or so. Posting this so that I can remember the "bottled" date.
May 26 2019 - Bottled on Sunday. Absolutely beautiful and so tasty even though its only a couple months old. Can't wait to have it next year. I only got 9 bottles out of the batch plus a half bottle of dreggy stuff, still very tasty. I enjoyed it in the back yard with Mary B and a nice Davidoff cigar to relax and celebrate a good day of working together before firing up the grill for brats at the in-law's.
December 27 2019 Had a bottle while watching It's a Wonderful Life with the family .So so very good. I kept thinking I smelled hints of cinnamon . Mary B smelled it too .Made me wonder if this might be a neat thing to try next time.
Bottled May 26 2019
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