Ginger Wine

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Well my first try at a wine. I took some of Wildaho's ideas and incoorperated my own.

10-11 lbs. granulated sugar
9 oz. dried ginger root
6 large cinnamon sticks (6-7 in.)
30 whole cloves
4 cups brown sugar
3 vanilla beans ( cut and diced)
1 anise pod
3 tsp. DAP
1 tbsp grape tanin
EC-1118 yeast

Dillute sugar in heated water including brown. Cut vanilla beans in half long ways and dice. Throw in to bottom of primary before sugar water added. Boil dried ginger root and cinnamon stick for 5-10 minutes in 1/2 cup sugar and water mixture. Throw into primary.
Rehydrate yeast as per manufacturers directions. :icon_study: Throw in cloves and let sit for 12 hours. Take some of your must and mix in 1 1/2 tsp. DAP and tanin. Add to must and pitch rehydrate yeast.

Aerate daily as to keep yeasties breathing.

Once SG reaches 1.030, rack into secondary and Add anise pod after first rack and taste in one weeks time in secondary. Pull out to flavor. Save anise pod in case flavor disipates and put back in. Remove to taste again.


Add 2nd 1 1/2 tsp of DAP at end of 1/3 sugar break

OG is 1.090

Action in about 2 hours.



I made this last night and tasted it. It tasted very fall like. Like a candle you would burn at Thanksgiving. Hoping to dry this out to about 1.000-0.995. Serve this on a cool Fall evening sitting in front of a fire with your loved one.
Hoping not to sound too romantic. LOL :laughing7:

I will keep you posted on my progress. My thanks to Wildaho for his determination and savy on the Ginger Meth recipe. :cheers:
 
Yes, warm is the idea anyway. We shall see.

SG: 1.012
Temp: ambient is 74F-Must temp 72F


I am splitting this batch in half today or tomorrow night. HAlf will have a Star Anise pod, the other plain.
 
Never had a carbonated drink warm other than soda sounds interesting I will have to try this some time.
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Wow, sounds great Yo! I never thought of trying this as a wine but I just may have to. Cheapskate that I am, 10lbs of sugar is a heck of a lot cheaper than 10lbs of honey any day!

I'm thinking of doing another batch of the meth in the next week or so. If I do, I'll do a batch of your wine at the same time. I may use apple juice instead of water though 'cuz I really like what the apples bring to the party. Hmmm, maybe I'll split the batch and try it both ways. It's cheap enough without the honey and I've got plenty of fermenters sitting idle right now.

Keep us informed how this work for you!

Wade
 
I am racking tonight because of my SG 1.005. The cloves are in the must right now and I am racking them off tonight and adding the Star Anise also. I am picking that up tomorrow. The taste is HOLY MOLY kind of kick back in your chair and sip it until night night time. LOL :cheers:
 
Very new here, lots to learn, lots to read. This recipe took my fancy, sure sounds like a winner but curious as to how much water to start please?

Thanks, petes
 
If you want to try this one use about 1/2 the cloves as they over power everything. Unless you would like that? It was a 6 gal. recipe. It is curently aging and clear. I will probably bottle this next weekend. Very spicy and I have used it in some cooking for a glaze. Good luck and keep us posted.