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Syme

Syme

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I've found some pure maple syrup at a local discount-grocery-outlet type of place for $4.99 / quart. :o I want to try to make a maple wine using just maple syrup, nutrient, water and yeast. When I searched the site, I found a couple posts where people mentioned experimenting with Maple Wines, but I didn't find any tangible information on the final product.

What kind of results have people had with these? Are they tasty or too overpowering? Should I try to finish it dry or would it work better sweeter?

I'm thinking about 1.75 gallons of syrup in a 5 gallon batch and then probably using D-47. If it doesn't go dry, that should at least get me inside of 1.010.

I'd appreciate any thoughts or suggestions on this venture.
 
I've had a very good maple wine from our neighbors to the North. It was sweet, and delicious. I say go for it!

I have a maple mead in the fermenter right now that finished dry, and I'm not too crazy about it. I'll backsweeten with maple syrup before bottling.
 
Drats, I was foiled. My wife went by to buy the syrup today and someone had showed up yesterday and bought them out. Oh well, my attempt at maple wine will have to wait, either for me to become very wealthy or find a similar deal in the future.
 
I tried a maple wine about a year ago. It is probably in the brew log somewhere. I have to say, I tried it a couple of weeks ago and contemplated tossing all of it out. It was sourish and had a strange aftertaste, or I should say waxy taste on my lips...I think tree sap would describe it best.

Sandi
 
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