Black Raspberry Horilka
Ingredients
10 lbs light honey (clover, or wildflower)
5 lbs fresh raspberries
5 lbs fresh blackberries
5 - 16 oz cans frozen cran-raspberry juice concentrate
4 gal water
3 liters blackberry brandy
1/2 liter raspberry liqueur
yeast nutrient
1 pkg champagne yeast
5 lbs fresh raspberries
5 lbs fresh blackberries
5 - 16 oz cans frozen cran-raspberry juice concentrate
4 gal water
3 liters blackberry brandy
1/2 liter raspberry liqueur
yeast nutrient
1 pkg champagne yeast
Methods/steps
This is a fortified mead.
Heat 1 gal water to 160 d. F. Add honey and simmer 15 minutes, stirring to dissolve honey. Pour into fermenter over bagged fruit, letting cool to below 80 d. F. Add 3 gal water. Add juice concentrate. Pitch yeast and nutrient, agitating to mix well.
Heat 1 gal water to 160 d. F. Add honey and simmer 15 minutes, stirring to dissolve honey. Pour into fermenter over bagged fruit, letting cool to below 80 d. F. Add 3 gal water. Add juice concentrate. Pitch yeast and nutrient, agitating to mix well.
Caution: This one will ferment like mad, so have a blow off tube ready.
Let ferment for 1 month on berries, then rack to secondary. Let stay in secondary for 1 month, then rack and add brandy and liqueur.
O.G. 1.115
F.G. 1.00 (before adding liquor)
Additional Tips
OG: 1.115 FG: 1.00
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