How to Make Date Wine Easily at Home
Рет қаралды 45,055
3 жыл бұрынOur Date Wine Recipe for your own date wine at home! Super simple, but super sticky. Only a few ingredients, so this is wine one pretty much anyone can make, so long as you can get dates. We ordered them online. Date wine is easily a homemade wine.
We've not actually tried date wine yet, but this makes me hopeful. The smells were wonderful while we made this date wine.
A note about making wine at home if you're just starting out. It's very important to use exactly the quantity and product we used, or as close as you can get. Substitution of yeast or changing the quantities of ingredients will change the final product or worst case, can cause a stalled fermentation. We're happy to help with your questions, especially related to this date wine recipe, in the comment section below. So, if you have problems in the making of date wine, let us know and we will do what we can to help you out!
Ingredients:
2 pounds (906 grams) Chopped Medjool Dates: amzn.to/3jRrUf7
Cup of Black Tea (we use PG Tips): amzn.to/32ZEphx
Rind of 1/2 of an Orange
1.4 pounds (635 grams) Sugar
Lalvin 71B: amzn.to/3jI4RmP
Some items used in the making of this video (We are Amazon Affiliates and as such do receive a small commission if you purchase anything after using one of our links. There is no cost to you for this, but it does help the channel and enables us to keep bringing you content. Thank you!)
City-Steading Brews t-shirt: city-steading.com/product/cit...
Odin's Brewery t-shirt: city-steading.com/product/whi...
City Steading Mug: city-steading.com/product/the...
Electric Kettle: amzn.to/3jOAR8C
Little Big Mouth Bubbler (found on Northern Brewer)
Airlocks: amzn.to/3lP2Ve3
Want more City Steading?
Website: www.city-steading.com
City Steading Bread and Beyond: / @plantlifeyt
City Steading Garden and Grow: / channel
VIP Club: city-steading.com/vip-club/
Instagram: / citysteading
@JustMe-ue3wc 3 жыл бұрын
As an Arab brewer I highly recommend type of dates called “Sukari dates” its so sweet and delicious its grow in Saudia Arabia, Im not sure if you can find it in the US and its a little bit more expensive than other types of dates, If you really interested to try it and you didn’t find it let me know I can send it to you fresh from the farm, peace from Middle East
@Xyd641 Жыл бұрын
Indeed, they do have a great dates in KSA 🕊️
@kumaril05 3 жыл бұрын
where im from, growers in rural Bengal, India sell Date sap early in the morning, it called "Khejurer Rosh" & its so sweet like a juice & fun fact if you keep it till the evening it become "Tari" which is basically a Date Sap Beer & the Tribal people in the Forest areas drink that in loads, once I went to their village & tasted it, & boy was I tipsy.... & now you have showed me the way to ferment the dates itself, will definitely try it... Cheers
@andyn3532 3 жыл бұрын
If you have never had dates fresh still on the stork before they have been dried and go all sickly sweet you need to try and get some, it's a whole different fruit. You bite into them and get a dry astringent kind f texture then as you chew it's a juicy sweet explosion of loveliness. They are more of a yellowy colour when fresh.
@thenightcook1134 3 жыл бұрын
This video helped me figure out why I got into mead brewing. I came for the alcohol, I stayed for the science.
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
LOL, awesome!
@AdamFranklin500 3 жыл бұрын
Great video as always. Lots of helpful information, rather than just rushing and leaving us with more questions than answers. You guys make this hobby even more fun than it already is
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Adam!
@weyounvorta2527 3 жыл бұрын
not relevant but whenever i have a headache youre my go to channel because you are, fun, informative and soothing to listen to because your voices are very nice.
@jeremyrodriguez9773 3 жыл бұрын
A new way to enjoy date fruits aside from having it with your fav tea or coffee..love the idea. Thanks for this.
@MyXboxIsBroken 3 жыл бұрын
Hell yes! I have been waiting so long for a good date wine recipe
@mattkanaby974 3 жыл бұрын
i also put 2 seals in the lid and seems to work better, but i do love these little things
@user-nd1fg3oh5m 3 жыл бұрын
Another great video thanks for everything I've made afew ciders so far watching u guys and I also have a cranberry/cherry mead a few weeks in as well as a jalapeno/habanero mead and a ginger mead requested by my lady.... again thanks a bunch for the guidance! And greetings from south central PA!!!
@1960genius 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this! I love dates. I saw someone on Instagram take a date, open it and add a dab of nut butter, with a small piece of chocolate!!! It’s like a dessert! Love what you guys do here on KZfaq! I’ve made my first batch of plain cider and am now enjoying it thanks to you!!
@eddurning6300 3 жыл бұрын
My wife likes date with nut butter and dusted with powdered sugar.
@1960genius 3 жыл бұрын
@@eddurning6300 YUM!!!
@farooqahmed3820 3 жыл бұрын
we are exporter of dates
@CBQuery 3 жыл бұрын
Wanted you to know how much I enjoy your videos. I am a pure amateur. I have been at it for about 2 years. I've made some good wines and some losers. Watching date wine video. Enjoyed it immensely. I use 71-B and a variety of other Lalvin and Red Star yeasts. Getting the 18% with 71-B I had to wonder what EC 1118 would have done. It's nice to be amused and taught at the same time. Note: I experienced Jungle Coffee 56 years ago in a land far away.
@ammartech3660 3 жыл бұрын
OMG ! I was thinking about it for couple of days ! locally here, we can find a REALLY good dates, like its almost have a texture of honey on it . Next project, Date wine it is 😁
@socialxperiment3162 3 жыл бұрын
I think I’ll make a date mead.. thanks for the inspiration!
@TheKris2615 3 жыл бұрын
Thankyou for the date wine. Wondering for a quite a bit.
@-Kayda- 3 жыл бұрын
I like the "Grain to glass" video's the most. From start to finish. Recipe, readings, racking and tasting all in one. Love your channel. Bye
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
If we did that our videos would be hours long, lol
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
You said... "bye", are you leaving us????
@-Kayda- 3 жыл бұрын
@@CitySteadingBrews No I'm not! ;)
@gordslater 3 жыл бұрын
To stone sticky dates for winemaking in bulk first dust your fingers and the dates in powdered / icing / confectioner's sugar to prevent them sticking to everything. Then use your fingers to peel open the date and remove the stone. It should just plop right out once you tear / prise the date lengthwise. The small amount of sugar added does not affect the final quantity much, but best to check the OG just in case. Different types of dates have huge variation in sugar content anyways. ( edit: OG readings will always be well off due to the heavy suspended particulate matter so don't worry too much ) I just use dry stoned dates - not camel fodder grade but the cheapest food grade.
@shayson1357 6 ай бұрын
camel fodder
@mbbillington3459 3 жыл бұрын
Love dates. This sounds so interesting. I like the idea of brightening with citrus (lemon), brown sugar, and the tea. While watching this again, I wonder if some capsicum might be a nice addition. What do you think?
@bearhudson1045 3 жыл бұрын
1st comment lol.... looking good, gonna make this one for sure, as always you two, thanks for making a great vid.
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@marinasf3576 3 жыл бұрын
I said it before, I absolutely adore both of you! Thanks for making such a nice mead content :)
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
Our pleasure!
@williamrichardson7174 2 жыл бұрын
You should try to get your hands on some fresh ones. I often sit under a tree and eat all I can. This year I'm on my third feast an have managed to save 20lbs. I'm looking for wine and Brandy recipes. Any body interested, an big clean umbrella I have found to be my best friend picking just about anything, even blackberries.
@elainehall6155 3 жыл бұрын
Date wine. Luscious. ❤
@mascotloser420 3 жыл бұрын
Great video, I am very grateful for your videos. I'm getting a hobby going that will hopefully teach me how to be more patient.
@avifreed5243 2 жыл бұрын
If you’ve never had date vodka it’s worth a try. Very sweet and makes a great desert liquor. I wonder if it’s made from distilling date wine.
@generrosity 3 жыл бұрын
Wow you guys are getting *really* good at the spoon of unusual size! Looking forward to the next phases :)
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
lol, thank you.
@alexcan669 3 жыл бұрын
Great video guys. I really want to see the rosemary hydrogel and the jam wine!
@SublimatedIce 3 жыл бұрын
I appreciated the lemon orange correction
@jimwhiteford443 3 жыл бұрын
Totally love the idea of date Wine i’m not likely to try it though because dates in Scotland are stupid expensive I might have a bit of a look on the Internet to see if I can get them mail order cheap. As always looking forward to your next video
@nehemiaszkajrys6190 3 жыл бұрын
Go to arabic/middle eastern shop and buy a Date Jam. Or go to home bargains. Their dates are not best quality but are super cheap
@kevinjacobs5159 3 жыл бұрын
On a side note those date pips can be roasted and used to make Arabic coffee.
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting!
@ahmadsartawi 3 жыл бұрын
Arabic coffee is made with coffee beans but you can roast them to substitute the coffee beans which means you can make any kind of coffee
@jessicalawrence3074 3 жыл бұрын
the neat way to do it... in the fermentor from the beginning.
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
If you MUST be neat, sure.
@PrismC 3 жыл бұрын
Arabic is my native language and you pronounced "Medjool" correctly haha, great video!
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
Cool, thanks!
@txikitofandango 11 ай бұрын
Great video as always, your knowledge is so practical and applicable and deep. I was wondering if honey is always an acceptable substitute for sugar in these recipes, with the right adjustment, like adding 30% more. Or is there a reason to use sugar instead of honey
@CitySteadingBrews 11 ай бұрын
It’s about 1/3 more and yep, can be subbed.
@txikitofandango 11 ай бұрын
I really love this idea and I've seen your whole series on it and I've started my own using your recipe. But now I'm wondering, would you do it differently if you did it again? Possibly adding acid blend or lemon juice in primary fermentation? Using more fruit? Using a bag?
@CitySteadingBrews 11 ай бұрын
I couldn’t say. Would have to re-examine everything and see if there’s a better method. I hate bags so… probably not :)
@louisgrochowski7912 5 ай бұрын
I have made a few of your meads,and love them. The best is cherry/Chocolate. I have 2 improvements to that bigmouth bubbler. 1. THE SEAL..... use a Styrofoam board from Dollar tree and cut to size, this is a little thicker and will seal the jar very well. 2. This is more of a tip. The top is very hard to get on and off, if you take a hot towel and wrap just the top this will expand the plastic every so slightly and it makes it much easier to remove. Great brewing to you and yours, Peace Lou
@charliemcbride2880 3 жыл бұрын
Love medjool dates...been eating since a few months ago....was hoping for a wine/mead recipe . Thank you!
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@farooqahmed3820 3 жыл бұрын
we are exporter of dates
@Markus__B 3 жыл бұрын
Brian: "We´re going to need a Lemon" The Internet (keyboard clicking sound): "ThATs nOt a LEmon. iT´s aN ...." Derica: "That´s not a Lemon. That´s an Orange" The Internet: "Damn"
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
I tend to work on recipes all at once, and another recipe uses lemon... so.. lemon on the brain.
@mycrazylifewfawnlisette3582 3 жыл бұрын
@@CitySteadingBrews Brian, out of curiosity do you have a recipe with figs coming up?
@Mezox13 3 жыл бұрын
This is exactly my thought process
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
@@mycrazylifewfawnlisette3582 I don't, lol... not sure where the fig thing came from.
@eggileierkopf9421 3 жыл бұрын
Name a yellow fruit
@bramlomidan8818 3 жыл бұрын
i was just about to order 5kg of dates when i got the notification for this video
@TheRscorp 3 жыл бұрын
I used dates to flavor a Christmas Mead in Secondary (along with raisins, dried apricots, etc) and the dates I used dissolved and turned into what I can only describe as GOO. I'm curious now to watch yours and see if the same thing happens or not.
@kyladaly4572 3 жыл бұрын
we have a canary date palm tree in our backyard. It's dropping fruit rn, so I wanted to find recipies for it :)
@MrOLeary91 3 жыл бұрын
Bet this would be great with Sticky toffee pudding. 😍
@00Sparkie00 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds good I might have to try this one. Is there any reason not to do the steeping directly in the fermentation vessel?
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
Other than the hot water 'could' crack the glass, no.
@antonioj.2147 3 жыл бұрын
300th video! Congrats!
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
Is it?
@antonioj.2147 3 жыл бұрын
@@CitySteadingBrews I think so
@raadalfarsi 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Brian and Derica, love your channel and I'm a long time viewer, it's awesome that your trying to make Date Wine, as I tried to make a Date Mead, here in the Middle East we have Date Molasses that's similar to how honey us used and I used that to make a Mead. Seems like Date Molasses has way more sugar in it that honey, like x3 the amount, and got 1.110 from it, and finished fermentation in 11 days all the way down to 1.005 leaving me with a 14.5 ish ABV drink that was very similar to Jägermeister, tastes amaizing and want to experiment more with it. On a side note I think Derica should go for a pixie haircut would look very nice on her xD
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
Honey is about 50% sugar, date molasses is about 65% sugar. Curious how you got a licorice flavor from dates though!
@LevidelValle 3 жыл бұрын
A whole new meaning of Date night.
@pauldean3271 11 ай бұрын
I am making this wine and I am wondering if I could use the tannic powder. I had to take the top off and break up the fruit cap there was a good bit of bubbles trapped. Can’t wait to taste it.
@CitySteadingBrews 11 ай бұрын
Do you think it needs more tannins?
@jamesgardner2101 3 жыл бұрын
Dates are my favorite candy!
@mattkanaby974 3 жыл бұрын
if the fermenter had a fitted silicon or teflon seal it would be so much better. one thing to point out, watch out for the threads on the class fermenter, some times they are not formed well.
@jeffbradfield4413 3 жыл бұрын
Dont know if you have watched the channel barley and hops but he was talking about hydrometers . He said that beside the potential alcohol % the last 2 numbers could also be used as a guide of how many days it would take to ferment, .60 would take approximately 6 days to finish . Thought it would be interesting to see if it really worked
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
Not really. There’s no correlation, and it’s just an estimate or guess really.
@Cptidris 3 жыл бұрын
In my country (Oman) , date wine and mead is made at homes mainly by farmers in mountain areas and it has been like that for many generation.
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
I wish more people made these things at home.
@phantomaquarist3417 3 жыл бұрын
On the topic of teas w/ flavor. In my current brew I used my favorite tea lapsang souchong. Which is a smoked black tea, and considered the strongest flavor profile tea in the world from what I've read. It's also only allowed to be smoked and produced in one part of the world in China as this used to be a tea for royalty. Very interested to see how this is going to end up as a mead with strawberries and blackberries.
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
We have some of that too, planning to make a mead with it.
@phantomaquarist3417 3 жыл бұрын
@@CitySteadingBrews If you go to do it I would suggest using more than one tea bag. I let mine boil for 15 minutes with my blackberries and strawberries couldn't even taste a background hint of it because the berries were too strong. Personally I wanted that smoked flavor so two packets worked.
@MTexpeditions 3 жыл бұрын
Question! Have you ever had your raisins float? I started my first ever mead on August 21st, it took a week before fermentation started. I think its because I used a local honey that is very dense. I used d17 and my o.s.g. was 1.120
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
It's not uncommon for them to float.
@lookabovelookbelow Жыл бұрын
Chop them up first.
@DrummerFreefall123 3 жыл бұрын
I heard about people making pumpkin wine, that'd be an awesome one I think...
@donluidzi8916 3 жыл бұрын
Hi, great video guys, I just got a question about the oil ( I noticed that You don't worry about that). Some sort of oil always been put all over dry fruit like date or rains, probably to preserve them. You are not finding it to change the flavour some how ???
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
It's never been a problem.
@user-zf3uq5uj3r 10 ай бұрын
I did it!
@user-zf3uq5uj3r 10 ай бұрын
It smells really aromatic
@mikeemmons1079 2 жыл бұрын
I use dates a lot around the holidays. I chop them up with my kitchen shears. Still finds the pits, doesnt dull my good knife in the doing.
@TheKrinkled1 3 жыл бұрын
I learned in a similar way to always, always make sure you get pitted dates.
@sarahbass1143 2 жыл бұрын
Hi again, so I made the date wine in two 1 gallon wide mouth fermenting jars yesterday and added a whole package of Lalvin instead half and the prescribed 1/2 tsp of fermaid per jug. I should add that I aerated it like I do the mead must for 5 minutes before adding the remaining water, which I filled up to the very top of the neck (leaving maybe an inch of glass). It was all fine at first, but most of today I've been managing volcanic action. The airlock has had to be emptied like 3 times today because of the backup of the liquid, and when I unscrew the lids what looks like a mass of peanut butter is blocking the top). I don't know if I overfilled, put too much yeast, or it's a combo of that plus the Fermaid. I had to scoop the mass of yeast/fermaid/foam out to bring the liquid up to the neck (the foam mass seemed to be pushing it down). But then when I closed the lids again, the bubbling stopped, which has me thinking I scooped out all the yeast. I then added another package of yeast to each jug (but not more Fermaid), and more water since it decreased by 1/4 of the jar (leaving about 4 inches of jar this time so that it would mitigate the explosion). I'm seeing it start to bubble again, but I don't know what I did wrong or if I've ruined this wine attempting to fix it. I just don't know where all this foam came from (it was much more in 1 jar than the other). Perhaps you could tell me what I did and if I've messed up this batch irredeemably. Thanks.
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
You didn't need to add more yeast. You can't remove it that easily. It's just an active fermentation. Use a blowoff tube. We talk about them in a few videos, like here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pK94hcRz1dbQfHU.html&ab_channel=CitySteadingBrews
@sarahbass1143 2 жыл бұрын
@@CitySteadingBrews Thanks for that. I watched the video and that helps. So that "peanut butter" mass in the top 1/4 of the jar is normal then? In adding more yeast and water after skimming the stuff, did I throw the chemistry off?
@icantthinkofaname6872 Жыл бұрын
you can actually make date wine without alcohol just put some dates in water and let it sit for 12 hours. its naturally very sweet
@amirrahim2336 7 ай бұрын
Then not wine lol that's just juice maybe a lighty fermented juice
@icantthinkofaname6872 7 ай бұрын
@@amirrahim2336 yea its non alcoholic, add yeast, sugar and get a proper fermenting kit to make alcoholic wine
@quenchdigital6435 2 жыл бұрын
Any adjustments you suggest if using D47 yeast?
@gamzetank2518 3 жыл бұрын
What do you think about sun dried apricots? I am thinking of starting an apricot wine similar to your date wine (swapping dates with apricots). Any advice?
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
Different sugar content, but should work.
@peachysrcandgames5824 Жыл бұрын
Bacon wrapped dates are amazing
@acidbran 3 жыл бұрын
Plumbers tape might help with the seal. Cheap fix for leakage.
@sarahbass1143 2 жыл бұрын
I am going to try this since I saw your follow-up video this year and it turned out well. I got dates while at the store the other day, but then saw prunes as well, and got a bag. Do you think the proportions would work with prunes for a plummy-ish wine? I was looking for a prune/plum wine on your channel but only saw the one you made using juice (Black Cherry Hooch). Just wondering your thoughts on prunes, thank you.
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
I made a prune juice wine… once. It was vile. Never made anything with whole prunes so I can’t say. For a plum wine though fresh ir frozen plums might work better.
@sarahbass1143 2 жыл бұрын
@@CitySteadingBrews 😂 Ok thanks for that.
@alainal1650 3 жыл бұрын
Next recipe: lemon fig wine 🙌🏻 😂
@hamzasat 3 жыл бұрын
Fig wine is very popular in my country Morocco. It's a moroccan/Jewish recipe . Very very delicious and healthy . good for digest problems. But we don't drink it as wine we distill it ☺😊
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
If it’s distilled it loses anything that was healthful about it.
@hamzasat 3 жыл бұрын
@@CitySteadingBrews Yes sur... i said most people distill it that's how they like it. .me personally i drink it as wine... i add some oregano to it in secondary fermentation this is even better as it become a good drink during cold/flew
@Cornerstanding 3 жыл бұрын
Dang all of this is very good insight on date wine.
@fredkourmadas7914 3 жыл бұрын
The international market in my town has date syrup. So you don't have to chop dates if you don't want. If you do chop and pit your own dates, the pits grow into beautiful palm trees. If you like that sort of thing.
@definitelydelish 2 жыл бұрын
Curious, would/could you use Honey 🍯 instead of white sugar and if you did, what honey do you think that would pair well with the Dates (clover, wildflower, orange blossom, buckwheat, Tupelo, etc) Looks like something I’d love to try one day (love dates just on their own so wine sounds very good)
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
The date flavor is likely to overpower any honey you use aside from very strong ones. I'd use clover, wildflower or orange blossom so as to not waste the uniqueness of the honey due to that.
@gpdewitt 3 жыл бұрын
Can't wait for the racking. Are there any drawbacks to running this through a strainer for first rack, then letting it settle for a few days, then siphoning? Seems like you could waste less wine that way.
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
That's likely what we will do :)
@U812GREEN 3 жыл бұрын
Do y'all think prunes would have a similar result? Great videos!
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
I made prune juice wine once.... it was absolutely disgusting. Now, real prunes? Dunno. But it won't taste the same, dates don't taste like prunes.
@U812GREEN 3 жыл бұрын
@@CitySteadingBrews Thanks I would probably distill it after fermentation. Maybe fresh plums would be better. Great Channel keep y'alls fermenter full and your locks bubbling
@MU-oi1su 3 жыл бұрын
Hot date juice with cinnamon is fantastic. I hope my date wine is also good 😬
@johnparsons7209 3 жыл бұрын
Another wine to add to my bucket list! (pun intended)
@Skulltap 3 жыл бұрын
I ordered a couple of those big mouth bubblers, and noticed some air bubble in the glass on both. That makes me rather concerned about them breaking. Did any of yours come in with air bubbles in the glass?
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
Didn't notice any in ours, no.
@paulallerston3771 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, you're gonna have a ton of lees in there... raisin and date makes great mead too.
@henriqueribeiro8167 Жыл бұрын
Funny I just made your beginners mead, and as I am waiting for it to get ready, I made another mead with dates instead of raisins. I boiled everything, including some bread yeast, to have it be food for the propper yeast I added later. The thing is bubbling like crazy.
@nemoforsberg1039 2 жыл бұрын
Hi..another great video from you. Thanx. One (maybe stupid) question.. How do you calculate that 1060 from the dates? do you have a formula for that to maybe? :) Thanx again for all your videos.
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
I looked up how much sugar was in them and figured out how much gravity they would add.
@nemoforsberg1039 2 жыл бұрын
Thanx for quick reply.. let´s see if I get it right.. (Grams/Liter/2.6) 594g / 3.8L / 2.6 = 60 ?
@BUGt95. 3 жыл бұрын
Can you use golden raisins instead of brown ones for brewing?
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
Sure? We didn't use raisins at all though.
@spanthrax 3 жыл бұрын
could you just start with the hot water/date mixture in the fermenter to start with?
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@CecilNew 3 жыл бұрын
I typically boil and dissolve half the water with the all the sugar and use it to pour over the fruit. A technique learned from another blogger from whom I have used many recipes... pros/cons?
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
I see no harm in it really.
@Name-lo8pk 3 ай бұрын
Is the lease technically yeast hulls? Could you throw it in a dehydrator?
@CitySteadingBrews 3 ай бұрын
You could. It's dead yeast and a lot of other things.
@wolf3200 3 жыл бұрын
Which time should transfer it to secondary fermentation
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
When fermentation is complete.
@chiruboy23 2 жыл бұрын
Can we use honey instead of sugar ?I am planning to use Java plum nectar honey.
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, sure. You can use any fermentable "sugar" source you wish. Just know that with every change from our recipe there will be changes in your final result. Happy Brewing!
@JohnFoley1701 3 жыл бұрын
Have ever tried using tea for all of the liquid? Like a fermented sweet tea, or arnold palmer.
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
We did a rooibos mead and a tea wine in the past couple months.
@Superwalter2222 3 жыл бұрын
I got a question I've been wanting to ask for a while. Why don't you just leave the tea bag in the brew during primary fermentation?
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
If you make a cup of tea and add it, you are adding a finite amount of tannin. If you leave the tea bag in, it continues to extract, and can easily overpower and turn bitter.
@eddavanleemputten9232 3 жыл бұрын
Waiting impatiently for my date-and-tea mead to be done fermenting. Ot.s only been since January 7th and it’s January 18th so I still need to be patient. Ot foamed up quite a bit but didn’t need a blowoff tube. Perhaps because I off-gassed it a lot in the beginning and kept a close eye on it. It’s when you just leave things to their decices whilst feeling confident things will be all fine and dandy that Murphy’s Law of Fermentation kicks in...
@UtahSustainGardening 3 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking about asking you to do a vid on this just the other day....
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
We know :) JK, that sounded creepy.
@abiebiabed 3 жыл бұрын
Hello. I have prepared about four gallons of date wine. But after about two weeks, it has not yet settled. Has the fermentation process stopped? I also made banana wine at the same time and the bananas are almost settled. Do you think that a large amount of dates has caused bad fermentation?
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
Fermentation takes time. Did it stall? Hard to say. Did you follow our recipe or alter ingredients or volumes? Ours is older than that and we're just getting ready for it's first reading.
@rongreene1788 3 жыл бұрын
In a pinch I have used plumbers putty to make a seal.
@charliemcbride2880 3 жыл бұрын
I make a date paste for spreading on stuff. Added cinnamon to the mix,....(not for a wine though)
@chrisjohnsharp Ай бұрын
Where do you get that pack of yeast hills from
@CitySteadingBrews Ай бұрын
a.co/d/bwgItih
@DimitriLipak 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting if it's possible to replace the honey by pure dates honey (syrup), aka silan... to make a Mead like product?
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
There is no honey in this recipe to replace... That said, you could use honey in place of the sugar, but it's not quite enough to really be mead. If you used anything other than honey, it's still wine.
@caseyturner8773 3 жыл бұрын
Do I want to make date wine? No. Do I need to watch you make it? Absolutely.
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
lol
@antonioj.2147 3 жыл бұрын
Sorry to bother you but I was wondering if a half empty sealed bottle of cider could oxidise with the ammount of oxygen in the bottle? I love yor videos,keep up the good work.
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
Yes it can. That’s why we always say half bottles go in the fridge.
@jamesgreeniii147 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting. Could you run the dates and orange peel through a food processor so 1. It wouldn't take up so much space in the fermenter. 2. Would processing it release more sugar?
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
You could, but it won't really release more sugar.
@misslurmath 3 жыл бұрын
Would it be better to steep the dates directly in the fermentor and no need to pour again?
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
You could I suppose.
@dougc3196 3 жыл бұрын
Derica this entire video : Must not laugh at Brian, it only encourages him
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
Just this video?
@trudyhoffmann6405 Жыл бұрын
I needed a blow off tube big time! I just racked off the fruit and it went really dry. Added sugar and it's going to sit now
@Maniseesbothsides 3 жыл бұрын
When he gets his spoon of unusual size...the editing is just so smooth 👍
@MaestroPdx 3 жыл бұрын
I need to get one to stir my wort .. I am going to ask for it that way at the brew store ..... excuse me do you sell the spoons of unusual size here?
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
Can you record it and send to me?
@goncalosousa7137 3 жыл бұрын
Dear Brian and Derica . try this. Get some pitted dates and roll them with fryed bacon, to get them together use a toothpick. Just amazing how it tastes. :)
@eddavanleemputten9232 3 жыл бұрын
Where I live we add very cold cream cheese in the date where the seed used to be and wrap bacon around them. A quick pass under a very hot grill to give the bacon sole colour, and for a little touch of acidity, perhaps a drizzle of lemon juice or balsamic vinegar. Delicious. The reason why the cream cheese needs to be very cold is so it won’t melt too much as the bacon rashers brown. The thinner the slices of bacon are, the better too.
@goncalosousa7137 3 жыл бұрын
@@eddavanleemputten9232 Sounds interesting, i will try someday :) with cream cheese i use salmon. Roll some smoked salmon around cream cheese and hold with a toothpick.
@eddavanleemputten9232 3 жыл бұрын
@@goncalosousa7137 - i do that too! Some times I mix in some chopped fresh dill too.
@johnfoster9160 2 жыл бұрын
Is there anything advantageous to using dates with pits versus ones with the pit removed? Or does it not matter?
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
Many outs of various fruits can add bitter flavors to brews. Also… we planted them and are growing date palms, lol.
@johnfoster9160 2 жыл бұрын
@@CitySteadingBrews thanks!
@johnp.2267 3 жыл бұрын
I tried buying two siphonless little big mouth bubblers in July, and both came to me broken. When I looked at them, the thinness of the glass made me nervous to brew in new ones, so the great people at Northern Brewer offered me other items equaling the cost of the two bubblers I had ordered. A few questionable products, but great customer service.
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
I think they updated the product at some point. Ours are pretty thick.
@PacesIII 3 жыл бұрын
I'd bet an earl grey would make for a nice tannin additive.
@CitySteadingBrews 3 жыл бұрын
..... earl grey is black tea with an oil added to it. That flavor would alter the mead, but the tannic aspect would be the same as any other black tea.
@PacesIII 3 жыл бұрын
@@CitySteadingBrews The bergamot would be acceptable. This one also has lavender, which may lend to a unique flavor profile.
QAZSPORT TV / ҚАЗСПОРТ TV
Рет қаралды 4,5 МЛН
City Steading Brews
Рет қаралды 759 М.
cuoredicioccolato
Рет қаралды 140 М.
Northwoods Kindred
Рет қаралды 71 М.