How to Make Fig Wine - Using Dried Figs
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2 жыл бұрынHow to Make Fig Wine - Using Dried Figs.
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Figs have such interesting flavors, and lots of cultures have used them for millennia. Also, the idea of a wine made with fig and honey just sounds pretty amazing. So, we set out to concoct a recipe to make a fig wine!
Ingredients:
2 pounds (.91 kg) Dried Figs
1/2 pound (227 grams) Raisins
Zest of one Lemon
Juice of one Lemon
1 pound (454 grams) Wildflower Honey (thanks Derek Skinner!)
Steeped Black Tea
Lalvin 71B yeast
Water to appropriate Head Space
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@b9brutality 2 жыл бұрын
I'm putting in my vote now for Derica to do a solo mead or brew! I'd love to see her perspective on this. Then a Brian solo brew and see what craziness ensues...
@kellywest5025 2 жыл бұрын
Yay, the TRBOS animation is back! And the brew bag and the reflection of the overhead light on the wide mouth container looks like a smiley face :)!
@keithmcauslan943 2 жыл бұрын
The last time I fermented in these I did something different for an air lock. So the Airlock that comes with it uses too much sanitizer\ vodka. Also I started out warm, so I expected negative pressure and did not want ot suck anything back in. I also was expecting a strong fermentation. I filled the reservoir with Sanitizer, took a piece of cheese cloth soaked it in the sanitizer and draped that over the whole ensuring it draped into the liquid, Capillary should keep the cloth wet. i also used the factory cap and put that on top to push the cloth into the sanitizer. This still formed that submerged lip. It worked wonderful. The cloth stayed wet, nothing could get through the wet cloth with out going through the sanitizer.
@chairforce0928 2 жыл бұрын
My curiosity got the better of me. I looked up Todd in Tampa... 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
lol and now you know....
@mykilpee 2 жыл бұрын
The smell is something I had early on. And I grew to like it, it smelled like cinnamon rolls without cinnamon and with fruit that went bad... It's filled with vitamin B12, so it makes you happy... So happiness on top of happiness, it's the best!
@bigosbro21 2 жыл бұрын
TRBOS!!! 😀 Your teal-colored cousin is happy to see you!
@timothynaquin8899 2 жыл бұрын
When ever I'm using a measuring cup I noticed when ever you go slow is spills. You just have to commit and pour it quickly... But it does look like an interesting brew
@phukyerpheefees 2 жыл бұрын
I work in paint manufacturing and regularly have to pour 5 gallon batches through a filter bag with a 3 inch diameter opening. Every time I line up the 5 gallon bucket I'm pouring from over the filter I say "And...commit," and just pour it. The liquid you're pouring wants to cling to the surface of the container it's in, but you can stop it with momentum by pouring it too quickly for the liquid to cling. It's very counterintuitive, but committing and pouring quickly causes much less mess than pouring slowly.
@patlawson1659 2 жыл бұрын
@@phukyerpheefees try that from primary to secon Try that pouring after fermintation , you'll have vinager , but you can make fancy pepper 🌶️ SAUSE . 🤠 you'll have vinager
@phukyerpheefees 2 жыл бұрын
@@patlawson1659 Pouring quickly does not inherently cause oxygenation. Oxygenation does not inherently mean your brew will turn to vinegar. You can pour quickly onto the inside wall of the receiving vessel, minimizing oxygenation and only off-gassing carbon dioxide. You can also have an alcohol content greater than the bacteria necessary for the creation of vinegar can survive. Either way, I'd rather have a batch of fancy vinegar in a vessel than a mess on the table, floor, myself, etc.
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
It’s best not to pour since oxidation can happen. No matter how careful you are, siphoning is still safer.
@kristenrobatcek5493 2 жыл бұрын
You guys should just do your own festival...renaissance...wine tasting, and guests bring their best brews for a contest...I would totally go annually! ;) But seriously...
@no1slisteninganyway 2 жыл бұрын
My little big mouth bubblers just came! I'm going to be trying your Mango Habanero mead recipe.
@johnshaw6702 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all the math. I like numbers and seeing how close the math comes to reality. I knew that spill was coming from personal experience.: D
@chrisrettig7444 2 жыл бұрын
No joke, I was just about to ask you guys about replacing Figs for Raisins for the "yeast food" for my first brew, but the auxiliary info in this video answered pretty much all my questions. You guys rock! Thanks!
@57Technoman 2 жыл бұрын
I made a gallon of Sassafras Mead and a gallon of Sassafras Wine. Fermented and sit for 2 months. Tasted for the first time. OMG!!!! Amazing....... I call it Root Beer with a kick..... 16%
@chrismiller100 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for putting this video together! I have a fig tree in my backyard that i keep small, but it gives me SOOO MANY FIGS in August. I'll definitely be making this next year.
@heartemisart700 2 жыл бұрын
Love the recipe so it's off to the Turkish supermarket for a haul of figs and raisins! You two rock sharing the magic of home brewing!!
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds great!
@wtfpwnz0red 2 жыл бұрын
"the Todd" is a scrubs reference and I'll hear no other explanations
@buffalojoe78 2 жыл бұрын
🙏🏼
@gailgraf9571 2 жыл бұрын
I have the same lemon squeezer and I love it too.
@eddavanleemputten9232 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Another one for my need-to-make list! I guess I’ll just have to rinse raisins as I can only get the ones coated in oil… and I need to wait for one of my fermenters to free up. About the smell of fermentation: never had any issues. And I’m the type of person that can smell what my parents’ neighbours cooked the day before when I go over for a visit. There.s a whole garden between the two houses.
@ghoppr71 2 жыл бұрын
The brew looks happy at 15.00 in. It's smiling 😊.
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
lol
@seanfoster671 2 жыл бұрын
As far as the smell in the house issue, We smell it after we have been out of the house at work and first come home. Ours is not a bad smell, it just smells a bit like an open glass of mead...or like a slight bread yeast smell. Its funny when friends come over and notice the smell. They get excited because they smell it and know they will be getting a bottle of mead soon!! lol!
@davescearce799 2 жыл бұрын
Really wanted to thank you for this video. My wife was gifted a large quantity of dried figs a while ago, so I planned to make some dry dried fig wine for my next brew. I was not sure what other ingredients to add to balance out the flavor, but with the help of your experience, I now know what direction to take. Love you videos.
@infamousjack1256 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing keep up the good work guys, and like my comment last year, i still thank you for helping me in the journey of learning the different aspects, do's and dont's of mead making, 10/10 best at explaining every single part of mead and being real fun to learn from , thanks and all the power to you 2 .
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
Great to hear!
@djalive1001 2 жыл бұрын
Actually just bought some Turkish dried figs from Trader Joe’s. Reminds me of raisins on the outside, I like the inside the best lol
@theman5946 2 жыл бұрын
I recently got a stainless steel turkey baster that comes with a crew on needle tip, works perfectly
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
But... you can't see how much is in it! That was my issue with the metal basters.
@Onager-xv3gz 2 жыл бұрын
You answered my question about the odd smell! It may be stressed yeast... the ones that smelled awful (not sulfurous) had little to no fruit to them, or no nitrogen. I either need to get used to adding in fruit for that reason or start using a yeast nutrient. THANKS!
@kenw7098 2 жыл бұрын
Another great video. Bri with the math and D with the problem solving. You guys know I'm on team trbos so it's fun to see the animation again. Tell me to Google something.....lol should have remembered the story.
@MegaHappyHeathen 2 жыл бұрын
So, I stumbled on this in hopes for some information on using dried figs in second fermentation on my mead. Actually going for a fig, raspberry, orange, ginger to bring out a FROG jam type flavor that I adore
@RayneNaegwyn 2 жыл бұрын
yessss can't wait for the other parts and hear your guys' thoughts on what you'd have changed and then make it myself! husband looooves dried figs, he should enjoy this brew as well!
@michaelwarren202 2 жыл бұрын
My fermenting brews always smells nice. I find myself making regular visits just to smell the air locks. lol.
@micahestep7679 2 жыл бұрын
I use Turkish figs (dried) boiled, cooled, and strained.
@DarkFaerie316 2 жыл бұрын
Never thought about making a fig mead/wine. Although I have to say, my strawberry and hibiscus cider does have a "fig roll" type tase to it.
@rossk7927 Жыл бұрын
Re smelly brews, I've found grape ferments tend to be stinky. They seem to offgas a lot of sulfur compounds and remind me of the smell of my highschool biology lab. I haven't experienced the dreaded hydrogen sulfide, but I've found good aeration, good nutrient, and fermenting grape in the garage all help with the smell. Ok, the last one helps the most 😁
@joshdoesathing 2 жыл бұрын
I just bought a couple of those Little Big Mouth fermenters. If you put that plastic lid on, I think you are supposed to fill the inset section of the lid with sanitizer solution to use as an airlock
@johnp.2267 2 жыл бұрын
Love to see these videos with so many ideas for wines. Still pushing for that black bean wine using the saké method.
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
Not… likely any time soon :)
@FaewoodMead 2 жыл бұрын
Oooo I have some fresh (now frozen) figs I need to use! I'm interested to know how yours comes out. I'll have to find some other facts and things to say when I start mine ;-) Heehee
@dockofthebaycountrywines69 2 жыл бұрын
Another great one guys, especially for the fall season!
@MatoNupai 2 жыл бұрын
A mead is honey wine. You’re absolutely correct Brian
@paulvinwebster 2 жыл бұрын
Cant wait for the end result ! :) Great Vid ! Thanks for sharing
@Joenerfhearder 2 жыл бұрын
A watched Bubble is reluctant to bloop.
@the_whiskeyshaman 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds good guys. Might have to make this one.
@evanmackay4975 2 жыл бұрын
Only time I had a strong smell from a brew was my 6 gallon batch of apricot wine. It wasn’t an unpleasant smell (it smelled like a young fruit wine) but it made the whole house smell. Felt like you could get drunk on the fumes every time I opened the door to the room housing the wine.
@davidgann3251 2 жыл бұрын
I just made a one gallon batch of your beginner mead. And I thought, why not make another? I have a second 1 gallon fermenter. But of course I had to make variation on the theme, and happened to have some dried fig pieces and substituted them for the raisins in your recipe. I also used one diced mandarin orange and used Fleischman's bread yeast. Sorry, so sp. Gr. to share (my hydrometer is in shipment from Amazon). So I'm anxiously awaiting the next couple of videos to see how yours turned out.
@donvout6398 2 жыл бұрын
By the way, you two Rock.
@shieldontario6434 Жыл бұрын
LOVE THE FIG RANT DERICA ! That could be a viral video concept in its own right very well said - aryticulate & eloquent, and thanks for furthering my enlightenment ;D .... PS - THATS MY STORY AND IM STICKING TO IT gets me lolin' everytime #shoutout Brian, I'm going to have to use that one of these days XD
@edvichot4707 2 жыл бұрын
'Only real man use Laydels. pretty sure this one is going to come out great, I wish you guys would have done a medicinal mushroom metheglyn before I try one from scratch. truly appreciate you guys doing things first and helping us adjust, improve or completely copy your ideas. thank you as always. Im also about to find out if rare Bananas make a difference. also got a cherimoya Jam wine tasting in a few weeks. my last mead was decent not great so Im waiting 6 months to try it again. and I guess I learned the hard way that French Oak re used doesn't have the same wonderful effect that it did on that first mead. this maybe common sense to some of you guys but it wasn't to me until now. lol
@dawnteskey3259 2 жыл бұрын
I love those type of juicer. 😃
@robcollyer189 9 ай бұрын
I'm casting my vote to see you do a wine with persimmon fruit! Kinda amazed you haven't taken this on yet - you've done almost everything else. Keep up the great content 😊
@CitySteadingBrews 9 ай бұрын
Honestly never thought about it, lol.
@robcollyer189 9 ай бұрын
@@CitySteadingBrews challenge accepted? 🤪
@CitySteadingBrews 9 ай бұрын
Maybe? Honestly, as I said, we haven't considered it. It's not a common fruit for us.
@idikuci1 2 жыл бұрын
Microwave your lemon for 30sec-1min before jucing. makes it a lot easier to extract a lot more juice.
@spiritwolf1726 2 жыл бұрын
Lime is awesome in water!
@annaniewiadomska9913 2 жыл бұрын
You can use a flexible cutting board as a big funnel for your big mouth fermenter to help with the splashing.
@GamingWithHasty 2 жыл бұрын
Hello Brian and Derica, I have been following your videos and decided to give it a try at homemade brewing and do my own meads and Hydromels. I bought all the necessary materials to start a basic mead, bought real honey (from a beekeeper) and used bottled water, then, for the batch, I used 2.2kg (4.85lbs) of honey to 5L(1.32US Gallon) of water, aswell as, Browin Enovini Honey(~16%ABV). Mixed everything into a fermenting bucket and placed an airlock and let it sit, so far so good, I smell the airlock and it smells like mead :) The thing is that after 12 days, I decided to be naughty and opened the faucet(embedded into the bucket) and tasted a bit of that must... it was still liquid, with a colour similar to that of a hydromel and I could only taste the alchool and my mouth kept burning for a while. Did I do something wrong(besides not doing a gravity reading as I didn't have an Hydrometer(I do now))? Is it possible that it went completely dry in such a short amout of time? Or is it perfectely normal and it will "come together" with time?
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
It could be finished.
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
Take a reading, wait a week and take another. That's how to know if it's finished.
@Tarzisme 2 жыл бұрын
You called it a mead lol! Quite Interested to see how this turns out.
@micahestep7679 2 жыл бұрын
It works (for me) better in a wine rather than as a mead.
@stinkmonger 2 жыл бұрын
I personally think the flavor of honey is so strong that any amount just changes a beverage completely
@ghoppr71 2 жыл бұрын
Brian, you mentioned a shelving unit from Lowe's. Do you happen to know which one ? I've been looking for something like you described. For the Man Cave.
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
Oh it's been years... I know it's got a plywood type shelf and adjustable shelf spacing. It's a garage style unit. Heavy Duty.
@ghoppr71 2 жыл бұрын
@@CitySteadingBrews Ok cool, I believe I've seen those on their garage organization isle. Thanks.
@obudaifourty9 2 жыл бұрын
Confucius say......we need more numbers hahaha. Great video
@TheInfinityzeN 7 ай бұрын
Fresh figs are one of the few fruits with a higher sugar content than wine grapes. Dates and jackfruit are the others. Dried figs can be as high as 60% sugar by weight depending on the type. Their draw back is juicing/extracting compared to grapes.
@thewrenchreviews9986 2 жыл бұрын
Dates are historic fruit as well. In fact, the Judean date (which was thought to be extinct) has, in the last decade, been brought back to life through the efforts of agricultural scientists in Israel. A 2000 year old date pit found at Masada in Israel, was incredibly sprouted. It was a male judean date palm. Subsequently, a few other of the ancient pits were sprouted and found to be female. Pollinated by the male judean date palm, it recently produced the first judean dates in 2000 years.
@riukrobu 2 жыл бұрын
I'm very curious to see how this will come out!
@HungLikeScrat 2 жыл бұрын
I still call it the Austin Powers, not the todd, because it reminds me of the pump from that movie.
@charlesedwards2348 2 жыл бұрын
It just works...
@tomasgillen 2 жыл бұрын
I would be curious to see a date Meade/wine with thyme infused honey. I have used dates to infused vodka and gotten something close to a liquor, without adding sugar. It make a surprisingly good manhattan.
@jaredcarpentier2848 2 жыл бұрын
Ironically this came out today, I just started two fig meads on Wednesday. When you did your oak video I had just parked some mead as well(I plan on putting one on oak.). I used orange peal instead of lemon and no raisins, with 71b yeast. However, I did not put my figs in hot water. Should I be worried? They were organic sun-dried Costco bought figs. What should I be looking out for if something does go bad. So far in the 25ish batches I’ve made since last November (following all your knowledge) I have not had any go bad on me.
@kobyhartis7555 2 жыл бұрын
What size brew bag would best fit the little big mouth bubbler without taking up to much space?
@nojomo4947 2 жыл бұрын
Quick question. I'm thinking of starting a tea mead and was thinking of using the Tavos brand and I checked the ingredients and didn't see any preservatives or oils but it does have "Citic acid" and idk if that's okay to use.
@leaverjeffery4731 2 жыл бұрын
i was wondering if you could use Craisins with Raisins to bump acidity ?
@jimmieburleigh9549 2 жыл бұрын
Yes Trbos anttimation back with the jazz hand noise. Lol. I have a big bag of dried fig bits. They look and taste like fig newton filling not traditional dried figs. Will it work if I just used that.. I was thinking brown sugar or raw cane sugar.
@micahestep7679 2 жыл бұрын
I like to add vanilla bean and French oak
@treycooper3715 2 жыл бұрын
Just got some CharWood product. Any recommendations before adding? Any sanitization or boiling needed?
@micahestep7679 2 жыл бұрын
Fig wine clears readily. Usually ends at a higher abv.
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
Depends on how much fig or fermentables you add.
@nathanbergum5885 2 жыл бұрын
Hey have you ever tried making a mead using dried spearmint leaves instead of a black tea?
@nathanielsizemore3946 2 жыл бұрын
Did you chop or cut the dried figs, so that the yeasty beasties could get at the awesomeness of the figs? I just ordered the Todd from AMAZON from your link. Could you have put the fig-raisin-lemon peel mixture into the Little Big Mouth fermentor first, then the boiling hot water, and let it steep in the fermentor before mixing in the honey and yeast? The brew bag has saved me a lot of mess when it is time to take ingredients out of the primary fermentation.
@jesseamaya4594 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I can comment from experience that the pith adds bitterness. I remove it when I make a tea or tincture.
@alexcan669 2 жыл бұрын
Im sorry guys curiosity got the better of me and had to look up the todd. I actually live a few hours away from it 🤫😂😂
@louiebrumm4805 Жыл бұрын
I'm looking into make a fig newton mead. I'm finding that the dried figs I come across contain potassium sorbate as a preservative. Did your dried figs contain potassium sorbate? If so, was it in a small enough quantity that it didn't effect fermentation? Or, did you somehow remove the potassium sorbate (and if so, how)? I love the videos and I'm learning so much from them!
@CitySteadingBrews Жыл бұрын
Most dried fruit has some. Sometimes it’s not much and you can push right past it.
@Smeshling 2 жыл бұрын
I am very new to this, only just started my first mead and was actually looking for a fig wine recipe for ages (so glad you made this video). Is the process after all of this the same as for general mead making? Letting it ferment until it stops bubbling, racking and then bottling etc?
@scoutdylan149 2 жыл бұрын
yep for the most part that's the game for all but beer as I have seen thus far remember to get readings a few weeks apart before you rack to be sure its done
@Smeshling 2 жыл бұрын
@@scoutdylan149 Yep, will do, just forgot to say above. Thanks for the info :)
@elijahkaehler9369 2 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see you guys try to make a brew with green tea or something other than black tea. 6:32 this is a wine 17:55 this is your mead 🤣🤣🤣🤣 gave me a good laugh
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
We can, but to get tannins, black tea works best. If you want something with a green tea flavor, then you can certainly use that. Green tea tends to be more subtle so you'd need a lot of it.
@elijahkaehler9369 2 жыл бұрын
What proportions to black tea? Like 1 cup of black tea is roughly ___ cups of green?? Or is it more about trial-and-error
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
I have never used it to be honest.
@coryclark7706 2 жыл бұрын
i wonder what the difference using fresh, non dried figs would be .. defiantly the flavor would change ... but i wonder if the sugar content is any different
@deniser9761 2 жыл бұрын
Can 10x sugar be used in mead/wine? Will the minute cornstarch affect the results for the worse? Thank you.
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t though I know some people have. The corn starch would be the issue.
@ghoppr71 2 жыл бұрын
We were just talking about fig Mead and this popped up... Lol... Fate.
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
That means the microphones we installed are working :)
@ghoppr71 2 жыл бұрын
@@CitySteadingBrews If people would quit stealing our figs... 🤔
@HARDCORPSTANK 2 жыл бұрын
I just saw the video on your other channel about Kim Chi I had a question do you or could you use the same fermenting vessel as you do with your Meads
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
We do, but they say you shouldn’t. Not been a problem for us.
@HARDCORPSTANK 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@loganbuchanan771 2 жыл бұрын
Have you ever thought of making a orange honey lemon wedge and juice with mint leaves I would love to see that
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
I can't say I have...
@loganbuchanan771 2 жыл бұрын
@@CitySteadingBrews well I look forward to seeing your out come but would it be a mead or wine
@JeffHunter-wjhunter3 2 жыл бұрын
I'd like to try this but with the frozen figs from my own fig tree. Is there a reason dry figs were used other than "that's what we had on hand/could get in the store"? Would there be any difference in the recipe if fresh/frozen figs were used instead of rehydrated dry figs?
@txikitofandango 11 ай бұрын
I've found lots of differing info on this but the average seems to be that a dried fig weighs about 1/4 of a fresh fig. So if their recipe says 2 pounds dried, that would be 8 lbs fresh. But it could be 5 to 10 lbs or more. I know that's quite a spread. Other recipes I've found say that for a gallon of wine you want 2.5 to 4 pounds of FRESH figs. So who the heck knows
@e.acevedo1997 2 жыл бұрын
For how long? Thank you!
@gmscott9319 2 жыл бұрын
Just curious: Is there a reason why you didn't just soak the figs and raisins in the bubbler to begin with??
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
It wasn't ready, and... not sure I want to put boiling water in that.
@rockyrdc 2 жыл бұрын
Have you ever thought about a persimmon wine or mead just curious
@donvout6398 2 жыл бұрын
I would love to know where you got The Princess Bride t-shirt.
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
We're not wearing Princess Bride T-shirts...
@tyrejoseph1 2 жыл бұрын
I have a question? Do you think pure cranberry juice has to high of an antimicrobial property to brew mead with. I made a 1 gallon batch and 3 days later still has not started to ferment. I used 64 oz of pure juice 2.75lbs honey and 14 oz of dried cranberries. SABV was 1.158. I let it go for 2 day with no activity. So I moved it into a 2 gallon fermentation bucket and added half a gallon of water with 8oz of honey to drop the abv a bit and to dilute the juice a bit. I've waited 24 hrs and still nothing. I'm thinking I just went a bit to far with the pure juice. What are your thoughts.
@tyrejoseph1 2 жыл бұрын
ABV in the bucket is 1.110
@DarkStar666 2 жыл бұрын
Ph might be too acidic, I got a couple of those cheap Ph strips (0-14 range and 2.8-4.4). Can also test your sanitizer to make sure it’s around 3 and your Must to make sure it’s not too low (acidic). Rough targets are: White Wines 3.3 Red Wines 3.4 Sweet Wines 3.4 Dessert Wines 3.6 Also check ingredients to see if your juice contained any preservatives (which are bacteria and yeast killers/suppression). High gravity like 1.15 can inhibit yeast. You can “step feed” where you start with a lower gravity and add honey in one or more additions. And one last thing you can do is build a yeast starter for 24 hours with some diluted Must so you have a healthy & large yeast colony already built up and past the “lag” phase. And one more complex thing you can do with a Must high in Malic acid is use a bacterial culture for Malolactic fermentation to cut the overall Ph. Hope that helps
@tyrejoseph1 2 жыл бұрын
@@DarkStar666 Thank you so much for your help. I was also thinking along the lines of ph as well. Being a gardener I understand how even a few points of ph can after things in a great way. I decided to add 1 gallon of water with 1 lb of honey mixed in. Split it between a 1 gallon carboy and the brew bucket and 18 hours later both airlocks are bubbling. New mix abv is 1.090 this I am happy with.
@micahestep7679 2 жыл бұрын
Date wine... myriad and varied meanings.
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
A veritable cornucopia of definitions!
@Alf_4 2 жыл бұрын
0:38 i do not know about that flavor pyramid. is there a place where I can read about it?
@theastronomer5800 2 жыл бұрын
This might be very very good...
@BlockTechGold 2 жыл бұрын
Have you guys done a prune wine? Not sure why figs make me thing of making a prune wine but it popped up.
@SM-cf7kv 2 жыл бұрын
Buy smaller bag will work better very nice video 👍🏽😻
@nicholaskarako5701 2 жыл бұрын
One of the recipes in the back of my Nutribullet for a Fruitful Salad claims this particular medley of fruit contains nutrients linked to increase libido heatrtier; umm... well figure it out; for men. 1 cup of grapes, 6 figs, 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds, 1/2 tbsp of honey and 1 tbsp of fresh lemon juice.
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
Well… science disagrees :). Does sound tasty though.
@nicholaskarako5701 2 жыл бұрын
Of course I don't buy into that any more than Redbull will give you wings. I'll stick to drinking coffee/ tea, eat the recommended servings of of fruits/ vegetables and stay away from all energy drinks, because it's all poison.
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
@@nicholaskarako5701 careful on the caffeine too! No more than 150-300 mg a day.
@micahestep7679 2 жыл бұрын
Your long mixing spoon should be called The Spoon Of Unusual Proportion. I.e. soup spoon.
@justbored4737 2 жыл бұрын
i just started making my first batch of 1 gallon of mead the OG was 1.092 and after 4 weeks it's 1.020 and still bubbling is this normal?
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
Sure. It’s still working :)
@patlawson1659 2 жыл бұрын
I couldn't stand it anymore, after watching it Blow off 🌋 for 3 Days and Bubbling like mad for the next 3 , I took it out to the block building , ( an old store ) set it on an old oak desk . Started looking at the gallon of blow off liquid . Then I remembered y'all saying , ( don't throw it out, text us, we'll tell ya what to do ) . Well , I started thinking , there is probably some stuff in the gallon Blow off jug that the 5 gallon fermenter can use . Since it was so young, 6 Days . So I racked as much as I thought safe into the 5 gallon fermenter . That Was A Good Thing . It was still Bubbling out the Airlock , but when I added the gallon of blow off liquid , it got bubbles running up the sides of the glass jug just like the first 3 days , except it wasn't Boiling out the top . It's on the cutting edge, but it's holding . Now I don't have to worry about what to do with the gallon of Blow off 🌋 liquid . And it's outside . 🤠
@michaele.4702 2 жыл бұрын
So made a 5 gallon batch of chocolate and ube
@keithhutson6022 Жыл бұрын
Have you used fresh figs before if so how many pounds compared to dried figs for a 1 gallon recipe
@CitySteadingBrews Жыл бұрын
Not yet! However if our fig trees ever get to producing fruit then we will certainly be brewing with fresh figs.
@royfamilyhomestead3196 2 жыл бұрын
Hey guys. I need some help. On 8-1-21 I started a cran-apple wine using one gallon juice, 3 cups sugar, and 1 pack of 71B yeast. Starting gravity 1.116. It is now 9-13-21 and the wine is still active. Gravity 1.065 which is 6.69 abv. The taste is very sweet with a hint of alcohol. All the wines I’ve made in the past usually goes to about 12% abv. Everything was sanitized. It did take about 4 days before it started fermentation. Can you give me some idea why it’s taking so long? Thanks in advance.
@CitySteadingBrews 2 жыл бұрын
Cranberry can sometimes slow fermentation due to antibiotic properties, just let it keep gong.
@royfamilyhomestead3196 2 жыл бұрын
@@CitySteadingBrews thanks 🙏🏻
@smntsn 2 жыл бұрын
Why I love you! I don't know but it is ok :)
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