Making Lavender Wine | One gallon simple recipe start to finish

Making Lavender Wine | One gallon simple recipe start to finish - with a tasting!

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Lavender wine is a fermented alcoholic drink made from lavender petals and sucrose (table sugar). We're brewing up Jack Keller's simple and easy lavender wine recipe in this how-to video on country fruit wine fermentations. We'll show you the process from start to finish, as well as include a tasting and some notes for the next time. Video sponsored by Home Brew Ohio, and gear links are below! This wine should be about 13.5% ABV.
0:00 Intro
2:20 Recipe
3:47 Process
7:29 Tasting
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@DointheMost 11 ай бұрын

Looking for a beginner kit that's got everything you need to get started (except the fruit)? We recommend the Craft a Brew cider kit for first time brewers: www.amazon.com/Craft-Brew-BK-CID-Brewing-1-Gallon/dp/B019ZRVP7U?maas=maas_adg_96183D21280B78F4B758B9EB1E812218_afap_abs&ref_=aa_maas&tag=maas (Affiliate link helps support the channel)

@DointheMost 5 ай бұрын

@@ComputerGameAmbience Hydrating yeasts prior to pitching is rarely necessary.

@DragonsinGenesisPodcast Жыл бұрын

I made a lavender mead a while back. Acacia honey and lavender tea. Used some butterfly pea flowers for that blue/purple color. Quite tasty. I’ve found that steeping time makes the biggest difference when making lavender or honeysuckle tea. Use more flowers and only steep for 5-6 minutes. Then backsweeten after racking. Otherwise the lavender will taste like potpourri and honeysuckle will taste like dirt.

@Nobody-11B Жыл бұрын

Does adding lemon to your mead change the color? It should...

@richardthompson14 11 ай бұрын

looking for the mead comment. my man

@tylerstout1549 Жыл бұрын

i have used the slightest touch of Lavendar with both blackberry and a pear so that there's jsut a whisp of flavor and aroma...verging on being imperceptible so that it is a complimentary supplement, not the star. has been the only way i find it enjoyable

@Nobody-11B Жыл бұрын

Lavender is one of those things that should be used sparingly. As a fan of lavender, I have learned a few things. One: It almost always needs be sweetened. Two: Use half as much as they say. Three: light steeping without squeezing the bag and never ferment the petals. Four: paring with ginger, honeysuckle, juniper or another bright flavors is gold. Tannin interaction and wine is a bit new to me when lavender enters the mix who knows if my rules apply. Jack was a mad man and fermented anything within reach. Looking forward to seeing the other recipes you pick. I'm doing dandelion this spring and his sweet grape juice from the store, one is what we serve at dinners and such to raving reviews every time.

@DointheMost Жыл бұрын

To your point number three, I think that’s why our lavender soda syrup works so well. It’s light enough on the lavender flavor and it’s only steeped as a tea, so it comes through really delicately, but unmistakably. And yeah, Jack was a real mad scientist. Kindred spirits.

@Nobody-11B Жыл бұрын

Ever tried a cold process? I'm prepared to make a lavender and ginger wine using jacks notes and I'm thinking about soaking the petals in cool water overnight to extract the florals. Also apricot, cotton candy kilju floating around my brain.

@Nobody-11B Жыл бұрын

@@DointheMost I love that syrup.

@onehappyfamilyusa Жыл бұрын

Nice recipe) thank you ❤️

@mistijohnson2121 2 ай бұрын

Im hoping to harvest my Mexican lavender tree flowers soon to make a lavender dandelion honey wine, already getting dandelions harvested and frozen to wait for my lavender blooms to finish their baby blooms so this is super helpful ❤.

@Ali-rb1mq 9 ай бұрын

Lavender was the first whiskey cocktail i ever had. Lavender and thyme. Now i keep lavender sweet tea around to mix whiskey

@darinbaxter8224 Жыл бұрын

Excellent Video 😎 My suggestion…. If you are not going to finish the bottle. I would suggest using smaller bottles., 375ml. Less waste 😊

@Nova_Needle Жыл бұрын

TIL 1 US pint = 2 US cups :)

@DointheMost Жыл бұрын

Yeah, a pint is 16 ounces in Freedom Units™️ 🤣

@TigerPat_9180 Жыл бұрын

Really Enjoyed Your Video , Thanks ! 🐯🤠

@DointheMost Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tiger 🐯 Pat

@eddavanleemputten9232 Жыл бұрын

Except for fresh rose petals straight off the stem (or frozen from fresh), fermented florals often give a bitter and over-extracted result. Tea would be my way to go on this one. Except… perhaps of I were to brew something specifically intended to be used as a mixer. Some florals actually need to be heated first, like elderflower petals, because of the cyanogenic compounds it contains. The heat destroys those. So far, fresh or frozen rose petals are the only ones I ferment, and I ferment those cold (no boiling water). Half in primary, half in secondary. Never soapy. I do have to add that I make rose petal mead, not rose petal wine. And I do add some rosehip tea for fruitiness and acidity.

@RobynSmithPhD Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video! I have so much lavender and am looking for ideas on how to brew with it. My hesitation has been exactly what you touched on… lavender is overpowering. But this video inspired me to use this recipe as a starting point. Thanks again!

@DointheMost Жыл бұрын

Let me know how it goes! I agree with many of the other commenters, that a lavender tea, rather than fermenting on the petals, is probably the better route.

@FaewoodMead Жыл бұрын

So many flowers went into that mead omg! I can't imagine how lavender-y it is!!! 😵

@DointheMost Жыл бұрын

VERY

@hubrisdebris4879 Жыл бұрын

LAVENDER!!!!!!!

@DointheMost Жыл бұрын

LAVENDER!!!!

@kyle-hb3pz Жыл бұрын

LAVENDER!!!!!!

@dwadeweallin17 Жыл бұрын

That was a beautiful lavender cameo. A good bottle to keep around for palate calibration. I have heard great things with lavender and lemon, but I’m assuming that would need to be in a sweeter overall beverage to be pleasant. I have yet to have a good beverage with lavender, but I’m hoping one could knock my socks off one day.

@DointheMost Жыл бұрын

I’d suggest trying our lavender soda syrup if you’ve got carbonated water handy! We use about a tablespoon in 10 ounces of drink. So floral and refreshing.

@richardthompson14 11 ай бұрын

the start of the video has me thinking about a crouton wine

@shashadravyn Жыл бұрын

I was thinking about vanilla lavendar coffeemel. I love lavendar and coffee or tea... hmm ima have to do some experiments

@keithmcauslan943 Жыл бұрын

You touched on something in this that my white wines have a problem with.: oxidation. I have had a copy of Jack's book for several years and his instructions about, ensuring you have the sufficient amount of free sulfur, has come back to me recently. If you are going to stabilize, do you do it directly after primary or just before bottling? I wait 2 weeks or more after primary, before stabilizing and back sweetening then after another 2 weeks I bottle. Should I stabilize directly after Primary, would it help prevent oxidation (browning)?

@starklavenderfields 5 ай бұрын

The reason people think lavender tastes like soap or put off by it is because 90 percent of the market uses hybrid lavender in products. One certain english lavenders are food grade. Hybrid and English lavender two entirely different smells and tastes.

@rossk7927 Жыл бұрын

Wow, maybe like 1/10th the lavender and add some Butterfly Pea Flowers for color.

@DointheMost Жыл бұрын

I was thinking maybe half the lavender, but I like where your head’s at with the pea flowers.

@lunarmizt388 Жыл бұрын

I live in NY its still winter time and I’ve never made mead or wine. What would be the best thing to do without fancy equipment. (Blueberries and Vikings Mead videos interested me the most)

@kyle-hb3pz Жыл бұрын

It was me. I made the gagging noises.

@DointheMost Жыл бұрын

Can confirm

@DanahJoseph 4 ай бұрын

How long do you cold-cash your wine?

@EmpressEris Жыл бұрын

I think this could have gone well as a sweet sparkling wine. Would really I think amplify the white grape and preserve the floral. Just a guess.

@tim-tim-timmy6571 Жыл бұрын

Several of these country wines call for white grape concentrate and I am unfortunately unable to find any white grape juice in my country. I tried the only grape juice we got and it is not great at best :( I just wanted to let you know that DAP decomposes around 70C to monoammonium phosphate, degassing ammonia. You might want to wait a bit before adding DAP to your brew. Besides the smell, you lose one one NH4+ molecule, which is the point of this nutrient. Thanks for the recipes and cheers

@DointheMost Жыл бұрын

I know - but I am following Jack’s recipes by the book. And he calls for the nutrient at that step. “When water boils, remove from heat and stir in sugar, acid, grape tannin, yeast, nutrient, and yeast energizer until dissolved.” p.278.

@bananasean5145 Жыл бұрын

Oh God Lavender again 😆. What would you rather drink this or the mead you made a while back?

@DointheMost Жыл бұрын

This one for sure!

@rswinton83 3 ай бұрын

So go light on the lavender... got it. 😂

@Funpants94 Жыл бұрын

!DV10

@riukrobu Жыл бұрын

Soapy!

@DointheMost Жыл бұрын

🛁

@ryandean5788 Жыл бұрын

This is a genuine question (hate that preface)... you say Jack is a genius but the tasting doesn't make it seem like a genius wrote the recipe. Too much lavender and maybe too dry? What am I missing? A solid recipe would use much much less lavender it seems. I am considering getting Jack's book but this video makes me think I could simply guess a recipe better than his.