Blueberry wine recipe - wanted

[Guzzie]

hi
I have been using the wine recipes on 'home brew answers' for a while but for some reason I keep failing using their blueberry wine recipe.

Does anyone have a tried and tested blueberry recipe (either on their own or with other fruit) I can try. I have 5kgs of blueberries in the freezer !!

thanks G

 

[Jim Brewster]

Sounds lovely!
What methodology did you use and what went wrong?

 

[Twogunrocky]

I'd definitely be doing a Melomel with that amazing amount of Blueberries

 

[Guzzie]

Sounds lovely!
What methodology did you use and what went wrong?

followed the website instructions

• Blueberry Wine Recipe - Full-Bodied and Beginner Friendly

but the wine lacked taste and quality compared to the damsons, red and white currant wines I make using their recipes/instructions. Unfortunately the two batches I made I did not take a FG but both racked and left for some time before bottling. Thought someone on here might have a different method i can try. G

 

[Jim Brewster]

The method pours boiling sugar syrup over the blueberries; I would try and make like a jam with them, i.e. mash them, add sugar and some water and then boil for a few minutes to extract more flavour from the skins. You'll lose the freshness but get a lot more flavour out of them.

 

[thebargee]

hi
I have been using the wine recipes on 'home brew answers' for a while but for some reason I keep failing using their blueberry wine recipe.

Does anyone have a tried and tested blueberry recipe (either on their own or with other fruit) I can try. I have 5kgs of blueberries in the freezer !!

thanks G

I've just labelled up a dozen bottles using the 'homebrewanswers' recipe. I'm no connoisseur, but it tastes pretty darned good to me! I used frozen blueberries from Lidl, and the only deviation from the recipe was to use half the amount of acid (i.e. 1 tsp per gallon), as 2 tsp seemed a bit much to me.