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Hey everyone,

Just making an order to NB and want to get some Vintners Harvest blackberry wine base. Does anyone know how many cans I would need to get a decent body on a mead? This is inspired by SummerSolstice's After Midnight Blackbrry Port-style wine.

Info from the web:
"One 96 oz. can makes a fuller flavor and bodied 3 gallon batch or a lighter 5 gallon batch of wine".

"Supplied with three gallon (full body) and five gallon (medium body) recipes."

I plan on adding 6-10 lbs of honey, 2 lbs raisins, and water to 5.25 gallons, aiming for a SG of ~ 1.1 or ~13.45% ABV.

Plus have a decent blackberry flavor.

Thanks!!!!

PS Yes - I'm turning into a mead fiend, I know. Heeeellllpppppp....

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Primaries: Old Ale, Barleywine, ESB, Scottish 80/.
Secondaries: Lime Wine, Strawberry-Banana Mead, Carmenere (from 144 lbs of grapes!), Engl. Barleywine, Modded JOAM, Concord Grape Pyment.
Kegs: Choc/Coffee Stout, Saison, Dry Stout.
Bottles: Belgian Str. Dark, Dubbel, Cider X 2, Modded JOAM, RJS Pinot Noir, RJS Aussie Cab. Sauv.
Coming soon: Blueberry Mead.

CBBaron

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Given that the can is 6# of blackberries and blackberries are a pretty flavorful fruit I would say you should have a nice melomel with 1 can. This would allow the honey to be noticeable. If you use 2 cans you could get to a similar gravity with less honey, the mead would have a very strong fruit flavor that may hide the honey. Either would work depends on your goal.

Craig

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Thanks Craig.

I couldn't figure out how to convert from 96 ounces to lbs of fruit. One (1) can it is!

Thanks again.

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Relax, don't worry etc. and so on.

Primaries: Old Ale, Barleywine, ESB, Scottish 80/.
Secondaries: Lime Wine, Strawberry-Banana Mead, Carmenere (from 144 lbs of grapes!), Engl. Barleywine, Modded JOAM, Concord Grape Pyment.
Kegs: Choc/Coffee Stout, Saison, Dry Stout.
Bottles: Belgian Str. Dark, Dubbel, Cider X 2, Modded JOAM, RJS Pinot Noir, RJS Aussie Cab. Sauv.
Coming soon: Blueberry Mead.

CBBaron

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Actually you may want to check my answer. If the can is 96 fl oz then it will be somewhat more than 6#. I made the assumption that it was just oz. Either way I would use 1 can but 2 can's would not be wrong.

Craig

summersolstice

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1 can should provide a decent, but somewhat light flavored and colored, blackberry melomel. Two cans would be better but you might instead want to consider adding another 6 pounds of frozen blackberries in a straining bag along with the raisins. Blackberries make excelllent wines and melomels.