lordbeermestrength
Well-Known Member
Hey all,
My wife and I are expecting our first baby this October. I would like to brew something that will age through to her 21st birthday. I already fully understand the logistics behind aging this long, as I have done some beers that have aged over a few years. So I know it will be difficult. Also, I have not ever done a wine. Of any kind. The closest thing I have to compare is Edworts Apfelwein. So I am working on exactly zero experience here.
We have a street that is closed down near our house that has just shy of 1.3 bajillion blackberry bushes. My thought is to do a spontaneously fermented blackberry wine. If anyone has experience with this and can tell my why this is a bad idea, I am willing to try the ol' wine yeast method. But it would be much cooler with wild yeast, objectively speaking, of course... So I'm thinking of pretty much mashing up a bunch of blackberries and just lettin' 'em do their thing, adding enuogh water to get to about 1.100 SG.
I would like to do a 5 gal batch, but I only have a 5 gallon glass carboy or a 6 gallon Better Bottle. I have no idea how much headspace I will be needing.
Any thoughts, ideas or suggestions?
Thanks!
My wife and I are expecting our first baby this October. I would like to brew something that will age through to her 21st birthday. I already fully understand the logistics behind aging this long, as I have done some beers that have aged over a few years. So I know it will be difficult. Also, I have not ever done a wine. Of any kind. The closest thing I have to compare is Edworts Apfelwein. So I am working on exactly zero experience here.
We have a street that is closed down near our house that has just shy of 1.3 bajillion blackberry bushes. My thought is to do a spontaneously fermented blackberry wine. If anyone has experience with this and can tell my why this is a bad idea, I am willing to try the ol' wine yeast method. But it would be much cooler with wild yeast, objectively speaking, of course... So I'm thinking of pretty much mashing up a bunch of blackberries and just lettin' 'em do their thing, adding enuogh water to get to about 1.100 SG.
I would like to do a 5 gal batch, but I only have a 5 gallon glass carboy or a 6 gallon Better Bottle. I have no idea how much headspace I will be needing.
Any thoughts, ideas or suggestions?
Thanks!