Rice wine with fruit

[Jeremy_84]

Planning on making a batch of rice wine with and adding blueberries into it. Just don’t know when to add the blue blueberries. Would I add them at primary or let the wine age on the fruit?

 

[Blacksmith1]

I would do them in secondary due to the nature of the rice wine process

 

[Seamonkey84]

I’ve read through most of the rice wine post, I believe you’re supposed add the fruit or juice to the finished product.

 

[Seamonkey84]

Actually, after thinking about this a little bit, you could do this with fruit in primary, but you don’t put it in with the rice. Once the liquid layer has built up on the bottom, and fermentation has definitely begun, add the fruits to the liquid part and the yeast should be able to work on it like normal. If your using the enzymes to break down the rice instead of yeast balls, then add the fruit when you pitch the yeast to the rice water.
Mind you, I’ve never made a batch, so I may have it wrong.

 

[pdxal]

I would add the fruit after fermentation has finished. Likely won't start a new fermentation due to the high alcohol content, but will infuse the final product.
Let us know how it turns out.

 

[Jeremy_84]

Actually, after thinking about this a little bit, you could do this with fruit in primary, but you don’t put it in with the rice. Once the liquid layer has built up on the bottom, and fermentation has definitely begun, add the fruits to the liquid part and the yeast should be able to work on it like normal. If your using the enzymes to break down the rice instead of yeast balls, then add the fruit when you pitch the yeast to the rice water.
Mind you, I’ve never made a batch, so I may have it wrong.

I’m using yeast balls I was wondering about that myself once I get the liquid if adding fruit then would work. Also wondering if I should make two totally different wines and blend them.

 

[Seamonkey84]

If you have the containers to do it in, do it all and test lol. You’ll have more control with blending it at the end though.