A few opinions, please.

[Slowninja]

I've got a gallon of Apple Wine, and nearly a gallon of cinammon wine i started back in january. My goal was to create a holiday wine from the two, to give to friends and family this Christmas.

I made a sample this evening, about 10 ounces of apple and 2 ounces of cinammon. It tasted good, but needed more cinammon taste. I think i've decided on my ratio as 3:1, but I'd love to hear opinions on this.

The other thing; I haven't done any sweetening to either wine yet. most of the family likes their wine semi-sweet (circa 1.010). My uncle, I know would appreciate a completely dry wine. I figured i'd bottle one bottle dry for him, and sweeten the rest.

Heres my dillemma, how should I go about doing this? Should I sweeten the two wines seperately, then mix? Should I mix them, then sweeten? Should I only sweeten the apple wine? If so, should I sweeten with sugar or apple concentrate?

This is where I'm stuck. I'm in my first year of wine making so I have very little experience here, and this is my first apple wine. I want it to come out as good as possible, so i'd love to hear some opinions.

 

[Goofynewfie]

I never did a cinnamon wine but I sweeten and ferment my apple wine with brown sugar

 

[gratus fermentatio]

I'd blend, bottle the one dry, then stabilize & backsweeten the rest, then bottle. Just be sure to label the dry differently from the rest.
Regards, GF.

 

[brazedowl]

I am going to try this out as soon as the apple-wine portion clears up.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f81/daves-carmel-apple-cider-244656/

 

[Honda88]

ninja just wondering how did your apple wine turn out, ive been thinking about doing one, I do have a recipe for one but its says to use white sugar....do you ferment with only brown sugar or both??

 

[Slowninja]

I fermented with white sugar. It tastes pretty good dry, and it's only 6 months old. All the "bite" is gone.

I'll try backsweetening with brown sugar. Thanks everybody. I'll let you know how it turns out