Beet wine

[okemasis]

I planted extra beets for a few gallons of wine this year - I figure even if it tastes like crud, it will at least be a beautiful colour!

Does anybody have any experience they can share? Anyone tried a batch with pepper?

 

[Bluespark]

I have a recipe that was just given to me from my great grandmother. It describes it as tasting like a fine red, but I'm going to alter it a little, as it calls for "sprinkling a piece of stale bread with yeast(of the baking variety)" and floating it on top of the must in the crock.

I'm trying this when my beets are ready.

 

[cmiller356]

Bluespark, I'd try an altered batch and a batch exactly as it says. You never know, sprinkling stale bread with yeast might end up making the batch taste better? But beet wine in general sounds interesting.

 

[WVMJ]

For some reason the color fades, I think you have to keep it acidic to keep the color for any period of time. We did like you did, grew a bunch of beets and made wine with them. It tasted like loamy soil and the color faded quickly. Not sure if we should have washed them more, thought we did a pretty good job, or if the acid levels were to low but it was not impressive at all but it was only 1 gal batch. WVMJ

 

[Goofynewfie]

I had a friend who used to make a very good beet wine . I may try a batch in the fall

 

[StoneArcher]

My late grandmother made a beet wine that supposedly folks loved. I'll ask around the family for the recipe. I'm planning on making some this fall.

 

[okemasis]

I saw a recipe with black pepper. Anyone tried this?

 

[Bluespark]

Mine is finally bottled! The color is outstanding, it smells fantastic, but tastes like dirt. Gonna shelf this one for 6 months and see what happens.