Currants

[bellsbrat]

Yes Black Currants where can you get them, recipe I got is for fruit. I've seen the juice
Thanks

 

[passedpawn]

www.currantc.com

 

[saramc]

Yes Black Currants where can you get them, recipe I got is for fruit. I've seen the juice
Thanks

You can also buy black currant fruit wine base from LHBS or via online HBS. One 96oz can makes a nice 3-gallon batch. Vintner's Harvest is the brand, I think.

And you can get quality concentrate from this store in Dundee, MI: http://www.homewinery.com/cgi-bin/concen.cgi ... Call them directly if you want a smaller amount of concentrate to make one gallon batches because they do not sell those online, just by phone. I counted 53 different concentrates. I believe you pay approx $7 for most concentrates for the 1-gallon batch. Their concentrates come in a variety from apricot to zinfandel and are quite nice, shipping super reasonable.

...Sara

 

[bellsbrat]

Yeah i found the www.currantc.com but shipping really killed, that the recipe i got calls for 8lbs of currants, how would this translate into juice or concentrate. Also would like to use fruit just for the fact it is usually cheaper
Thanks

 

[bellsbrat]

was going to use Curt Stocks recipe, but don't know how to translate lb's of fruit to Vintners Currant liquid concentrate/fruit wine base(http://www.amazon.com/Black-Currant-Vintners-Harvest)
Don't want to leave to much unfermented sugar as i dont want this mead any sweeter and the alcohol is already high and pushing yeast to its limit
Any Ideas on how to translate and will the end product be similar to using fruit?

Black Currant Cherry Melomel

22 lbs Wildflower Honey
8 lbs Black Currants
12 lbs Tart Cherries
3 gal Water
3 tsp Yeast Energizer/Nutrient Blend (Fermaid-K and DAP)
10 g Lalvin Narbonne Yeast (71B-1122)

Approximate OG: 1.161

Target FG: 1.030 - 1.040

Estimated ABV: 16.1%

 

[TNGabe]

Plant some. They sound easy to grow.

 

[bellsbrat]

Wow that is a great solution

 

[bellsbrat]

seriously trying to place order tomorrow ???

 

[gratus fermentatio]

You might have a look locally for this:
http://www.rwknudsenfamily.com/products/just-juice/just-black-currant
You can often find it at the stores with a big organic section, but any store that carries Knudsen juices might also have it; call before you head over there though, might save you a trip.
Regards, GF.

 

[TNGabe]

Wow that is a great solution

Did you try, oh I dunno, using google?

This place has them.

Little spendy, that's why I suggested growing some next year.

 

[bellsbrat]

Did you try, oh I dunno, using google?

This place has them.

Little spendy, that's why I suggested growing some next year.

Wow that's a lot spendy