My kitchen looks like a shotgun murder/suicide

[EvilTOJ]

But, my blackberry wine batch for this year is finally done! I do not have a juicer, so I did it the old fashioned way; freeze the buggers, let em thaw, smoosh em all to get the juice out, then dump it all into the bucket anyways. Oh and wear dark clothes, for when the inevitable surprise splashes occur! I have campden tablets sitting in the must right now, tomorrow I pitch some yeast! Here's my final recipe;

5 gallon batch

26 lbs of handpicked blackberries
5 lbs raw sugar boiled into 1 gallon of water

OG 1.090

I have Montrachet and Cote De Blanc, which one should I use? I'm thinking Montrachet, but I'd like another opinion.

After fermentation's done, when I rack off the berry corpses I'll probably end up with about 3 gallons total of wine.

 

[Revvy]

This thread is teh sux without picturess

 

[summersolstice]

5 gallon batch

26 lbs of handpicked blackberries
5 lbs raw sugar boiled into 1 gallon of water

OG 1.090

I have Montrachet and Cote De Blanc, which one should I use? I'm thinking Montrachet, but I'd like another opinion.

Sounds like a very full bodied wine. I'd go for the Montrachet over the Côte des Blancs.

Did you try putting the berries in a straining bag? It really helps when racking.

 

[the_bird]

"SURE, you were just making wine, son. Plumpy hasn't been seen in a couple of days, you know anything about that?"

 

[EvilTOJ]

Summersolstice, I tried a big grain bag, but the berries were actually too much for it so I just left it all in there as is. I'll deal with the junk later in a few months when I feel like racking it. oooh I do have that other paint strainer bag that's a little bigger, I'll try scooping the sludge into that before I pitch.

Trust me Revvy, everything I touched turned purple, and I didn't want the camera getting all gooped up. But it looked like bloodspray everywhere! "honest ofciscer, I dunno where Plumpy McPsycho went! hain't heard fomr her in ages! "

 

[Freezeblade]

My vote's for the cote de blancs. That stuff will leave you with some vaguly sweet notes in the finished product, which will be very pleasent.

 

[thataintchicken]

I have Montrachet and Cote De Blanc, which one should I use? I'm thinking Montrachet, but I'd like another opinion.

I use Cote De Blanc for berry wines. I have had good results using it with marionberries.