My wife wants me to use up some rhubarb that we were going to use to make wine for a friend's wedding.
I've been consulting the wine book we use when we make our small batches (and scale up for large batches) that we've followed to make some good rhubarb wine. For one gallon of rhubarb wine it says I need 5 pounds of rhubarb and 5&2/3 cup sugar. I figure that amount of sugar, by weight, is 40oz. That sugar alone would make one gallon of a 1.115OG sugar-water solution. I should be able to reach that gravity with a little under 44oz of honey (which is only about 4oz shy of the rule-of-thumb 3lb/gallon).
Is that a reasonable amount of honey and rhubarb? 5lbs of rhubarb and 44oz of honey per gallon. Was my math off anywhere?
I'm sure that such a concoction would ferment, but is it within spec to make a decent melomel? What kind of gravity contribution can I expect from rhubarb?
I've been consulting the wine book we use when we make our small batches (and scale up for large batches) that we've followed to make some good rhubarb wine. For one gallon of rhubarb wine it says I need 5 pounds of rhubarb and 5&2/3 cup sugar. I figure that amount of sugar, by weight, is 40oz. That sugar alone would make one gallon of a 1.115OG sugar-water solution. I should be able to reach that gravity with a little under 44oz of honey (which is only about 4oz shy of the rule-of-thumb 3lb/gallon).
Is that a reasonable amount of honey and rhubarb? 5lbs of rhubarb and 44oz of honey per gallon. Was my math off anywhere?
I'm sure that such a concoction would ferment, but is it within spec to make a decent melomel? What kind of gravity contribution can I expect from rhubarb?