Out of the primary. Excited about this one! I used two bags of real lemons, flesh and zest, and 2 bottles of “Realemon” and a ton of sugar. I’ve had problems with my fruit wines not retaining their fruit flavors well so I’m hitting it hard this time.
It was so acidic I had to build a year starter and grow it to a full 2.5 gallons before the yeast could survive.
My, now annual, August Blend is usually whatever fresh fruit I have access to towards the end of the summer. This year it is mostly gravenstein apples, blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, and the leftovers of a carton of cotton candy grapes. So far so good. 6 gallons and my biggest venture yet! It’s clarifying now as it settles in the carboy but the opaque pepto bubblegum look is kinda fun. My tip for apples is to use fruit bags. Straining liquid out of essentially settled applesauce took way too long and I’m sure the extra oxygen didn’t help things, but it is what it is.
Sorry about the bad images. Why she gotta toss the puzzle instead of putting back it in the box on the table. They’re not gonna get many new puzzles in there.
Part of a series I’ve been doing since 2015 or so. Original is 36” x 54.5”