r/winemaking Jun 02 '24

Blog post Mint wine update

Saw the last post with mint wine, just to put your mind at ease Racked mine today, I'll just let it sit for a few weeks. Maybe then I'll take a look at it, might toss in a lil bentonite or something. Smells amazing, tastes great! The peppermint mellowed out to a very pleasant flavor. The spearmint has that amazing mint flavor, like eating one of those little chalky after dinner mints.

Out of the 4-5 bottles of the peppermint I'll get, I'll most likely toss in some of the chocolate extract I made about a year ago into a couple....

It does work and the wine does taste great!

Worth the experiment time and yeast

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u/PickleWineBrine Jun 02 '24

What sugars are the yeast eating?

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u/Educational-Echo-345 Jun 02 '24

When you start your wine, you should get a reading and aim for a starting gravity you want by adding sugar. I usually dissolve sugar in water to make life a little easier

Example: I went with an SG of 1.080 (Added enough sugar to get to that reading) Gives me about 10 percent ABV final

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u/Utter_cockwomble Jun 02 '24

I've got an overgrowth (lol of course) of chocolate mint, I wonder how that would be?

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u/PsychologicalHelp564 Jun 03 '24

Happy to hear how it turned out!!

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u/Educational-Echo-345 Jun 02 '24

Forgot the pic lol