Liliko'i Season Records 2014

2014 season running tally:  

wine: 25 L

jelly:  jars

Liliko'i Wine

general recipe:
4 cups liliko'i juice
4 cups sugar melted into 3 cups water
take 1/3 cup sugar solution with 1/3 cup water & add pinch yeast- put aside about 20-30 min to see if yeast grow
after sugar cools, add all to 1 gallon carboy and fill with water to the shoulder
put airlock on bottle
should start bubbling within ~24 hours

batch 1 - with EC-1118 yeast, organic (IN) sugar, didn't mix at start
started 7/13/13
mixed 8/25/14
bottled 8/29/14

appearance:  leggy, cloudy
nose notes: floral, turpentine
tasting notes: sour, not too sour, very dry, smooth, very alchoholly, very drinkable
 name: "sour splash"
(maybe just home use - good, but not super special)


batch 2  - with EC-1118 yeast, organic (IN) sugar, didn't mix at start
Big carboy - 3 quarts lilikoi (a bit shy, actually), 12 cups sugar
Lilikoi was part frozen, mostly fresh, sat overnight rt
started 8/12/13, took a couple of days to start bubbling
mixed 9/5/14
bottled 9/21/14 

appearance:  nice color
nose notes: liliko'i
tasting notes: lots of liliko'i flavor, a little sweet, tingle, fruit pie, fire in nose, really good - very drinkable
 name: "hula i ke kai"
(good to take places when we want fruit wine taste.)


batch 3 - medium sized - with EC-1118 yeast, 5.2 cups sugar organic (IN) sugar + 5.2 cups lilikoi, didn't mix at start
started 8/16/14
bottled 10/16/14

nose notes: weak lemony- liliko'i
tasting notes: quite sweet, fruity, liliko'i, pineapple - sweet&acid, with a kick, dessert wine?
 name: "lava pop"
(good to take places when we want sweet.)


batch 4 - with EC-1118 yeast, sugar organic (IN) sugar + fresh lilikoi, didn't mix at start
[might have only used 3 cups sugar...]
started 8/19/14
bottled 10/16/14

 nose notes: weak, fresh
tasting notes: sour, fruity, good flavor, definitely lilikoi-y, long finish, grapefruit-apricot-kumquat, clean, refreshing, slightly effervescent
 name: "tart me up"
(good to take places when we want dry/tart.)


batch 5 - with EC-1118 yeast, sugar organic (IN) sugar + fresh lilikoi, didn't mix at start
started 8/19/14
bottled 10/16/14

 nose notes: weak, fresh
tasting notes: good, hits you with flavor, well-balance with sweet/sour, full flavor
 name: "It's pretty good"
(good to take places.)



batch 6 - with EC-1118 yeast, sugar organic (IN) sugar + fresh lilikoi (many older, wrinkled ones), didn't mix at start
started 8/29/14

batch 7 - with EC-1118 yeast, sugar organic (IN) sugar + fresh lilikoi (many older, wrinkled ones), didn't mix at start
started 9/5/14


batch 8 - medium sized - with EC-1118 yeast, 5.2 cups sugar organic (IN) sugar + 5.2 cups lilikoi, didn't mix at start, liliko'i blended, hand-juiced, minimal pulp.
started 10/17/14
tried 2/22/15

not good, threw out (air trap had lost water)


batch 9 - with EC-1118 yeast, 4 cups sugar organic (IN) sugar + 4 cups fresh lilikoi, liliko'i blended, hand-juiced, minimal pulp. didn't mix at start.
started 10/19/14
bottled 2/23/15

nose notes: fruity
tasting notes: sour, nice finish
 name: "Tart Me Twice"
(could take places when sour is wanted, but probably a home-drinker.)