Wednesday, July 1, 2015

lychee wine

28 June 2015






6 pounds lychee fruit
wash, peel, de-seed, put in blender


blend about 10 seconds low and 10 seconds high


4 lb 7.5 oz of slurry from 6 lb fruit

add 1 cup Maui turbinido sugar dissolved in 1 cup water
in 1 liter glass jar
add 2 straw-fulls of brewing jaboticaba wine for yeast



by next morning was bubbling
sit for 3 days


1 July 2015

strain into 1 gallon jug
add 2 cups Maui turbinido sugar dissolved in 2 cup water (and cooled)

discard fruit pulp (which tasted dry already)

2 July 2015

bubbling

16 July 2015

tried a bit - strong lychee small, lychee taste plus some surprising sourness. Interesting!

(left still fermenting)



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