Apple wine?

Question

I have some fast acting yeast for making bread. Does anyone know if this yeast is suitable for making apple wine? Also does anyone have any tips about apple wine making? - I have made wine and beer before, and so the basics are not required. I am looking for some extra hints regarding straining, bottling, mashing, and timing of apple wine fermentation.

Answer 1

No, you'll need to use wine yeast. The bread yeast is not tolorant enough to alchohol, it'll die too early

Apple wine is very easy, make it like cider but use wine yeast because the natural apple yeast will die at about 8%

hints:
don't wash the apples
use a wide variety of apples
crush, mush and generally beat it up
add mush and juice to a bin
heat to 24 degrees, ferment for a week ( this would be cider)
add in wine yeast ( mix up as a starter with nutrient ) before apple yeast stops fermenting
check SG, maybe add sugar if the apples were not fully ripe
ferment for a few weeks until it stops
clear as normal, bottle after 6 months

leave for at least a year

Answer 2

No your yeast won't work. It's only for bread and beer.

You have to extract the juice, not mash, for apple wine.
Timing depends too much on temperature to give any reliable time, your best bet is to watch the air lock, and strain and bottle when the distance between bubbles is ca 3 minutes (some people might disagree and recommend to bottle as early as half that.)

One of the more important things for a good result is to avoid oxygenisation by using a plastic tube and avoid splashing when straining and bottling.

Apple wine is one of the wines that work best when fermented in bulk.

Good luck, and cheers!

Answer 3

I was very young when my family made wine out of a varriety of different fruit.

I don't think you can use fast acting yeast. Follow the link below and read about making white wine, and you will find that if you rush the process you risk losing such attributs as the arroma and affecting the taste.

I think, they use to strain the wine through cheeze cloth or something like that.

Answer 4

Step Four - Primary Fermentation
Step Five - Secondary Fermentation
Step Six - Stabilization, Bottling and aging
http://homemadewine.net/tutorial.html
MAKING APPLE WINE
http://www.eckraus.com/wine-making-apple.html

Answer 5

No, you need a different kind of yeast for winemaking - from a homebrew shop. I found several good apple wine recipes in 2 books by a guy called Berry (?C.J.). Also loads of the kind of tips you're looking for in there.

Answer 6

That would be cider you're making.
You should try making cherry wine. It's lush. My Granddad used to make it years ago (before he passed away...) and he used to add vodka for an extra kick.

Answer 7

here is a site that will tell you what type of yeast to use and how much

http://www.eckraus.com/start-wine-making.html