We make plum wine… sort of. Maybe we didn’t? Apparently there’s more to plum wine than just fermenting plums? Yeah, I’m confused too. That is because it is confusingly named and thus often misunderstood. The problem being that it isn’t wine at all, but rather a liqueur made by steeping ume, or Japanese plum in some sort of liquor. Shochu is a common base spirit, but saké and brandy have also been used to soak ume. The fruit itself can cause complications as ume is more tart than their purple-hued cousins that we are more familiar. Those in the know compare Plum Wine to Vermouth or Sherry and suggest serving it on the rocks. Top grade varieties further their flavor profile by aging the finished product in oak. However, those of us in the USA find the sweeter brands to more readily available. This new found knowledge might inspire us to revisit this “wine” to see if we can recreate it more authentically. But for now, here’s what we have created.
Ingredients
1 packet Red Star Cote des Blancs Yeast: https://amzn.to/473EXUa
82 oz Water
32 oz Plum Concentrate: https://amzn.to/3rKnkbr
2.5 grams Fermaid O: https://amzn.to/4702EfS
Additions
1 teaspoon Yeast Hulls: https://amzn.to/3KbP8My
24 oz Fu-Ki Plum Wine
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