Rose Hips

[DEMPSEY]

I can see an awful amount of Rose Hips growing here in Celbridge. Looked up wine making for them and read that best to leave settle for 2 years. Has anyone made wine from these and what sort of taste would you get.

[Bzfeale80]

I think that there is at least 1 article on the forum about making rosehip wine. did you try searching already?

[DEMPSEY]

Our search engine is crap,I entered "rose hip" and it brought me back to this thread.

[Garry]

Search for "rosehip", without the space 

[LordEoin]

They won't be ready for picking for another couple of months at least.
You need to wait until age and frost softens the flesh and they start fermenting in the skins.
Wear long sleeves and gloves, or your arms will look like you've been battling a gang of crackhead kittens.

I brewed some last  year but haven't tried it yet.
As far as i remember from bottling day samples it was nice, with a fresh dry cider kinda vibe going on.
It clears itself up well over about 4 months or so.
If I feel the mood for wine over the weekend I'll open one and let you know.

Thread:
http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,4907.msg60887.html

[lampie]

I managed to get some dried rosehips from a russian shop, they are sold as rosehip tea.. I dont have any empty dj at this moment but the plan is to make a tea out of the rosehips and then ferment this tea..

[DEMPSEY]

All the recipes for country wines have plain sugar as an ingredient. What would be the issue of only using the fruit instead.

[DEMPSEY]

Does that apply to all fruits.

[Will_D]

Apart from Grapes and Apples I'd say Yes!

To answer the question for a new fruit/veg  is easy:

Just crush the fruit or veg and see what the OG is!

BTW: In the case of starch rich veg this may not work. A Masters Degree in molecular biology may help or just read a country wine reipe book!

[LordEoin]

you could use apple juice instead of water, but I wouldn't recommend it as it would mask a lot of the flavor, especially in flower wines like dandelion or gorse.
and you'd still need to add sugar, just not as much.

[hassettbrew]

check out www.winemaking.jackkeller.net  lots of recipes here.