Mulberry Wine from Whole Fruit - One Gallon Recipe - TLDR Cut

Let's make a tasty all fruit mulberry wine in a one gallon batch. Super easy, requires few materials and not a lot of equipment. You can substitute out most berries for mulberries in this recipe.
This is the "TLDR Cut" of this video, for a full explanation and instruction, please go to:
• Let's Make Mulberry Wi...
Ingredients:
6.37 lbs (2.89 kg) Mulberries
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1.76 lbs (0.80 kg) Sugar
Water as needed
Additions:
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Aged One Year Tasting of this Wine: • Mulberry Wine Tasting ...
Tannin vs Tea: • Black Tea VS Wine Tann...
How to Read a Hydrometer: • How to Read a Hydromet...
Racking: • Racking Homemade Mead,...
Wood Aging: • Wood Aging Mead with B...
Calculating ABV: • How to Calculate ABV a...
Bottling: • How to Bottle Mead, Wi...
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[@bggooch13]

I just abandoned a mulberry wine from berries yesterday, I had messed it up because you hadn't released this video yet. I will never forgive this trangression 🤣🤣🤣.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

What did you mess up?

[@davelawrence8]

Enjoyed the shorter format here, team. Nicely done - quick in and out. Hope the wine ages well!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Thanks!

[@forneyantiquepower4688]

I should probably start harvesting these to build up my stash because I have about 20 pounds that need to come out of the freezer to be fermented. Once I started making mulberry wine, it quickly became a family favorite.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Mulberries are pretty amazing really.

[@barrytdrake]

"Every Barry counts!" Thank you, I appreciate you too! See you tomorrow night! 😛

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Lol!

[@Indian0Lore]

I found a mulberry tree late in the berry season. I wasn’t about to collect a full 6 lbs this year. I’m looking forward to going back next year to harvest earlier in the season.

[@TheInfinityzeN]

My grandparents had a small mulberry orchard on their farm and mulberry wine was one of the two my grandfather made every year. The other was muscadine. Mulberry wine was the first thing I was ever given a taste of and I also always ate them fresh every year. So a good mulberry wine gives me flashbacks to my childhood.

[@davidperry733]

I recently made a mulberry cider using Krogers simple truth mulberry juice and safe ale SO4. Came out great. Backsweetened with allulose, being diabetic. Reminded me of boysenberry but a bit more bitter. Cheers guys.

[@colkestrel]

Made a 2 gallon batch of mulberry wine last year. By far one of the best tasting things I have ever made. I did back sweeten. Drank all but 3 bottles within 6 months. Two of those bottles have been in the fridge and one on the rack. Two months from now I find out how good they did. Already gathering the berries to freeze and make this years.

[@alexcan669]

Wow that’s awesome guys and yes I agree in one year it will probably be amazing!

[@devon-crain]

My father and I would walk around our neighborhood during the spring collecting mulberries for a week or two and make pie. Might just have to get a wine to him for old time's sake :)

[@Matlock180]

So excited for this video, I just discovered a mulberry tree in my yard the other day that I was unaware of!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Wow, thar's awesome!

[@NorthToSouthChannel]

Making mulberry wine is on my list of things to try! I was successful in my first mead batch thanks to you guys!

[@1boortzfan]

I love your videos. This one makes me want to plant a mulberry tree. Something I've been thinking about anyway. I think you've pushed me over the edge.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

We have 6 or 7 of them. They grow pretty fast and fruit even when young, so they are a great tree to have!

[@richardstevens3461]

I added a very small amount of sugar to my mulberry wine and its just amazing!

[@KristiinaKasepaluHarakas]

Love the short

[@jamesvatter5729]

Perfectly timed again! I just told my son yesterday I wished I knew where I could get mulberries. Would like to try this one.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@jakematthews6982]

My son was watching from over my shoulder and said ‘That guy would be a good Walter White for Halloween.’ I definitely agree.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

LOL, I've heard that a few times!

[@TheTriFyre]

I was thinking I did one of these, but I did an Elderberry wine. I just did it with a limited edition juice. Thank you, as always ❤ By the way, I like the Heisenberg look😅❤

[@beep-beepwatermelon4203]

Great video! The editing seemed so fast on this one 😞 I look forward to your videos coming out and I’m greedy and like them when they are longer 😂🎉❤ As always you both are awesome! I’m so excited to see the one year on this! No secret word spam hmmmmm 😮I’ll make my own!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

This is the tldr cut of a longer video. There's a part about that at the end and in the description.

[@beep-beepwatermelon4203]

@@CitySteadingBrews that makes so much more sense! That also explains why you were bald 😂 I was like wow when did I miss that?

[@Info-God]

Black mulberries? Excellent.

[@HEARTFULL_13]

Ooh that sounds nice. Might have to wait till next year, been having to "fight" wildlife for the berrries 😅. I usually turn them into a jam ❤

[@harryfollbaumiii6747]

Excellent Happy Gilmore reference!😅 We have blackberries on our property so I've done a mead with them and still used the Camden tabs just to be safe.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Thanks!

[@HrdcoreSupra]

Your hair!!!! Love the content, would you guys ever do like a exotic fruit? Like Guava or something? I know you guys drink it and i'm not sure what you like, was just an idea.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Could try guava. Can't say I have much experience with it though.

[@GrandpasPlace]

Interesting timing, I was just freezing the mulberries I picked from my tree thinking they would go good in mead. With your wine experiment Im going to have to try it in mead. If my plum tree survives Ill try plum mead next year. We had a bad storm come through and it broke off the top half of the tree and two of the larger lower limbs. The arborist I had come out and take care of it, thinks it will survive but may not be a big plum harvest next year.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

🙁 sorry about your plums.

[@antheaxe7340]

hade friend that elderberry wine it was good

[@RayvenFE]

Hey I JUST did this june 1st!

[@wrengifts]

I like the condensed videos. Or if you do longer 3ea 11 - 15 minutes works well. I don't always have the time to watch 45 minutes + in one sitting.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

That's why over time we will have long and short versions for each. Not everyone likes the shorter ones and beginners need the longer ones really.

[@JennaandJustinsReactions]

I’m about to harvest my tree!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Woohoo!

[@adamhalcyon3393]

Boy. You must be editing your hind end off! Just remember, there IS an end! Lol

[@CitySteadingBrews]

It's not that bad really, only took like an hour for this one.

[@billbucktube]

Intriguing‼️

[@Geezy096]

Hey Brian and Derika! First just wanna say thank you both for the amazing content. I have started my first mead. 3lbs honey, rest of the gallon water some yeast nutrient and lalvin 71-b. This started 2 days ago and im seeing no activity. I have noticed that my seal is not perfect and when i swirl it leaks ever so slightly. Am i at risk to any bugs or oxygen with this small leak? Should i rack this to a more secure fermentor? Also could the lack of activity be due to this leak as well? (No airlock activity for obvious reasons but also no visual activity in the fermentor) sorry this is a long one! Just wanted to give all the info

[@CitySteadingBrews]

The leak is not really a problem but it could trick you into thinking nothing is happening since the airlock may not bubble or move. I wouldn't rack it yet. As for starting up... it can take a few day sometimes.

[@Hammer_OJustice]

The timing of this episode was perfection. I started a batch last night/this morning. I'm struggling on calculating the SG. I have 20.82 lbs of mulberries, 8 lbs of sugars, and a total volume of about 3.75 gallons, how do I calculate that estimated SG? If I'm doing my math right, 20.82lbs of mulberries would be 1.66 lbs of sugar giving me 9.66 lbs in 3.75 gallons or 2.58/gallon. That would be an estimated SG of ~1.118, right?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Seems about right.

[@EC-dz4bq]

So uhhh as someone with none-frozen mulberrys all over my yard... (don't eat the green ones, they make you trip) is it safe to make wine out of the ripe unfrozen backyard fruit? (no pesticides, trees are like 30 feet up).

[@dobrydziadzia]

Hey i ve got a question, what did you do with the extra juice that was inside your bag after you removed it (5:40)? I manged to squeeze 400ml from my bag and was wondering if i should add it back to the wine or throw it away?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Oh, I added it back.

[@bayboys91shortvideos16]

So far my first batch of just regular honey mead went good. My second batch is have honey tart cherry juice cinnamon sticks cloves raisins orange peels. Im hoping this turns out good i did add wine yeast EC-1118. Airlock activity is highly active now. Any advice would be cool. I feel like im doing ok. Ur videos help out a lot thank you

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Not sure what you would like advice on?

[@bayboys91shortvideos16]

@@CitySteadingBrews just wanted to know if i dont add firm mate oh, does it really matter or does it really do anything for the mead. The only really thing i added to that is the blk tea. But no Fermat-0 or yeast nutrients. is that something I would have to worry about as far as mold going to become present or possible stall maybe. But so far the batch is still fermenting I know in your previous videos you and your lady said that fermentation-0 is sometimes necessary. Sorry, but my grammar is spelling is not so good.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Fermaid O is an organic yeast nutrient. It can help make a cleaner fermentation. Depending on what you made, it can help shorten aging time or sometimes prevent a stall. I've found mostly higher gravity musts benefit from nutrients most.

[@jeffreymoffitt4070]

Can we get a fermentation station tour??

[@CitySteadingBrews]

We did just recently... kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIKoamyoeNONjtksi=1ueOmwgx2EcXJxQK

[@bobu5213]

How many grams are the wood pieces you guys have? I have 10 gram blocks and it says the dose is about 1 block per 5 litres..

[@CitySteadingBrews]

I don't know really, they are like 3 inches by 1.25 inches by 0.5 inch in size though.

[@laakins]

I don’t understand Camden tablets and fruit? Why would they be needed?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

They are used to "clean" the fruit from bacteria and wild yeast. We tend to not use them.

[@bpn12123]

I think you should make it clear in the title whether it's a new edit of an already uploaded video in short format, so the viewers can differentiate them and know if they have already watched it.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Fair point but most people have never seen it.

[@bpn12123]

@@CitySteadingBrews True, but some have and they were like "Oh new video" only to find out they have already seen it. It's not a big deal, just a quality of life kinda thing.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

@bpn12123 I get it. We can consider it. I added "TLDR Cut" to the title. Titles are not meant to be super long, and if I add too much it wouldn't be seen anyway.

[@bpn12123]

@@CitySteadingBrews Yeah, I thought the same about the long title, maybe could work in the thumbnail? I'm just brainstorming/ trying to give feedback here and I appreciate that you consider it!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

If it's too obtrusive, many won't click it, even if they haven't seen it. Fine line.

[@Dogfish63]

I made some last year but between drinking one of the bottles myself and giving the other 2 bottles away I have no more. Now I have to decide between making more wine or more jam...

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Lol

[@KeysundKreisPlaylists_Colt]

I have a question, I make a Applewine. the juice (4,5l) has 98g sugar/liter so it has 441g of sugar than I added 500g sugar so I have 941g in 4,5 liter thats 209,11 g/l on Vinolab it shows me a gravity of 1,080 but my Hydrometer shows 1,070. Where is my mistake ? How much volume did I add with the sugar ? I guess its no longer 4,5 liter but how much vol does 100g sugar add ? Its not 100ml or is it ?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

I converted to gallons and pounds and got more like 1.080 on the nose. Could be you have a touch more mist than 4.5 liters.

[@KeysundKreisPlaylists_Colt]

@@CitySteadingBrews yes but how much more per 100g sugar ? Would be good to know

[@KeysundKreisPlaylists_Colt]

@@CitySteadingBrews OK found out with a little AI help its about 60ml/100g

[@gregorytomasulo4313]

How similar in taste are mulberries and bkackberries?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Hmm. Mulberries aren't as sweet, and maybe a bit more tart.

[@theresasmith5422]

I’d love to try a mulberry mead but unfortunately I live in the uk and don’t have access to fresh mulberries where I live. So I’ve tried to source dried berries but every supplier I find use sunflower oil on the berries. I assume that brewing with that will not be great. Anyone got any suggestions on a supplier that doesn’t use oil or on how I can get all the oil off to make mead with the dried berries?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

You can try soaking in hot water for a few minutes and the. Rinsing with water. Should help.

[@seanelmer858]

Love to parr that with fatty steak

[@davidking4416]

If you think barbecue is sweet, come to Texas and try the real stuff! Hahaha. Usually when I smoke some pork shoulders for pulled pork or a brisket I go with a simple kosher salt and coarse ground black pepper rub and smoked with oak or hickory (or both). No sauce needed!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

There are many types of barbecue no need to be like that lol.

[@davidking4416]

@@CitySteadingBrews I meant no offense. It was just a playful jest!

[@charlespelletier9621]

When you measured the weight did you subtract the weight of the glass weight? I know you're a numbers guy who's just a touch OCD. 😅

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Yup, probably cut it from this version though.

[@scotmcpherson]

Ha. I use those glass weights to hold my sour kraut and kimchi down during fermentation. Maybe I missed you adding it, but I am shocked you didn't think it needed an acid amendment. Mulberries are so sickly sweet or flaccid. I love them, but can't imagine not adjusting the acidity.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

This didn't need it. Our mulberries have a lovely tartness to them.

[@ricsgarden7394]

I am really new to brewing. I started because we had unlimited black berries. Ive noticed you just put your berries in a bag. I started all my blackberry wines by cooking the berries down and then pouring them into a bag. 1 is there something wrong with cooking the berries? 2 Have you ever tried cooking your berries (bring to a boil)? It seems so much easier. After cooking I just squeeze the juice through the bag. It removed the seeds and pulp. I can then do a really exact measurement of how much I am making. For instance to make 1 gallon. Its easy to know what to add if you dont have a bag full of an unknown amount of fruit . Anyway, does my method seems better than a floating bag in the brew for 2 weeks? Would you try a batch with the bring to boil method? Thanks

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Nope, just different methods. The only downside to removing seeds, skins and pulp is less tannins in the end. You can of course add tannins back with additions if you like. We did the boil method in several videos too.

[@shadowcatX2000]

Why aren't y'all using nutrients any more?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

This is actually an older brew, but... we are finding almost no difference in most of our brews.

[@EC-dz4bq]

You messed up, should have used backyard tannins (acorns, black walnut, oak etc?) to go with your backyard wine.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Didn't need them. As we said, it had plenty of tannins. Definitely did not mess up, lol.

[@EC-dz4bq]

@@CitySteadingBrews Well not the end product, but you did miss the opportunity to make a fully "homemade everything" video. Could have even used the wild yeast off of the (non frozen) mulberries. But to each their own. This video is cool as well.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

@EC-dz4bq not the intent, but I would still call this homemade.

[@josuemartinez7687]

I did this once, it came out dangerous.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Dangerous good or dangerous bad?

[@josuemartinez7687]

@@CitySteadingBrews It was so bad!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

@josuemartinez7687 any idea what went wrong? This was fantastic.