Orange wine recipe. 🍊 Lusciously tasty!

[@chocolaterose3483]

I am so happy I seen this pop up. I really missed your videos.

[@mickeywallace3654]

You and me both

[@dustymiller7758]

Great vid again, not had much luck with orange wine in the past. This one looks good, will give it a go. Thanks for sharing.

[@eliskull]

yeah i.just made one up this afternoon gunna see how it goes

[@lisacarruthers9649]

Great video as usual James!

[@HappyHomestead]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you

[@charliez2884]

Amazing video as usual. I hope we get to see a sparkling mango wine recipe one day! We got a surplus of mangos where i'm from.

[@HappyHomestead]

Thank you! Now that is an idea. . . I will order some mangos to be delivered to the island next weekend - I have a great mango wine recipe, but never tried sparkling :) Lucky you having loads of mango's! :)

[@refritobandito]

Ooooh you got me! I clicked as per suggestion. Members only indeed. Awesome recipe tho. Hope the colour stays as nice as it started.

[@HappyHomestead]

Thank you for noticing that - I'd linked the wrong video! Yes, hope the colour remains!

[@zoeedwards2942]

Great video thanks, can't wait to make this one.

[@thomasiconmsn]

fantastic - I'm about to make it - have you made sparkling

[@lindahornsby73]

My fermentation stalled, and I don’t have any warm places, then I had an idea. The wine ended up in bed with the electric blanket on and duvet over. It is now bubbling !

[@janakifernandopulle5764]

can you add dry instant yeast

[@arrlay-g2m]

?Is ok if i i'll use my homemade wild yeast cultivated from apple orange juice honey and sugar solution?

[@stevecoles399]

Fantastic and funny as usual well done. Steve

[@jasguy2715]

I just found your channel and I couldn't help but notice you don't use any Campten tablets. Everything that I've read about wine making shows that Camptwn tablets are a must.

[@HappyHomestead]

Many people don't use them, there really isn't much need for them

[@jasguy2715]

@@HappyHomestead yes, I have heard that from some people also. Sometimes however, I need to backsweeten and then if you don't use the captain tablets the fermentation can start again. you have a good idea, just use less sugar during your initial fermentation so not as much alcohol isn't produced and you'll have a sweeter wine. I will try that next time.

[@garrymcgaw4745]

Great vid mate, what was your starting Ph and gravity?

[@carlgray9012]

I made 2 batches of this and both fermented really well smelt and tasted lovely to start with , but after I transferred it to clean demijohns they both taste vile (no orange flavour at all) also I used a hydrometer and both read 0. What could have gone wrong because I’ve strictly followed the recipe

[@eliskull]

well done!

[@leonardovidal8029]

It's funny how the orange never seems to spoil, open and exposed for months at a time. I've noticed that since my first mead (JAOM, which later became the basis of my favorite recipe). I'm now venturing into a new enterprise, a juniper-based mead. I'm thinking mandarine peels and cloves to make it complex, and tea leaves for body. Any thoughts?

[@HappyHomestead]

Juniper mead is fab, but go easy on the cloves as they are pretty powerful! Sounds fab!

[@kb2vca]

Excellent video, but I do have a question: is there any disadvantage substituting commercially packaged orange juice for the oranges? I am guessing that you get about - what ? 1/2 L (about 1 pint) from the 8 oranges and so if I go with OJ and use about 500 - 750 ml of the juice (plus the lemon) and perhaps the zest of a few oranges might that work just as well?

[@HappyHomestead]

Very good question Bernard, I have recently made an oj juice wine, using 2l of carton juice, and the main difference is colour...the carton oj is brighter, and the flavour is deeper, but I do prefer the fresh orange wine as it seems fresher and more real. I'll be doing a side by side taste test and comparison when they are bottled up

[@LDuncanKelly]

Store bought juice is often concentrated (for shipping from country of origin) and reconstituted which diminishes the flavour somewhat due to loss of volatile oils and even in not concentrated/reconstituted it would still lose volatiles due to being pasteurized and processed/ stored for extended periods (plus some volatiles will extract from the rind and pulp during fermentation when using fresh oranges)...

[@Felicitabeinghappy]

Is it necessary to add the lemon? How does it work in the wine.

[@Sylvia-Storm]

Just a thought as a complete novice, as you had supposed to sterilise all utensils used, what do you do about the fruit you put in as that can’t be sterilised? Does it introduce any bacteria at all? Thanks.

[@asimhusain8087]

Question how do you cook with orange wine?

[@Coproquim]

Would it work with 12 small oranges?

[@DorothyNyameyea]

Please can it be commercialized

[@HappyHomestead]

Sure it can, if you follow the rules and regulations

[@hatakah]

I think they added some dye to the oranges before you guys got 'em. Just look at your fingers! Never seen 'em stain skin like that before, and I like to zest 'em first so I generally get lots of oily citrusy goodness all over them. Never quite that color so far. Perhaps because of your locale, they might add stuff to keep them fresh and nice looking. I understand this recipe. It's the citric acid that's the problem. Straight orange juice tends to get nasty when fermented, or so I am told, so using actual fruit with a sugar wash mitigates this problem. Just gotta play around with the ratios a bit. Looks good! Also, did your wife make that sweater? I like it very much. Keep making these videos! Hell...even ordinary stuff that you might think boring might interest someone else. You live in a place like no other in the world...so unlike what I see when I step outside. Yard work, gardening, home repair and improvement...even doing the laundry might be interesting to someone who does theirs in a different way.

[@waynekerrgoodstyle]

Ah, I missed the premier.

[@shaunmagill8804]

Hi, Flowwed your recipe to the letter, but before the 1st fermantation started, I never got the real strone orange smell, and the colour never looked like yours.

[@Aguiar4]

Great video! I have a question: what would be the best yeast for this orange wine recipe? Kind regards,

[@connect4glyn]

Nice informative video thanks

[@abdelkhalak73]

Can we throw in the lemon 🍋 peels as well?

[@jamessteven711]

Darn it I just watched the lemon video.....I only have 25 demijhons...... and 8 buckets

[@ahmelmahay]

just found your channel, love your content and for some strange reason you remind me of Cat weasel lol

[@marky437]

damn that made me thirsty lol

[@craigdark8596]

Big up

[@pgyllin]

Do you remember, how much yeast you hade in this recipe?

[@LucasS868]

👍👍👍

[@gemellodipriapo]

NIce video. But have you been stealing council signage?

[@devynkumar1997]

125 gms isn't a quarter it's 1/8th

[@lamaidandoilarnk3]

I'm thinking of alcohol % How much participation of alcohol!