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Haskap Wine
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 3:31 pm
by Juniper Hill
I'm going to try my hand a making a small batch this year. I've got 20 plants, but doubt they will produce enough for my needs this year. Having some trouble locating berries for sale. Any suggestions on finding some? I need 5-7 kg.
Thanks,
Neil
Re: Haskap Wine
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 5:05 pm
by mr x
You could try the people pushing then in NS. Liam Taylor iirc.
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Re: Haskap Wine
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 5:06 pm
by mr x
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Re: Haskap Wine
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 6:44 pm
by CorneliusAlphonse
liam taylor is from whom i got mine. the plants wont give you much the first year, but they are really taking off this second year. lot of new growth.
dunno where to get the berry/juice though, but im sure theyd be expensive.
Re: Haskap Wine
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 7:54 pm
by mr x
I'm on my third year (10 plants) I think, and yet to see a berry lol. Some plants are odd shaped, but alive. See good new growth.
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Re: Haskap Wine
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 10:59 pm
by CorneliusAlphonse
I saw quite a few green berries the first year (pollinated flowers or whatever) but all but 2 disappeared before ripening... Might have been animals, no protection over then and they're in a rural area.
Re: Haskap Wine
Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 8:19 am
by Juniper Hill
My Haskap plants (mostly 3rd year) seem very happy this year. It's the first year I've fertilized them. Lots of new growth and lots of flowers. The deer don't seem to like them, which is an added bonus.
I don't think I'll get close to 5 kg of berries, though. I've tried the Haskpa folks in the past for berries, they didn't have the product to sell. I could try them again this year. There were also several farms which have planted haskap, but some far no one interested in selling or able to do so. Might have to wait for another year.
Re: Haskap Wine
Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 10:54 am
by GAM
Nash had contact with them. He brewed with the juice.
Sandy
Re: Haskap Wine
Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 12:48 pm
by Juniper Hill
Contacted LaHave Forrest (Haskapa people). Will see if they'll have any for sale.
Re: Haskap Wine
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 10:49 am
by Juniper Hill
Scored 8 lbs of Haskap. Here's the recipe I'm thinking about.
Recipe for Hapkap wine from the net:http://www.fruit.usa...Haskap Wine.pdf
Basically 6 kg Haskap, 4 kg sugar and water to 19 liters
My Haskap juice measurements 15 brix, 2.9 pH, TA 18 g/l
I wish to make 12 l of wine (with 3.63 kg Haskap), and use red grape concentrate instead of sugar, Goal brix 24 and TA 5-6 g/l.
Brix: 3630 g X 0.7 yeilds 2.5 L of juice @ 150 g/l yeilds 381 g sugar from Haskap
Acid: 18 g/l X 2.5l = 45 g From Haskap
Red juice concentrate:(for reference reconstituted 24 brix, TA 7g/l, 23 L)
5520 g sugar in 7.5 L
138 g acid
Goal sugar 24 brix in 12 L, or 240 g/l X 12 L = 2880 g sugar
2880 - 381 (Haskap sugar) = 2500 g sugar needed from concentrate, or 3.3 L of concentrate.
Goal TA 5:
Acid in concentrate is 6 g/l X 23 L / 7.5 L X 3.3 L = 61 g
Deacidify concentrate by 4 g/l to yeild 2 g/l with bicarbonate, yeilds 20 g acid
20 g (Concentrate) + 45 g (Haskap) = 65 g in 12 L = TA 5.4
Add water to 12 L
RC 212 yeast, fermaid K 2 additions, Oak chips, ferment until dry at 75F, punch down 2 x per day.

Re: Haskap Wine
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 11:47 am
by CorneliusAlphonse
Very cool. Don't know anything about wine making so I can't comment on the recipe. How much did the8 lb of haskap rub you? They this years (ie did you preorder) or frozen from last year ?
Re: Haskap Wine
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 11:53 am
by Juniper Hill
CorneliusAlphonse wrote:Very cool. Don't know anything about wine making so I can't comment on the recipe. How much did the8 lb of haskap rub you? They this years (ie did you preorder) or frozen from last year ?
The Haskapa guys sold me frozen Haspak from last year's harvest. Frozen works for me, as I can make the wine any time, and the fruit releases it's juice more easily. It was pricey at $17 for 2 lbs. That's why I'm only making 3 gallons.
Re: Haskap Wine
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 12:37 pm
by mr x
Pretty much the same price as cloudberries, what I was expecting. Looks like a neat plan.
Re: Haskap Wine
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 3:09 pm
by CorneliusAlphonse
Cool. That's no steeper than I was expecting either. Good luck!
Re: Haskap Wine
Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 10:14 am
by Juniper Hill
mr x wrote:Pretty much the same price as cloudberries, what I was expecting. Looks like a neat plan.
Rob, Where do you get cloudberries?
Re: Haskap Wine
Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 11:06 am
by mr x
Rob Douglas muled some back from nfld for me. Just a local store over there iirc.
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Re: Haskap Wine
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 9:07 am
by Juniper Hill
Made the wine yesterday. The Haskap juice (~3 l) clocked it at pH 2.8 and TA 30 g/l!! The red concentrate (12 L reconstitiuted Merlot) was pH 3.5 and TA 4.5 g/l. I added 25g of precipitated chalk to the concentrate, stirred it up the added the deacidified concentrate to the haskap Juice (with skins). Combined w pH 3.25, 21 brix. Will bump up brix to 23 later today. Using 71B which will chew up some Malic acid.
Took off after 12h. Smells really good. Very complex fruit profile. Should be interesting
Re: Haskap Wine
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:55 pm
by Juniper Hill
Racked and stabilized this one. Tastes really young, and a little strange...like a really, really cheap kit. I'll let it sit for 6-12 months to see if it comes around.

Re: Haskap Wine
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 3:19 pm
by UberBaum
mr x wrote:I'm on my third year (10 plants) I think, and yet to see a berry lol. Some plants are odd shaped, but alive. See good new growth.
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There was a guy promoting Haskap berries on CBC radio a month of so back, he said that it takes about five years for the plants to really start being viable...that doesn't mean the birds/animals aren't getting at them.
Re: Haskap Wine
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 10:42 pm
by icching
I know this is an old post, but at the rate wine ages, it may be an appropriate question still...How did the Haskap wine turn out?