Can I use frozen fruit to sweeten wine instead of sugar?
I made some fresh fruit wine and after stabilizing I added some frozen fruit to sweeten it. The fruit is now grey. Is it still drinkable? Did I screw up the whole batch?
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That will happen. Yes it's drinkable. The fruit just lost color from sitting in water. Frozen fruit will just keep your drink cold. I put frozen fruit when I make a pitcher of sangria to keep it cold. If you mix needs flavor add a little sugar it won't hurt it. If your trying to avoid sugar add fresh fruit with some lemon and/or lime juice.
Just remove the fruit before decanting or serving - it sounds like either the color of the fruit just leeched out into the wine (if it's white wine) or the color of the wine stained the fruit (if it's red wine) It's safe to drink, just not very attractive. lol!
Unlike the earlier posters, I'm assuming that you added the frozen fruit to the must, rather than to finished wine. You have not screwed up the whole batch. Taste it to be sure but you can probably leave the fruit in until you rack to the next fermenter.