how to make a dragon fruit wine?
i need a detailed recipe/process for dragon fruit wine; from the preparation of must to bottling. i don’t know if that fruit will give enough juice to create a wine if i use manual pressing and straining. but if i use a juicer or blender would the wine become bitter because of the crushed seeds?
any help would be gladly appreciated
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I suggest you google a recipe for grapefruit wine and just substitute the dragon fruit. Instead of the juicer, I recommend cutting into pieces by hand, putting into a nylon bag, and then squishing the bag with your hands or feet. Then, put the whole thing into the primary fermentor for the first week. Then, squeeze out the bag and remove the pulp, then transfer the remaining liquid into a carboy with an airlock.
I haven’t tried dragon fruit but I have done the grapefruit. At first it didn’t taste very good but after it sat for a couple of months it now tastes pretty good and I wish I had made a bigger batch. So, you might want to plan on letting your final product sit in the carboy for a couple of months.