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Making raspberry flavored neutral brandy

January 27, 2012 by Marilyn Odneal

Karl and CJ are making raspberry flavored brandy from the raspberries that were harvested from the high tunnel and adjacent field planting. We had about 125 pounds of berries. The berries were frozen until yesterday when Karl mixed them with neutal distilled spirits that were produced from grapes. The berries soaked in the spirits overnight and today Karl and CJ dumped the contents into a press and let the juice flow out. The color is beautiful and the brandy smells lovely like raspberries. The alcohol percentage is around 30% or 60 proof. It tastes great at this point so there is no plan to add anything else.

CJ and Karl pour raspberries that were soaked in neutral spirits overnight into the press
CJ and Karl pour raspberries that were soaked in neutral spirits overnight into the press

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