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JoJoDapyro:
I want to cut the tree down, as the fruit never really gets ripe. My wife is against the idea, and thinks I only want to cut it down for bow wood. She knows me well. Besides cow food, the apples are just more work. I haven't sprayed them because they never ripen. We will give this a shot and see how it turns out!

AndrewS:
Ice Wine normally is a very special thing.

The fruits (vineberries, but you can try apples as well) have to be frozen. I think -10° Celsius over one or two days and then you can harvest the fruits and press them..... so you will get an essence of sugar, acid and other tasty ingredients cause the water is frozen.

From this result of your pressing, you have to made vine and it will be sweet and sour and  a bunch of aromatic explosion.....
A good bootle of ice vine is normally sold for a high price by the vinemaker.

TrevorM:
If you try this don't use bread yeast it'll be nasty. You should be able to find cider or champagne yeast at a local homebrew store or online. You could also try just letting the natural yeast do it's thing, but might end up with some strange stuff.

JoJoDapyro:
Yeah. it is wine all by itself. My trash cans sit under the tree, all winter it smells like wine.

TrevorM:
Smell and taste don't always match up though. I'm not saying don't try it, you could very well end up with something amazing. There's just a chance it could go the other way too. Googling Lambic (naturally fermented beer) might give you some pointers/idea of the sort of thing you might end up with.

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