Blackberry Wine Recipe

A recipe I am using to make 2 gallons of blackberry wine: 8 lbs. frozen blackberries 16 cups sugar (enough to bring specif gravity to 1.092) 2 teaspoon yeast nutrient 2 teaspoon acid blend 2 teaspoon pectin enzyme DV10 Yeast Crush the berries in food grade pail. Dissolve sugar in 1 gallon boiling water and…

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Black Currant Wine

I’ve tasted some excellent homemade black currant wines, but that was before I began my hobby of home winemaking. Unfortunately, I’m no longer in touch with the black currant home winemaker so after purchasing about 8lbs. of frozen black currants, I had to do a bit of research and experiment. A couple of recipes I…

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Gooseberry Wine Recipe

Goosberries have always been a favorite fruit of mine – my parents had gooseberry bushes in the backyard when I was young, and I used to love picking them and eating them right from the vine. When I was a teenager, I worked on a farm which had loads of gooseberry bushes growing, and one…

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Parsnip Wine Recipe

“…held it beneath his nose, and looked once again at the label before taking a timid sip… “I think I’m in love.”” ~ Making Wild Wines & Meads I love parsnips. My father used to buy them and cook them with stews and other dishes – they were a vegetable he ate a lot of…

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Garlic Wine Recipe

Not all fermented products are made for sipping and leisurely enjoying over dinner or beside a fireplace in the company of good friends. Some fermented products make excellent cooking ingredients, so that the Chateau-Neuf-de-Pape is even more enjoyable while eating dinner with friends Although I don’t like cooking on a daily basis, I do enjoy…

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Kiwi Melomel

First, to those who are not familiar with the term “melomel“: A melomel is a fruit mead, made with honey similar to mead, but with the addition of fruit for a taste that is something different than mead. After some urging by friends, I decided to start a Kiwi Melomel, based on a recipe in…

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Basic Dry Mead

Yield – Five Gallons Basic Dry Honey Mead First, prepare a yeast starter: 1 1/2 cups of orange juice at room temperature 3 teaspoons yeast nutrient 1 Packet Lalvin EC-1118 yeast Mix the juice and yeast nutrient – the pitch the yeast into the starter. Honey Mead Ingredients 14 lbs. honey 5 teaspoons acid blend…

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Basic Blueberry Wine Recipe

Ingredients for one gallon of wine: 2 1/2 pounds of blueberries (fresh or frozen) Use more for a heavier body wine. 4 1/2 cups of sugar 1 teaspoon Yeast Nutrient 1 1/2 teaspoons 1 teaspoon 1 . Wine making yeast Directions Crush the blueberries. I like to use a brand new pair of nylon stockings…

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Kiwi Melomel

First, to those who are not familiar with the term "melomel": A melomel is a fruit mead, made with honey similar to mead, but with the addition of fruit for a taste that is something different than mead. After some urging by friends, I decided to start a Kiwi Melomel, based on a recipe in…

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Potato Wine Recipe

A few years ago, I was walking past a used book store in town, and in the window was a copy of Step By Step Guide to Making Home Made Wine by Judith Irwin. The cost of the 156 page hardcover book was only $14.99, and the book appeared to be brand new. Today, I…

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Already Make Wine? Why Not Try Meads Too

In some folklore, it is said that when a couple were married, they were sent away together for a month along with copious amounts of mead – a fermented beverage made with honey. From that, we have the word "honeymoon" today. Although honeymoons are very popular with newlyweds, today mead is not drunk as often…

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Basic Blueberry Wine Recipe

Ingredients for one gallon of wine: 2 1/2 pounds of blueberries (fresh or frozen) Use more for a heavier body wine. 4 1/2 cups of sugar 1 teaspoon Yeast Nutrient 1 1/2 teaspoons acid blend 1 teaspoon pectic enzyme 1 Campden tablet. Wine making yeast Directions Crush the blueberries. I like to use a brand…

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Applejack – Or Apple Melomel Recipe

Many might remember the song by Dolly Parton with the lyrics: “He lived by the apple orchard in this little orchard shack His real name was Jackson Taylor but I called him Apple Jack” Well, Applejack is actually a melomel made with honey and of course, apples and probably has ancient roots in Europe. If…

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