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Home Winemaking Recipes
I've tried quite a few different wines and have experimented with fruits, vegetables and more. Some turned out horrible while others turned out amazingly fantastic!
Here's some of my home winemaking experiments including the recipes.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Ginger Wine Recipe
This is an adaptation from a recipe found at Roxanne’s Kitchen. Please note that I used ingredients for 2 gallons of wine as I want to end up with 1 gallon of dry and 1 gallon of sweet wine. Date Started: August 22, 2005 Ingredients for ginger wine : 2 cups chopped fresh ginger root.…
Red Currant Wine Recipe
When I was younger, my grandfather had red and black currant bushes. He would get so many currants, that not only was there enough for preserves and jams to last until the following year, there were always quarts and quarts of berries that would go to the birds, or just rot. If he was into…
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