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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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Strawberry Melomel
Based on a recipe in Making Wild Wines & Meads, a book by Pattie Vargas and Rich Gulling.
Blueberry Melomel (Mead)
Based on a recipe in Making Wild Wines & Meads, a book by Pattie Vargas and Rich Gulling.
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…
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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