how do you make dandelion wine?

Answer 1

Dandelion Wine (1)



3 qts dandelion flowers
1 lb white raisins
1 gallon water
3 lbs granulated sugar
2 lemons
1 orange
yeast and nutrient


Pick the flowers just before starting, so they're fresh. You do not need to pick the petals off the flower heads, but the heads should be trimmed of any stalk. Put the flowers in a large bowl. Set aside 1 pint of water and bring the remainder to a boil. Pour the boiling water over the dandelion flowers and cover tightly with cloth or plastic wrap. Leave for two days, stirring twice daily. Do not exceed this time. Pour flowers and water in large pot and bring to a low boil. Add the sugar and the peels (peel thinly and avoid any of the white pith) of the lemons and orange. Boil for one hour, then pour into a crock or plastic pail. Add the juice and pulp of the lemons and orange. Allow to stand until cool (70-75 degrees F.). Add yeast and yeast nutrient, cover, and put in a warm place for three days. Strain and pour into a secondary fermentation vessel (bottle or jug). Add the raisins and fit a fermentation trap to the vessel. Leave until fermentation ceases completely, then rack and add the reserved pint of water and whatever else is required to top up. Refit the airlock and set aside until clear. Rack and bottle. This wine must age six months in the bottle before tasting, but will improve remarkably if allowed a year. [Adapted recipe from C.J.J. Berry's First Steps in Winemaking]

Make sure you are getting ORGANIC flowers. Don't go picking the ones in your yard unless you know for a fact that weed killers, fertilizer and insectisides have not been used in years.

Answer 2

Find a recipe of course, seriously though, find your Dandelions from a field that hasn't been sprayed with weed killer. Make sure you have all the things ready to go before you go picking and here is a insiders tip-- you should have absolutly zero greens in your mix- ONLY THE YELLOW PETALS.

I'd give you a recipe, but it takes too long to type it all in, look around the net, there are lots of recipes out there.

One last thing, Dandelion wine is far more novelty than good wine. It don't really taste that good.

Answer 3

I don't know, but that sounds cool. I will be checking back to see if you got any good answers.

Answer 4

There's a book you should read.

Answer 5

try this:
http://scorpius.spaceports.com/~goodwine/dandelionwine.htm