2006-08-09 10:31:39 · 18 answers · asked by ray56_32223 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Fruit or Berry Wine
4 litres of crushed fruit or berries (discard most of the larger pits)
1 ½ litres of boiling water
Allow to steep for 3 days in a sanitized, water-sealed primary fermenter (stir daily)
Strain into another sanitized fementer. Add 1 campden tablet or 1 tbsp. of fruit wine stabilizer per gallon. Water-seal the fermenter.
Stir 3 or 4 times for a day.
Add 1 package of wine yeast for a full 23 litre batch. If making less, use your own judgement. Stir in yeast.
Add 2 lb. of sugar per 4 litres of juice. Stir in and water-seal.
Allow to ferment until all noticeable bubbling has stopped. Rack into a sanitized carboy and water-seal. Allow to clarify for at least a month.
Rack into another sanitized carboy. Stir in a bottle of clarifying agent. Let stand for a week to clarify.
Rack into a sanitized carboy, checking clarity in a wine glass. If it looks good, let stand for a couple of days, then filter and bottle. If not (yup, you guessed it) let stand and rack again in a week.
The complete process usually takes a couple of months, depending on the type of fruit and the amount of pulp involved.
This wine is ready to drink when bottled, but will only get better with age. Enjoy!
2006-08-09 10:51:20 · answer #1 · answered by pooh bear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently the phrase "making wine from water" is an old Aramaic colloqual expression that is roughly equivalent to "being the life of the party".
Enjoy!
2006-08-09 18:29:01 · answer #2 · answered by Alan Turing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's impossible. And Jesus never did it. He had the wine bottle behind his back the whole time. Here's a good question: How do you make wine into blood? Ewwww
2006-08-09 20:13:15 · answer #3 · answered by surfer2966 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The grapes can't grow without the water. I'm wondering how wine can be made without water.
2006-08-09 17:36:14 · answer #4 · answered by Tones 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they have a wine powder mix yet.
2006-08-09 17:36:01 · answer #5 · answered by Christopher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Point one finger to the sky and put one finger in the water.
2006-08-09 17:36:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pray!
2006-08-09 17:35:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You perform a miracle.
2006-08-09 17:35:52 · answer #8 · answered by caz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey, figure that trick out and you won't be punching a clock no more...
2006-08-09 17:40:21 · answer #9 · answered by gamerunner2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Switch them when no one is looking.
2006-08-09 17:35:49 · answer #10 · answered by * 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋