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Recipe for 1 Imperial gallon.
2.5 lbs of rowanberries (also called dogberries)
18 cups of water
2 lbs white sugar
1 1/4 tsp acid blend
1 1/4 tsp pectic enzyme
1 tsp yeast nutrient
1 Campden tablet (crushed)
1 Pkg Lalvin wine yeast
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Use ripe berries, picked after the first frost. Remove stems,
rinse off, and drain. Put into a nylon straining bag, crush and
squeeze juice into the primary fermenter. Keeping pulp in the
bag, tie the top and place into fermenter. Stir in all other ingredients
EXCEPT yeast. Cover primary. After 24 hrs prepare yeast
as per instructions on the package. Add to primary and stir vigorously
for 2 minutes. Cover fermenter. Stir daily checking specific gravity
and squeezing pulp slightly to aid extraction. Make sure to sanitize
your spoon and hydrometer. When SG reaches 1.040 (3-5 days), siphon
wine off the sediment into a glass secondary. Attach airlock.
When fermentation is complete (SG 1.000.. about 3 weeks) siphon
off sediment into clean secondary. Top up with cooled pre-boiled
water. Attach airlock. Siphon off sediment again in 2 months to
aid clearing, and top up with cooled pre-boiled water again if
necessary. Let stand until clear. To sweeten wine at bottling
Winemaster wine conditioner to taste. Filter if desired.
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