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Recipe for 1 Imperial gallon
4 lbs of plums, pitted
12 cups of water
2 lbs sugar
1/2 tsp acid blend
1/2 tsp pectic enzyme
1 tsp yeast nutrient
1 Campden tablet, crushed
1 pkg wine yeast
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Wash drain and remove stones. Cut into small pieces. Put into
straining bag, crush and squeeze juice into primary fermenter.
Keeping pulp in bag, tie top, and place in primary. Stir in all
other ingredients except yeast. Cover primary. After
24 hours, add yeast. Cover primary. Stir daily, check specific
gravity, and press pulp lightly to aid extraction. When ferment
reaches SG 1.040 (3-5 days) squeeze juice lightly from bag. Syphon
wine off sediment into glass carboy. Top up with cooled pre-boiled
water. Attach an air lock. When ferment is complete (SG has dropped
to 1.000 -- about 3 weeks) siphon the wine off the sediment into
a clean secondary. Reattach the air lock. To aid clearing siphon
wine again in 2 months and again if necessary before bottling.
To sweeten wine, at bottling time add Winemaster wine conditioner
to taste.
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