Re: Wine Recipe for Homegrown Grapes?

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: Here is a recipe for your grapes. : Concord Grape Wine : (Yeild 5 US gallons.) : 6 lbs Fresh Grapes : 5 pts water : 3 1/4 cups sugar : 1 tsp Pectic Enzyme : 1 tsp Nutrient : 1 Campden Tablet (crushed) : 1 pkg Wine Yeast : Starting S.G. 1.090-95 : Acid Level .65% : METHOD: : 1. Wash, remove from stems, and discard moldy or badly bruised fruit. : Use a nylon straining bag or a grape press to crush the grapes and strain the juice into a primary fermenter. : 2. Keep the pulp in a straining bag, tie it up and place it into the primary fermenter with the juice. : 3. Stir in all other ingredients EXCEPT the yeast. Cover the fermenter. : 4. After 24 hours add the yeast and cover loosely or use a lid with an air lock. : 5. Stir daily, check the Specific Gravity and press the pulp lightly to aid extraction. : 6. When the Specific Gravity reaches 1.030 or lower light press the juice from the bag and siphon the wine into a glass carboy. Attach an air lock. : 7. The fermentation is complete when the S.G. reaches 1.000 — about 3 weeks. Siphon the wine off into a clean carboy and reattach the airlock. : 8. To aid clearing siphon off again in 2 months and add finings. : When your wine is clear filter if desired and bottle. Add 1 Campden tablet per gallon before bottling. If you desire a less drier wine you can add wine sweetener before bottling.

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