Plum Wine 2

This country wine makes 5 gallons (30 bottles) of plum wine. I have friends with gluts of plums: so I always seem to have enough to do at least a dozen bottles a year.

It produces a nice light coloured wine like a Rose and I find chilling it makes it very palatable.

Sometimes […]

Elderberry

This is possibly one of the easiest wines to make.

2lb or 1kg of Edlerberries

1 Lemon, sliced

3lb Sugar

Yeast

 

Put the Edlderberries, Lemon and Sugar into a bucket. Add 1 gallon of boiling water. Mash up the fruit.

When cooled (below 25C) add the yeast.

After about a week, strain the […]

Tea Wine

This may seem a strange wine to make, but is quite enjoyable.

It is also cheap to make just use old tea and or used tea bags. If you want you can use new tea made just for the purpose. I’ll assume you are making from scratch for this receipe.

I have just made three […]

Plum Wine

This country wine makes about 2 gallons (12 bottles) of plum wine. I have friends with gluts of plums; so I always seem to have enough to do at least a dozen bottles a year.

It produces a nice light coloured wine like a Rose and I find chilling it makes it very palatable.

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Pear Wine

This simple country wine makes about 5 gallons (30 bottles) of pear wine. I have a pear tree in my garden and we always have lots left. Pick them before they fall (just).

It produces a nice full flavoured wine and depending on how much raisins are added the colour appears quite dark.

 

 

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