Home made wine can taste just as good as shop bought wine if you find some great recipes to tempt your taste buds. If you do not have wine making equipment ready and waiting to be used, than the first thing to do before reading this recipe is to buy a home made wine kit.
There are many stockists on the internet of Home Made Wine kits and they will deliver the kits to your door. Remember always, when it comes to home made wine, your equipment must be clean and sterilized otherwise your wine could be contaminated and harm the process leading to poor quality wine. Once you have the home made wine making equipment in place, then you can start to use the following home made wine recipe that will end up being a family favorite for years to come.
Home Made Wine – Cherry Wine
Ingredients
- 1lb of cherries that have been rinsed, de-stoned and crushed.
- Campden tablets
- 2 and a half pounds of sugar.
- Yeast – Do not use bread yeast. This must specifically be wine yeast.
- Water
Method
Put the cherries into a large pan and then pour over boiling water. Dissolve the sugar in another pan of hot water and when this is cool, add it along with the Campden tablets to the cherries. Mix it well and then add the yeast. Mix again, and then cover it for at least a week. Stir it at least once a day.
After a week, put the mixture through a strainer and into a clean pot. Cover it again and keep it for another week, remembering to stir it well every day. Put it through a sieve again and this time pour it into a demijohn bottle. Fill the rest of the bottle with cold water, and then add an airlock and stopper to the demijohn.
When the airlock stops displaying bubbles, you are able to siphon the wine off into separate bottles. Store the bottles on specially made racks in a cool dark place. Your Home Made Wine is now ready to consume. If required, you may chill it before hand.
Home Made Wine – Alter the recipe above
The home made wine recipe listed above can be altered to use any fruit that you like. Blackberries or raspberries are a good choice. Be careful if you attempt to use citrus fruits however as you will need to add more sugar.
Home Made Wine – Where to find more recipes
The home made wine recipe above is a basic version, however there are so many recipes out there to tempt your taste-buds and push your knowledge to the boundaries. Many people make a full-time hobby out of learning to make home made wine and you can get in contact with them through clubs and associations in your areas, forum chat board, wine making organization clubs.
Home made wine is now something that many people are attempting due to the rising cost of alcohol. Make your own home made wine and experiment with different recipes and techniques to find the perfect bottle that tantalizes your taste-buds.
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