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Apple Wine Recipe No 1

Apple Wine Recipe #1

INGREDIENTS:

7 - 8 pounds of apples (or 2 quarts of juice with no preservatives added)

4 1/2 pints of water

2 pounds of sugar

2 1/4 tsp of Acid Blend

1/2 tsp of Pectic Enzyme

1/4 tsp of Tannin

1 tsp of Nutrient

1 crushed Campden tablet

1 package of yeast

1 tsp anti oxidant - This is added before bottling

Starting Specific Gravity (S.G.) - 1.085 - 1.090



Wash and sort your apples. Use only solid firm fruit. Cut your apples into smaller pieces and press the juice from your apples. (If you do not have a press to press the juice out of your apples you can put your cut up apples into a nylon straining bag and press the juice out through the mesh as they ferment. They will get soft so keep squeezing periodically.)

Put your juice into your Primary Fermenter and add your crushed Campden Tablet and Pectic Enzyme. This will help with the clearing of your wine.

Stir in all other ingredients except for the anti oxidant and your Yeast and cover your fermenter.

After 24 hours add your yeast and cover your fermenter.

Stir your batch every day and check the Specific Gravity with your Hydrometer. In about 3 - 5 days your S.G. should reach 1.040.

Now you will siphon your wine off of the sediment into your secondary container which is usually your glass carboy. The sediment is the stuff that accumulates at the bottom of your container.

Attach your airlock and wait for your fermentation to be complete.

You will know it is complete when your S.G. has reached 1.000. This will take about 3 weeks.

Siphon your wine off the sediment into a clean secondary carboy, reattach your airlock. You will wait about 2 months and then siphon your wine off the sediment again. Keep doing this until your wine is clear. If it is clear now then it is time to bottle.

Before bottling add your anti oxidant.

Let wine set for a couple of months before drinking.




*** If you want more of a full bodied heavier wine then make the following changes to the recipe:

14-16 pounds of apples (or 1 gallon of juice - no preservatives added)

1 pound of sugar

1 1/2 tsp of Acid Blend

All other ingredients are the same

Strawberry Wine

Ingredients:

3 1/2 lbs. fresh wild strawberries
2-1/2 lbs. granulated sugar
1 gal. water
1 tsp. acid blend
1 tsp. pectic enzyme
1/4 tsp. grape tannin
1 crushed Campden tablet
Champagne yeast and nutrient


Place fruit in nylon jelly bag and tie. In crock, crush fruit with hands. Add all other ingredients except Campden tablet, pectic enzyme and yeast in crock and cover with 3 quarts boiling water. Stir well to dissolve sugar. Cover and add crushed Campden tablet when tepid (about 2 hours). After additional 10 hours add pectic enzyme and 12 hours later add yeast. Cover and stir daily. On 7th day remove jelly bag and hang over bowl to collect juice. Allow to drain thoroughly without squeezing (about two hours). Pour all liquids into secondary fermentation vessel, top up to one gallon, fit fermentation trap, and set aside. Rack every 30 days until wine clears (3-6 months). When wine clears, bottle. Allow to age at least 1 year.

Why my wine fermentation produces vinegar?

Oxygen is considered the principal enemy of wine fermentation process. Ethanol production by yeasts is carried out under anaerobic conditions in the presence of natural sugars such as glucose, sucrose and fructose; however if oxygen enters to the fermentation system, an oxidizing condition is generated. According to organic chemistry, ethanol is transformed in acetic acid following the reaction:

Ethanol + Oxygen (Air) => Acetic Acid

(C2H5OH) + O2 => CH3COOH

Acetic acid is undesirable byproduct due to its unpleasant smell as well as its repulsive taste.

In order to avoid the Acetic acid formation during the fermentation process an oxygen (or air) limiting is desirable. To do this, it is highly recommended the use of check valves in the gas exhaust of fementer, if it is not possible a simple silicone or plastic pipe immersed in water or lime solution is useful to control the inlet or air.

A NEW RECIPE ABOUT PINEAPPLE WINE !!

Things You'll Need:

3 1/2 quarts of water
2 pounds granulated sugar
4 lbs fresh pineapple
Primary and secondary fermentors
Nylon straining bag
Cloth
1 crushed campden tablet
¼ tsp tannin
½ tsp pectic enzyme
1 tsp yeast nutrient
1/2 tsp acid blend
1 package of Montrachet or Champagne wine yeast
Siphon
Airlock
Bottles
Corks

Step 1

Bring 7 pints of water to a boil and add 2 pounds of granulated sugar to the boiling water. Stir until the sugar is dissolved.

Step 2

Place the pineapple into a large bowl. Remove the pineapple from the skin and the core and chop the fruit into small pieces. You can also choose to place the fruit in a juicer. You need a total of 4 pounds of the fruit with juice for this wine.

Step 3

Pour the juice into the primary fermentor and place all the fruit into a nylon straining bag and tie the bag. Crush the fruit in a primary fermentor while it is in the bag and leave the bag in the fermentor. Pour the boiling water over the fruit. Cover with a cloth and allow the mixture to cool until it becomes room temperature.

Step 4

Place 1 crushed campden tablet, 1/4 tsp tannin, 1 tsp yeast nutrient and 1/2 tsp acid blend into the fermentor. Cover and let it sit for 1 day at room temperature. After this time period, add 1/2 tsp pectic enzyme, cover again and let it sit for 12 hours.

Step 5

Put 1 packet of activated Montrachet or Champagne wine yeast into the fermentor. Let the wine sit and ferment for 7 days. Stir twice a day every day for this time period.

Step 6

Take the nylon straining bag out of the fermentor and allow the juice to drain out of it. Do not squeeze the bag. Discard the bag and pulp and let the wine set for 10 more days.

Step 7

Rack (or siphon) the wine into the secondary fermentor (without stirring first, as this will disrupt the sediment on the bottom) and fit on the airlock. Let it sit for 2 weeks, then rack again, replacing the airlock. Repeat this once every 30 days for about 6 months or until the wine is clear.

Step 8

Stabilize the wine and sweeten it to taste with granulated sugar when the wine has become clear. After 10 more days, rack the wine into bottles.

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A recommended recipe

A recommended recipe to prepare wine at home is shown as follows:

Extract the flavor and aroma from the base ingredients by chopping, crushing, pressing, boiling or soaking them.

Add sugar, acid, nutrients, and yeast to the fermentation media or liquor to achieve the proper ratio and ferment, covered, for 3 to 10 days in a primary fermentation vessel (crock, jar or polyethylene pail) at 70-75 degrees Fahrenheit.

Strain off the liquid from the pulp, put it (the liquid) into a secondary fermentation vessel (a carboy or jug), fit a fermentation trap (airlock) on the mouth of the bottle, and allow fermentation to proceed at 60-65 degrees Fahrenheit until all bubbling ceases (after several weeks).

Siphon the wine off the sediments (lees) into another clean secondary fermentation vessel. Reattach the fermentation trap. Repeat after another one or two months and again before bottling.

When wine is clear and all fermentation has stopped, siphon into wine bottles and cork the bottles securely.

Leave corked bottles upright for 3-5 days and then store them on their side at 55 degrees Fahrenheit for six months (white wine) to a year (red wine) before sampling. If not up to expectations, allow to age another year or more.



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