07-14-2008, 11:05 AM
I have been making fine and not so fine wines for years.
Here is a super simple cheap and easy recipe.
Wash our and sanitize with bleach a 5 gallon jerry can, rinsing well.
On the stove disolve 1 4# bag of sugar just till all disolved.
Add 8 cans of <u>real</u> frozen apple juice ( I use Seneca brand)
pour in you sugar water mixture then fill the jerry can. Leave an inch or so for foam which will form.
Add one table spoon of baking yeast ( they make other strains for wine but this works great)
Cap the jerry can but crack the valve or it will explode.
wait about a week and pour you some and chill it. At that point it will still be a sweet cider but have a slightly higher alcohol content than beer.
In another week to 10 days in will be dryer and taste moore wine like.
Just let the yeast settle to the bottom and try not to disturb it.
You could further clearify with finings and racking but white wines don't really keep or improve with age so just drink it up.
Here is a super simple cheap and easy recipe.
Wash our and sanitize with bleach a 5 gallon jerry can, rinsing well.
On the stove disolve 1 4# bag of sugar just till all disolved.
Add 8 cans of <u>real</u> frozen apple juice ( I use Seneca brand)
pour in you sugar water mixture then fill the jerry can. Leave an inch or so for foam which will form.
Add one table spoon of baking yeast ( they make other strains for wine but this works great)
Cap the jerry can but crack the valve or it will explode.
wait about a week and pour you some and chill it. At that point it will still be a sweet cider but have a slightly higher alcohol content than beer.
In another week to 10 days in will be dryer and taste moore wine like.
Just let the yeast settle to the bottom and try not to disturb it.
You could further clearify with finings and racking but white wines don't really keep or improve with age so just drink it up.