Wine Making - Damson Wine Recipe

Recipe for a Dry Damson Wine that should be ready in 6 months. Makes 1 gallon of wine.

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For campden tablets, Pectolase and all wine making supplies & equipment we suggest looking at Brew it Yourself

Damson Wine Recipe

Ingredients:

4 lb damsons
½ lb sultanas
Campden tablets
2 lb sugar
Wine yeast
Nutrient
Water

Method:

Remove the stalks from the damsons and rinse.
Put into a fermenting bin and crush. Chop the sultanas and add to the bin.
Pour on 4 pints of water. Add 1 Campden tablet, crushed and dissolved in a little warm water.
Boil all of the sugar in 3 pints of water for 2 or 3 minutes and, when cool, mix into the pulp.
Add the yeast and nutrient and cover and allow to ferment for a week, stirring daily.
Strain and press and return to a clean fermenting bin.
Cover again and leave for 3 or 4 days.
Pour carefully into a gallon jar, leaving as much deposit behind as possible.
Fill up the jar with cooled, boiled water to where the neck begins.
Fit a fementation lock and leave until fermentation has finished.
Rack, as necessary, adding a Campden tablet after the first racking.
Syphon into bottles.

Makes 1 gallon of wine.

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	Wine Making - Damson Wine Recipe Recipe for a Dry Damson Wine that should be ready in 6 months. Makes 1 gallon of wine. Don't forget to check these winemaking pages: Wine Making Equipment Wine Making Preparation & Hygiene Wine Making Method For campden tablets, Pectolase and all wine making supplies & equipment we suggest looking at Brew it Yourself Damson Wine Recipe Ingredients: 4 lb damsons ½ lb sultanas Campden tablets 2 lb sugar Wine yeast Nutrient Water Method: Remove the stalks from the damsons and rinse. Put into a fermenting bin and crush. Chop the sultanas and add to the bin. Pour on 4 pints of water. Add 1 Campden tablet, crushed and dissolved in a little warm water. Boil all of the sugar in 3 pints of water for 2 or 3 minutes and, when cool, mix into the pulp. Add the yeast and nutrient and cover and allow to ferment for a week, stirring daily. Strain and press and return to a clean fermenting bin. Cover again and leave for 3 or 4 days. Pour carefully into a gallon jar, leaving as much deposit behind as possible. Fill up the jar with cooled, boiled water to where the neck begins. Fit a fementation lock and leave until fermentation has finished. Rack, as necessary, adding a Campden tablet after the first racking. Syphon into bottles. Makes 1 gallon of wine. More Wine Making Recipes Blackberry & Elderberry Wine Recipe Recipe for Blackberry & Elderberry Wine. Makes 1 gallon of a "Burgundy" style wine. Cherry Wine Recipe Recipe for Cherry Wine. Include at least 1 lb of sour cherries or the juice of a large lemon. Makes 1 gallon of wine. Blackberry Wine Recipe A dry wine, similar to a "Beajolais" wine, easy to make from free hedgrow ingredients. Beetroot Wine Recipe Recipe for 1 gallon of either a dry to medium Beetroot Wine. Use the lower amount of sugar for dry and the higher for medium.	Drink Well but Pay Less! Low Cost Living The Book! Wine Recipes Parsnip Wine Recipe Loganberry Wine Recipe Raspberry Wine Recipe Cherry Wine Recipe Gooseberry Wine Recipe Pea-Pod Wine Recipe Elderberry Wine Recipe Rhubarb Wine Recipe Blackberry & Elderberry Wine Recipe Beetroot Wine Recipe
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