A Easy and Simple wine recipe you can make at home.
This makes a good starter recipe for the beginner.
OVERVIEW
This is a classic simple home made wine.
Great as a table wine.
Great for cooking also.
CONCORD GRAPE WINE RECIPE:
INGREDIENTS
• 12 Cups Crushed Concord Grapes (fresh from grocery store)
• 4-6 Cups White Sugar
• 1 Teaspoon Yeast Nutrient
• 4-6 Teaspoon Fresh Lemon Juice (for acid)
• 1 Campden Tablet
• 1 Pack of Wine Yeast (red wine yeast)
IMPORTANT: Make sure all items used are CLEAN!
METHOD
PHASE ONE
1. Mash all the concord grapes making sure to break all of the grape skins, as this allows the juices to escape.
2. Place crushed grapes into primary fermentation device.
3. Add 12 cups of warm water.
4. Add all other ingredient except for the yeast to the primary fermenter.
5. Let sit overnight. This releases the chemicals in the tap water that hinder fermentation of the wine.
6. Add yeast to one cup of warm water with two spoonfuls of sugar. Let this sit for three hours.
7. Add yeast mixture to ingredients in the primary fermentation device.
8. Add airlock.
9. Stir vine mixture once every day for a week to ten days.
PHASE TWO
After a week of primary fermentation it's time to start on secondary fermentation.
1. Filter off all of the primary wine. Run it through a strainer. Be sure to squeeze out as much of the juice as you can.
2. Attach a airlock.
3. Let stand for 1 month.
PHASE THREE
The last phase is bottling of the home made wine.
1. Siphon off the top of the wine trying not to disturb the yeast at the bottom. Siphon into a collection tub.
2. You can filter the wine through a coffee filter to remove must of the floating yeast.
3. Fill bottles and cork.
4. Let stand minimum of two months.
KEYWORDS
Make wine at home, Homemade wine, Wine Recipes, Wine kits, Concord Grape Wine.
