Sunday, July 17, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
A Shed Load Of Cherries 3 Ways
Today I found some wild Cherry Trees, I have picked a few...
Supermarkets are charging about 1 pound per punnet... in monetary terms that must be about 150 pounds worth!
Ok you know the drill, boil fruit, add 2lb of sugar, dissolve, mash, strain, get stock and strain a couple of times to remove bits. Add about 1.5 litres of grape juice. I did 1 with red grape juice, 1 with mixed red and white and 1 with all white grape juice.
Add 1tsp yeast, 1tsp yeast nutrient, 1tsp pectolaise, 1tsp citric acid, top up with water.
And there you have it 2 hours cherry picking, 1 hour cooking, 30 minutes cleaning up and we have 18 bottles of Cherry Wine on the way, in 3 different colours / tastes!
Ok you know the drill, boil fruit, add 2lb of sugar, dissolve, mash, strain, get stock and strain a couple of times to remove bits. Add about 1.5 litres of grape juice. I did 1 with red grape juice, 1 with mixed red and white and 1 with all white grape juice.
And there you have it 2 hours cherry picking, 1 hour cooking, 30 minutes cleaning up and we have 18 bottles of Cherry Wine on the way, in 3 different colours / tastes!
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