riyadhcrew Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Dear All, Is there anybody out there with a good recipe for 'home made wine'. I am making it using red or white grape juice as the base and whilst it's drinkable, I'm sure that I can do much better with the right help. I'm patiently waiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finny Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Why cant I help but think " speak easy " ...........considering ones location hipflask,,,,,,,,hic,,,,,,,fin.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillR Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 hi eric perhaps this site can help ......https://winemakermag.com/your-first-wine-from-fresh-grapesim still on the sloe vodka etc and ive not attempted wine yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Hi Eric,I went through the wine making stage many years ago, I mostly used the kits but I did dabble with potato, rice & raisin, elder flower & elder berry.The trouble was a lot of these wines just tasted like sherry and sherry is a drink I can never get used to.Have a go with does a sparkling wine, its a bit of a faff with the stoppers that you keep having to pull the draw strings on and the trap on the demijohn needs to be a special one.Maybe you might be better off asking Jill for her recipe for the gin & vodka.RegardsAlan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riyadhcrew Posted September 8, 2014 Author Share Posted September 8, 2014 Many thanks Jill - will give it a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlesprite Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Wine is all about the yeast, if you always produce wine that tastes like sherry it suggests you are using a sherry yeast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riyadhcrew Posted September 8, 2014 Author Share Posted September 8, 2014 Martin, I use 16ltrs of grape juice, 1 ltr of apple juice, 600 grams of sugar and about a table spoon of baker's yeast. Let it bubble for 3 weeks and hope for the best. I make it in one of those upside down water containers with a condom on the top (with requisite number of pin holes in it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlesprite Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Using bakers yeast is a bit hit and miss for flavour, if you use proper wine yeast they are selected for taste, i.e. a Burgundy yeast used with red fruit will produce a Burgundy type wine. Fermentation should take place in a container fitted with some form of airlock (wine needs air excluded) this could be a simple arrangement of a plastic tube in a beaker of water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riyadhcrew Posted September 8, 2014 Author Share Posted September 8, 2014 Hi Martin, Second time writing this reply, as I lost internet signal when trying to post. I will try to find wine yeast (no shops here that sell it). The condom works OK if you put it on squint, as it falls over to form a seal when the bubbling is over. Temperature is my main problem (9 months of the year), as the bubbling works too fast. Thanks for your reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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