Sweet Potato Wine Ingredients
- 12 cups chopped sweet potatoes
- 5 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 cups light raisins
- 1 teaspoon yeast nutrients
- 2 thinly sliced oranges
- 1/2 teaspoon pectic enzyme
- 1 campden tablet
- water
- 1 package wine yeast
Pumpkin Wine. Ingredients
- 5 lbs grated pumpkin flesh
- 3-1/4 lbs fine sugar
- 1/2 oz citric acid
- 1 tsp yeast nutrient
- 1/4 tsp yeast energizer
- 6-1/2 pts water
- wine yeast
If your homemmade wine has too much sediment, there are to ways to make it clear and transparent.
1. Method making dull wine clear
Take 2-3 chicken eggs for each 100 ml of wine. Separate the whites, add a little bit of water and beat them up. Then mix them with a small quantity of wine and pour this mixture in the bottle.
Apple wine ingredients:
- apples - 2 kg
- sugar - 2.5 glasses
- water - 2 litres
- cinnamon - 1 table-spoons
Carefully wash apples, cut to small pieces, put them in a saucepan. Add water, cinnamon and boil till apples are soft. Let sit overnight.
24 hours later, add balance of ingredients. Stir to dissolve sugar. Stir daily for 5 to 6 days or until frothing ceases. Strain out fruit and squeeze as much juice out of it as you can. Siphon into secondary fermentor and attach airlock.
Mead is independently multicultural. It is known from many sources of ancient history throughout Europe, Africa and Asia, although archaeological evidence of it is ambiguous. Its origins are lost in prehistory, it can be regarded as the ancestor of all fermented drinks.
Sometimes even if your homemade wine is perfectly ready, it still stays murky. Usually it happens with fruit wines (plum, pear etc.) and in this case wine needs extra clarification. There are various methods, but most popular are: Clarification by adding gelatin and Clarification by adding egg white.
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To prepare homemade sparkling wine you should take 2-3 year old fruit wines (apples will be the best option). Start preparation in the middle or in the end of summer to get it ready by winter.
