#+TITLE: Ginger Wine #+DATE: 2018-05-23 12:00:00 UTC #+DESCRIPTION: Ginger wine reciepe #+FILETAGS: recipe:fermenting:draft #+CATEGORY: recipe #+SLUG: ginger-wine #+HTML_DOCTYPE: #+SETUPFILE: ./templates/org/readthedocs.txt * Ingredients - 350g Root ginger - 500g Sultanas - 3 Kilos white sugar - 1Kg Soft Brown Sugar - 2 Lemon's (peeled) - 3 Tea bags (for the tannin) * Instructions 1. Peel & bruise ginger root & simmer in 4 pints of water for 30 minutes. 2. Wash sultanas and simmer in 2 pints of water for 20 minutes. 3. Pour ginger & water into a fermenting bin Add the water from the Sultanas. 4. Blend the Sultanas in a food processor and add to the fermenting bin. 5. Add the lemons and tea bags and wait till its cool then add the wine yeast. 6. Ferment for 5 - 7 days, then strain the solids through muslin & squeeze out any juice leave to cool. 7. Dissolve white sugar in 6 pints of water, stir into the ginger mixture. 8. Top up to 3 gallons Ferment to almost dry. 9. Dissolve brown sugar into 4 pints of water add to fermentation bin and top up to 4 gallons. 10. This can now be transferred to demi john's for final fermentation. * Quantity These instruction make around 20 Litres of wine.