1.2 KiB
1.2 KiB
Ginger Wine
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
- Peel & bruise ginger root & simmer in 4 pints of water for 30 minutes.
- Wash sultanas and simmer in 2 pints of water for 20 minutes.
- Pour ginger & water into a fermenting bin Add the water from the Sultanas.
- Blend the Sultanas in a food processor and add to the fermenting bin.
- Add the lemons and tea bags and wait till its cool then add the wine yeast.
- Ferment for 5 - 7 days, then strain the solids through muslin & squeeze out any juice leave to cool.
- Dissolve white sugar in 6 pints of water, stir into the ginger mixture.
- Top up to 3 gallons Ferment to almost dry.
- Dissolve brown sugar into 4 pints of water add to fermentation bin and top up to 4 gallons.
- This can now be transferred to demi john's for final fermentation.
Quantity
These instruction make around 20 Litres of wine.