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DAMSON WINE
4 Ib. sound ripe damsons
6 oz. chapped raisins
3 1/4 lb. sugar
1 gallon water
Campden tablet
Pectozyme
Nutrient
Port yeast
Stalk and wash the fruit, pour on boiling water and
when cool mash the damsons with your hands, removing as many stones as
possible. Add the chopped raisins, one teaspoonful of pectozyme and a
Campden tablet. Next day add the fermenting yeast and nutrient and
ferment for four days, pressing down the cap each day. Strain and press
dry, stir in 2lb 8oz sugar and continue the fermentation adding the
remaining three doses of 4 oz. sugar each time the S.G, falls below
1.010. Rack and mature in the usual way.
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