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WHORTLEBERRY WINE
3 Ib. whortleberries
6 oz. chopped raisins
2 3/4 Ib. sugar
1 gallon water
Campden tablet
Pectozyme
Nutrient
Port-wine yeast
Wash and stalk: the fruit, add the chopped raisins
and pour on the boiling water. When cool crush the berries with your
hands. Add one teaspoonful of pectozyme and a Campden tablet, then cover
and soak for three days, stirring each day. Strain and stir in the
sugar, nutrient and yeast and ferment to completion. If needs be another
4 to 6 oz. of sugar may be added during fermentation to ensure that the
wine is served as a medium-sweet wine.
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