Comment:
Due to the natural yeast clinging to the outer skin of wild fruit,
such as blackberries, mayhaws, muskadines, etc., sweet wine may
be made simply by adding sugar nd water to the fruit. The sugar
not only sweetens the wine, but allows the yeast to grow and fermentation
to develop.
Ingredients:
- 2 gallons fresh fruit (blackberry, muskadine)
- 10 pounds sugar
- 4 1/2 gallons luke warm water
Method:
Rinse a 10 gallon crock jar or plastic bottled water jar and turn
upside down to drain. Thoroughly dissolve 10 pounds of sugar into
41/2 gallons of luke warm water, 100 degrees F. Measure out 2 gallons
of fresh fruit and pour into the sweetened water. Cover the crock
with a cheesecloth and secure tightly with butcher's twine or place
an air-lock device, such as in wine making, in the mouth of a water
jar. Place in a cool, shady room and allow to ferment for 6 weeks.
At the same time each week stir the crock or shake the bottle vigorously
to blend the ingredients and agitate the fermentation. When done
strain the wine through a cheesecloth 2 to 3 times, then bottle
and store. |
