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The adventure of making my very own
Mulberry wine with no valid recipe
This one I went into blind. There were really no
solid recipes on the Internet or in any books I
had. All I knew was that I loved the tasted of
mulberries since I was a kid, and thought that this would be
my favorite wine ever. You will need a large
amount of mulberries and patience before you can even taste
this wine. Here is my recipe for a batch of six
(6) gallons.
I think that the two hardest things about
making this wine are the amount of time it takes to pick and
clean all the mulberries and the waiting time for it to
age. I am told that it tastes best after 2 years of
aging.
Mulberry Wine (1 gallon batch)
 | 6 lb. ripe mulberries
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 | 2 lb. granulated sugar
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 | 1 lb. chopped or minced raisins
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 | ¾ tsp. pectic enzyme
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 | ½ tsp. acid blend
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 | 6 pts. water
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 | Bordeaux wine yeast and nutrient |
Bring water to boil and dissolve sugar in it,
stirring until completely clear. Meanwhile, wash the mulberries
after removing the stems and pour into primary fermentation vessel.
Add raisins, chopped or minced. Pour boiling sugar-water over fruit
and allow to cool to 75-80 degrees F. Add pectic enzyme, acid blend,
and yeast nutrient. Stir well, cover and set aside 12 hours. Add
yeast, stir, recover, and allow to ferment four days on the pulp,
stirring twice daily after punching down the cap. Strain through
nylon sieve, pressing lightly to extract juice and then pour into
dark secondary fermentation vessel or clear one wrapped with brown
paper, topping up if necessary, and fit fermentation trap. Rack
after two months and again two months later. Stabilize and set aside
2-3 weeks. Bottle, store in a dark place and taste after six months
to a year. A full-bodied wine, it tastes better after two
years.
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Mulberry wine status
This one is currently in its bulk aging stage. It
has a beautiful ruby red color to it as the lees settle out of it. |
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