Monday, 30 May 2011

Rhubarb Wine

2011.05.14
Ingredients:

2KG Rhubarb Stalks
Sugar
Campden Tablet
Yeast Nutrient

Preparation:
http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/reques34.asp about this

  • Cut into small pieces, freeze.
  • Put into primary fermenter, pour 1 litre boiled water on top, add 1 KG sugar. 1 Campden tablet.
  • Leave for a few days - 3 days. Strain through sieve and muslin bag
  • Add water to 1 gallon. SG=1100
  • Add 1/2 tsp tannin, 1/4 tsp citric acid, 1/4 tsp tartaric acid, 1/4 tsp wine nutrient, 1/2 tsp pectolaze. Pitch yeast - acid limiting yeast, MA33. Sparge 129 grams sultanas and add too.
  • Leave to ferment. Need to buy precipitated chalk and add to reduce acidity (oxalic acid first of all)
  • added 2tsp of chalk.
  • 2011.06.18 Stopped fermentation. SG=985

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