Plum Wine Recipe River Cottage
The wine can be sampled and checked to see if you want to back sweeten it.
Plum wine recipe river cottage. Instructions boil water and sugar honey. A 1 gallon demijohn cheaper if you buy several rubber bung and airlock. I imagine the taste and color will turn out quite different.
Wash stem and pit the plums. Plum wine is a great way to enjoy an abundance of plums. Strain off into another bowl and add sugar yeast and stir.
1 teaspoon of lemon juice. Bottle the wine and set aside the longer the better. Stir and mash with wooden spoon.
Make sure you use a bucket or something with a wide enough opening to add the plums. Mash the plums with. Put into straining bag in bottom of primary.
6 wine bottles ideally clear glass 6 stoppers. Start by bringing the water to a simmer add sugar and stir to dissolve. Ingredients 5lbs 2 25 kilos of plums i used little red wild plums but any kind will work 3lbs 1 35 kilos of sugar i like to use raw sugar sucanat 1 gallonof water 1 teaspoonof fresh lemon juice 1packet cider yeast ask at a local brew shop or this oneshould work well.
5lbs 2 25 kilos of healthy plums including stones 3lbs 1 35 kilos of sugar. Cover and stir daily for three days. Use this method if you intend to back sweeten.