How Do I Make Wine with Nuts and Berries?
- 1). Pick the fresh berry of your choice. Choose dark, ripe berries for the best results. Wash the berries, and remove all leaves and stems.
- 2). Combine the water and sugar, and bring it to a boil in a large pot. Stir until the sugar has completely dissolved in the water.
- 3). Put all of the berries inside a nylon straining bag, and place in the bottom of the bucket. Crush the berries in the bag using your hands, a kitchen mallet or other means.
- 4). Pour the boiling sugar-water mixture over the berries, and add the acid blend, tannin and yeast nutrient. This process will extract the flavorful berry juice.
- 5). Allow the contents of the bucket to cool to room temperature, and then add the crushed Campden tablet.
- 6). Cover the bucket with the airtight lid to begin primary fermentation. Secure the lid with additional large rubber bands or bungee cords. Allow the mixture to ferment for 12 hours.
- 7). Add the activated wine yeast, and cover again with the airtight lid. Stir the mixture daily for one week.
- 8). Remove the nylon bag after the week is up, and suspend it over the bucket for one hour to allow all of the juice to drip into the bucket.
- 9). Add pectic enzyme, and wait 12 hours. Pour the contents of the bucket into a secondary container for fermentation, and secure the airlock.
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Wait two months. Test the wine, and sweeten with additional sugar if needed. Ferment the wine for six months total. Test the wine again once a month, and sweeten with sugar as desired. - 11
Transfer the wine to a dark glass bottle, and age it for another six months. - 12
Collect 25 immature nuts about 1 inch in diameter each. The nuts should be undamaged for best results. Wash the nuts and then air dry. - 13
Cut the nuts into quarters, place in the secondary container and add the berry wine. Cover the container, and set aside in a cool, dark place for six weeks. - 14
Remove the nut sections from the wine by pouring the wine through a sieve. - 15
Add the vodka and 4 additional cups of sugar to the berry wine. Mix thoroughly until the sugar dissolves. - 16
Pour the wine back into bottles and store. Serve chilled and enjoy.