Making fruit wines with apples, pears and grapes. Here are the benefits of my wine making experiences with fruit. My orchard consists of pears, apples and grapes so I will concentrate on making wine with these. You can use other fruits in a similar way. I have found over the years that over ripe fruit are best. Your problem is that over ripe fruit attracts insects, so it is best to pick the fruit as late as possible but before it is a windfall or gone soft. Ideally you should store the fruit until the onset of winter when the insects are out of the way. There are two easy ways to over-ripen the fruit: • Transfer the fruit separately into plastic bags, keeping the top of the bag open. Once you have put the pulped fruit and juice into the fermenting container, add enough water to just cover the fruit.
You also need to add sugar and yeast. Most fruits as mentioned have natural sugar in them and without adding extra sugar, these can be turned into a wine of about 4% to 6% volume alcohol. One Gallon Wine Making Kit - One Gallon Kits. We love our 1 gallon winemaking kit! Why? Because we listen to our customers. We had so many people stopping in the store only wanting to make a small batch but we only had equipment kits in 5 and 6 gallon sizes. As a store owner, of course, I wanted to satisfy my customers needs...hence the One Gallon Wine Making Equipment kit was born! Our One Gallon Kit has all the equipment needed - all you have to do is add the fruit and additives (see below to order our additive pack). Comes with a complete instruction book loaded with recipes from grapes to fruit wines! Contents: 2.0 Fermenting Bucket w/lid 1 Gallon Glass Carboy4' Siphon Hose 3 Pc.
Click here to add a our additive pack that contains all the necessary ingredients to make most fruit and grape wines. Click here to add dried elderberries. One Gallon Instructions are an easy to follow step by step way to make wine. One Gallon Kit Contents Ships in a plain brown box. Additive Package - Wine Additives. FRUIT WINE ONE GALLON RECIPES. Winemaking: Blackberry Wine Recipes. Special Recipe Collection BLACKBERRY WINE (1) [Heavy Bodied] 6 lb blackberries 2-1/2 lb granulated sugar 1/2 tsp pectic enzyme 7 pts water wine yeast and nutrient Wash berries thoroughly in colander, then crush in bowl, trasnfer to primary fermentation vessel, and pour 7 pts. boiling water over must. Allow to steep for two days, then strain through nylon sieve onto the sugar. Stir well to dissolve sugar, add pectic enzyme, cover well, and set aside for 24 hours.
Add yeast and nutrient, cover, and set aside 5-6 days, stirring daily. BLACKBERRY WINE (2) [Medium Bodied Dry] 4 lb blackberries 2-1/4 lb granulated sugar 1/2 tsp pectic enzyme 1/2 tsp acid blend crushed Campden tablet 7 pts water wine yeast and nutrient Pick fully ripe, best quality berries. BLACKBERRY WINE (3) [Medium Bodied Sweet] 4 lb blackberries 3 lb granulated sugar 1 gallon water wine yeast and nutrient Pick fully ripe, best quality berries. BLACKBERRY WINE (4) [Light Bodied Sweet] Pick fully ripe, best quality berries.