Bramble Tip Wine

Ingredients

4 Litres/7 pints young bramble tips (50mm/ 2")

450 gm/1lb raisins

3 Litres/5 pints boiling water

1.25 Litres/2.25 pints of syrup - Gravity 300

1 teasp. citric acid

1 yeast nutrient tablet

Bordeaux yeast

Method

Chop bramble tips and boil for 30 mins. Chop the raisins, put in a plastic pail and strain the bramble liquor on top. Stir well.

Add the syrup, yeast nutrient & citric acid. When cool add the yeast starter and stir well. Cover and ferment for 4 days  in a warm place, stirring well each day. Strain off raisins and transfer to a demijohn, top up to 1 gall. level, fit airlock and ferment till dry.

P.S.  Although good to drink after 6 months, it is SUPERB after 1 year.

Rab McVicar  -  Denny Wine Club  -  21 August 2003.