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SWEET CARROT WINE - 5 Litres Ingredients 2.7 Kg (6 lbs) Carrots ( Skinned, topped & tailed) 3 L. White Grape Juice 1.0 Kg. Demerara Sugar 0.350 Kg White Sugar 2 teasp. Citric Acid 1 Tablet Tannin 1 teasp. each of Bentonite, & Pectolase Pinch of Black Pepper Yeast :- Gervin No. 3 or Form. 67. Method Chop carrots into small cubes. Place in pot with 1.7 L. (3 pints) water and simmer for 15 mins., or until carrots are soft. Strain off the liquid and discard the carrot pulp. Add 3 litres grape juice and 350 gm White sugar to the carrot liquor. Add acid, bentonite, pectolase, tannin and pepper. Stir well to dissolve the sugar. Prepare the yeast as per instuctions and add. Check the gravity as fermentation proceeds and feed with the rest of the Demerara sugar in 250 gm increments as the gravity nears 1.00. Tom Henderson, Denny Wine Club, 4 April 2003 |