BLUEBERRY WINE RECIPE
Sweet-tart blueberries can be turned into blueberry wine that will quench your thirst on a hot summer day. Try this beginner's guide for making blueberry wine.
Provided by Cassie Johnston
Categories Drinks
Time P1mT30m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Wash all your tools and sterilize to your desired level of cleanliness. Maintain this level of cleanliness throughout the process.
- In a big bucket, a large jar, or specifically designed fermenter, add the frozen fruit, cane sugar, and pectic enzyme (if using). Cover and let sit out until the berries are defrosted and the entire mixture is quite juicy-at least four hours, up to 24 hours.
- Using a potato masher or clean hands, mash the berries to crush them. No need for it to be a smooth puree.
- In a small bowl, combine about a cup of water with the yeast, set aside to wake up for 10 minutes.
- Add the acid blend or lemon juice and yeast nutrient to the blueberry mixture. Add in enough water to bring the total volume of the mixture to about 1 1/3 gallons-no need to be perfectly accurate.
- Pitch the yeast water into the mixture, and stir well to agitate. Close the lid on the fermenter and fit with an airlock.
- Place the fermenter in a spot out of direct light, but where you can keep an eye on it. Agitate the mixture well at least once per day by stirring or swirling.
- The fermentation should start within 1-3 days. Continue to stir or swirl thoroughly throughout the entire primary fermentation stage.
- When the bubbles slow down considerably in the airlock (usually around the 10-day mark for us with this wine, but it'll vary based on the heat of your house), your primary fermentation is done.
- Fit a funnel with a mesh sieve into the neck of a sterilized carboy. You can also use a special brewing funnel with a strainer if you choose.
- Using a large ladle, scoop out the whole and mashed blueberries and pour them through the sieve and funnel.
- Press the berry puree into the sieve to get as much of the early wine out as possible.
- When the sieve fills up, dump the spent must into the compost, and replace. Keep repeating until the majority of the fruit is out of the wine.
- Pour the remainder of the wine through the sieve and funnel.
- You want the wine to come to the bottom of the neck of the carboy. If you have too much, you can pour yourself a glass of not-yet-finished-but-still-delicious wine. If you have too little, you can top it off with more non-chlorinated water.
- Fit the carboy with an airlock. All this agitation will restart any sluggish fermentation quite actively, so I recommend placing the carboy in a place where you can keep an eye on it easily (but still out of direct sunlight).
- Once you know it's not going to geyser wine everywhere, you can then move the carboy to a dark, out-of-the-way spot to do the longer secondary fermentation.
- Secondary fermentation is complete when the wine is "still," meaning there is no carbonation in the wine, no bubbling in the airlock, and the wine has cleared. This can take anywhere from a couple of weeks to months, depending on a number of factors. Do not bottle until the wine is still.
- Using a siphon, transfer the finished blueberry wine-leaving behind the sediment-from the carboy to the bottling bucket (or the primary fermenter if it has a spigot).
- Fit the bottling container spigot with a bottle filler, if using.
- Fill clean, sanitized bottles using the bottle filler or just the spigot.
- Cap, cork, or close the top of the bottles. Label the bottles.
- Store in a cool dark spot (if using corks, turn the bottles on their sides to keep the corks wet) and age for at least 30 days, but preferably 6-12 months for the best flavor.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 208 calories, Carbohydrate 54 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 0 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 0 grams fat, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 1 grams protein, SaturatedFat 0 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 5 oz, Sodium 2 milligrams sodium, Sugar 51 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 0 grams unsaturated fat
BLUEBERRY WINE JAM
Make and share this Blueberry Wine Jam recipe from Food.com.
Provided by dicentra
Categories Berries
Time 35m
Yield 4 half pints
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Prepare jars, lids and bands.
- Mash thawed blueberries. Mix with sugar, wine, and orange juice concentrate.
- Cook over high heat, stirring to dissolve sugar.
- Bring to a boil and let boil very hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat and pour in pectin. Stir and skim for 6 minutes.
- Pour into prepared jars leaving a 1/4" headspace. Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes. Asdjust time according to your altitude.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 952.3, Fat 0.1, Sodium 6.9, Carbohydrate 224, Fiber 2.2, Sugar 219.3, Protein 0.6
BLUEBERRY WINE CRANBERRY SAUCE
Make and share this Blueberry Wine Cranberry Sauce recipe from Food.com.
Provided by MummaKat
Categories Low Protein
Time 35m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- combine all ingredients in a large saucepan, to give it lots of room to boil up. Cook at medium until it comes to a boil, stirring occasionally.
- Cook until all the cranberries have popped, about 20 to 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 121.9, Fat 0.2, Sodium 2.5, Carbohydrate 27.9, Fiber 2.9, Sugar 22.3, Protein 0.5
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