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Bilberry wine (medium)

Ingredients

Metric

British

USA

Fresh bilberries

1.5 kg

3LB

3LB

Sugar

1.5 kg

3LB

2 1/4 LB

Citric acid

2 teaspoons

One dessert spoon

1 tablespoon

Water

4.5 L

1 gallon

1 gallon

Wine yeast

 

 

 

Yeast nutrient

 

 

 

  • Poor half the water, boiling, over the bilberries and stir in the sugar.
  • When the liquor has cooled, add the remaining water (cold).
  • Add the citric acid, yeast nutrient, and wine yeast.
  • Cover and ferment on the pulp for four or five days before straining it into a jar and fitting an airlock.
  • Thereafter, proceed as usual.
  • Cranberry wine can be made using the same recipe.

 

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