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Hop Wine
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Ingredients |
Metric |
British |
USA |
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Hops |
75 g |
3 ounce |
3 ounce |
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Ginger (bruised) |
25 g |
1 ounce |
1 ounce |
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Brewing sugar |
1.5 kg |
3 lbs |
2 1/4 lbs |
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Grape concentrate |
250 ml |
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Orange |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Lemon |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Water |
4.5 L |
1 gallon |
1 gallon |
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Wine yeast |
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Yeast nutrient |
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- Boil the hops and ginger in the water for one hour.
- Strain the liquid and pour the liquor over the sugar, orange and lemon juice.
- After allowing to cool, put everything into a fermenting jar, only up to shoulder level with the wine yeast and yeast nutrient.
- Fit an airlock.
- When it has nearly fermented out, add 250 millilitres of grape concentrate, 225 g (Half a pound) of brewing sugar, and refit the airlock.
- When no more bubbles pass, bung down tightly.
- Leave for six months before bottling.
