Pansy Wine (Dry)
Ingredients |
Metric |
British |
USA |
Pansy blossoms |
500ml |
1pint |
1pint |
Large raisins or sultanas |
250g |
1/2lb |
1/2lb |
White wine concentrate |
140ml |
1/4pint |
1/4pint |
Brewing sugar |
1.25 kilo |
21/2lb |
2lb |
Lemons, juice |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Grape tannin |
1tsp |
1tsp |
1tsp |
Water |
4.5 litres |
1gallon |
1gallon |
Wine Yeast |
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Yeast nutrient |
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- Place the sugar, minced sultanas, and blossoms into a fermenting bucket.
- Then, pour 3 litres (three quarts) of hot, but not boiling, water over them and stir vigorously.
- when cool, add lemon juice, tanning, and general-purpose wine yeast.
- leave to ferment well covered for not more than three days
- Strain into a fermentation jar (Demi John).
- Add cold boiled water until it reaches the bottom of the neck, then fit an airlock and proceed as usual.
- If desired, grape concentrate can be substituted for the raisins or sultanas.