FRUIT WINE RECIPE: RHUBARB
20 lbs. Rhubarb
3 gallons water (for dissolving sugar)
9 to 12 lbs. corn sugar
5 Campden tablets
1 1/2 tsp. Yeast Nutrient
2 1/2 tsp. Pectic Enzyme
1/2 tsp. Grape Tannin
1 lb. Chopped Raisins (blanched)
or 2 cups grape concentrate
1 pkg. Premier Cuvée Wine Yeast
Balling Reading - 18o to 20o
Acid Reading - .65 to .75
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR RHUBARB
- Cut up Rhubarb and freeze, then thaw and place in primary fermentor.
- Crush and dissolve Campden tablets in 1 cup water and sprinkle over fruit. Pour 7 lbs. dry corn sugar over fruit, cover and allow to stand 24 hours while sugar extracts juice.
- Add water to 5 gallon mark and check with hydrometer. If reading is below 19o, add sugar in syrup form (see step 3 on fruit wine instructions) until volume is 6 gallons at 19o balling.
- Take acid reading and adjust as in Step 4 (on fruit wine instructions).
- Add other ingredients and prepared wine yeast.
- Cover and ferment for 48 hours, stirring twice daily.
- Strain out pulp and continue fermenting in primary until balling reading reaches 4o to 6o. Syphon in secondary fermentor and proceed as with any other wine.