Quick nice wine

**annie trip** · 12-10-2006, 10:44 PM

god i wish i had seen this in august!!

**Earthbabe** · 13-10-2006, 10:45 AM

Oh no, too many ideas and only one Earthbabe. Best not mention this to Mr E as he's taken to giving me very dubious looks when I mention brewing and keeps asking where everything will go.

**Birdie Wife** · 13-10-2006, 01:14 PM

Hi Burnie,
I did a similar dry sugar recipe with half rhhubarb and half raspberries this year and it was delicious, probably the best wine I've made so far! I didn't realise it doesn't keep very well though, I'd better drink it up

Thanks for the advice

!

**Alison** · 13-10-2006, 01:20 PM

I'm a bit confused by your post Burnie, what's this about keeping wine? Never a problem in our house.........................

**burnie** · 14-10-2006, 11:28 AM

Rhubarb also makes a nice champagne type wine if you use the proper yeast,although if you add raisins to the bottles of almost any wine after it's completed,you can get a second fermentation that ends up sparkling.

**bramble** · 14-10-2006, 05:14 PM

Hi Burnie, just wondering, why will this wine not keep. It sounds yummy.

**skegblade** · 14-10-2006, 07:55 PM

Wine not keeping in our house is no problem either; getting it chilled is the hard part; well, her birth sign is PISCES

**burnie** · 15-10-2006, 04:04 PM

I will try and find a technical reason why the dry sugar rhubarb doesn't keep but trust me I made gallons and it's best drunk before Christmas,and for the doubters this really can be ready for drinking in about 6 weeks and without that chemical taste that the commercial quick wines seem to have.The best to use is the early red stalks as they give the wine a lovely rose hue,be carefull to keep any rose or red wines in the dark or in red bottles as it will oxidise and spoil.

**burnie** · 27-03-2009, 06:23 PM

Having a read through and note some later requests for wine recipes,so I thought I'd bump this to the top as it's coming into season again

**shirlthegirl43** · 27-03-2009, 08:27 PM

Sounds like a good one to me Burnie - now I just have to find someone with a rhubarb surplus

**hypnophil** · 28-05-2009, 01:47 PM

Hi Burnie,
How much yeast and nutrient do i need to put in?
Do i need to check it with a hydrometer too?
Thanks

**Hazel at the Hill** · 28-05-2009, 03:21 PM

Originally posted by hypnophil View Post

Hi Burnie,
How much yeast and nutrient do i need to put in?
Do i need to check it with a hydrometer too?
Thanks

a teaspoon of each.

I tend to check with a hydrometer before & after fermentation just so I know how strong the wine ends up - but I'm less rigourous about it than I used to be. CJJ Berry always recommends bunging in a can of grape concentrate too, which I'd tend to do.

**zazen999** · 25-04-2010, 01:05 PM

Just making some of this today with the rhubarb that we picked a few mins ago.

**Liza** · 26-04-2010, 07:16 PM

Thanks for bumping this Zaz

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