Currant Wine

[Two_Sheds]

Currant Wine

1.5lb blackcurrants
1.5lb redcurrants
2.5lb sugar, dissolved in 1 pt boiled water
red wine yeast
nutrient
1tsp pectic enzyme
(no need for acid)

Put currants in fermenting bin, cover with 5 pints boiling water.
Add sugar solution.
Leave to cool (to about 20C).
Then add enzyme, yeast & nutrient.

Stir daily for 5 days.

Strain into DJ, fit an airlock; top up with cooled boiled water to neck.
Ferment out, rack as usual, for about 3 months. Mature for a year before drinking.

[Two_Sheds]

3rd rack just done. It's coming along well; perhaps just a little sharp

[Hazel at the Hill]

3rd rack just done. It's coming along well; perhaps just a little sharp

Did two batches of redcurrant last year & both were a little sharp. Have kept a it in a dj to blend with the really sweet apple wine, when it eventually clears.

[kernowyon]

i made mine with pinkcurrants, it is clearing well and it also has a bit of tang to it, perhaps it is a trait of currant wines.