Marrow/courgette wine?

[bobleponge]

I have used my search button and studied the results, but cant seem to find a recipe for the above.
Any ideas?

[Jeanied]

Hi - just googled 'marrow rum' and it popped up with some recipes for making alcohol from marrow - without the addition of rum.

[scarey55]

From my trusty CJJ Berry First steps in wine making:-
Marrow wine (medium)

2.25Kg Ripe marrow flesh
2 Kg White sugar (or brown if you prefer a rum colour)
4 tsp Citric acid
2 Oranges
25g root ginger
4.5 litres water
yeast and nutrient and pectic enzyme

Grate the marrow and use the seeds, slice the oranges, bruise the ginger and put all in a bucket with the acid.
Pour over the boiling water and, when cool, add enzyme, yeast and nutrient.
Leave for 5 days, closely covered, stirring frequently then strain and dissolve the sugar in the liquid.
Either put into a demijohn and fit with an air lock or keep it closely covered and then ferment in the usual way. When it clears, siphon off the yeast. It should be ready after about 6 months(mine was much quicker) and can then be bottled.

[rustylady]

Love fruit wines, but marrow and courgette??? Marrow rum, however, is definitely worth a go.

[bobleponge]

Have a look in the "making the most" forum RL and you'll see why I need to do something with them.

[bobleponge]

Cheers Scarey, need to get a few bits and I shall be on my way.

[Two_Sheds]

I just racked my courgette wine and it's, um... odd. I'll give it more time

How's yours Bob?

[scarey55]

I just racked my courgette wine and it's, um... odd. I'll give it more time

How's yours Bob?

Did you use the recipe here? I made some and it was really good and I am going to make some more this year. As you say, perhaps it needs more time.

[Two_Sheds]

Can't remember Scarey. I think I probably cobbled your recipe shown above

[scarey55]

When I said, I am going to do it again - I'll probably make a complete cods of it this time! Sometimes it goes like that. The first orange wine I made was wonderful but do you think I could make it again - could I heck as like, I've only been trying for about 10 years

[hopless500]

Don't have the recipe with me, but I have made marrow wine. Not bad, but definitely tasted of whisky, which was a bit odd until you got used to it!

[bobleponge]

I just racked my courgette wine and it's, um... odd. I'll give it more time

How's yours Bob?

Hmm, nearly 2 years after making it I tasted it last night. Totally undrinkable, as all my wine and cider efforts have been up to now. Pfffff

[Two_Sheds]

It's the least favourite of all the wines I've made Bob, it's not just you. I hate cider anyway, so couldn't comment on that.

The best wines I've made are Blackberry & Elderberry Port (sweet dark red as you'd expect) and Shirl's Fruit Teabag Wine (sweetish rose). Both have been drunk by friends who thought they were "paid for" wines

[Alison]

I have some marrow wine to the recipe above on the go at the moment. After a week in a bucket it was moved to a demijohn last Friday and then mopped up of the kitchen floor on Saturday morning after it had gone a bit mad and come through the syphon. Taken some out now but it's still going mad and making the kitchen smell lovely. Think it's mainly the orange I can smell but it is a nice fresh smell. No idea what it will taste like though as have ages before that will happen.

Am also going to have a go at marrow rum although think that will be very messy. Posted a thread on here a few weeks ago to see if anybody had done that and didn't get much response so am guessing it will be a voyage of discovery

[chefgage]

I made some marrow wine a good few years ago, turned out exellent, certainly did not last long.
I will have to try and find the recipe