Mulberry and Plum Wine Making
In 2005, James and I made some blueberry wine- it was our first time to try it, and it tasted delicious! It also lasted us a few years. This is the first year since then that we've had an abundant supply of blueberries to make the wine again.
This last week, we have been picking mulberries at the tree at my parents' house, and their wild yellow plums, and decided to make a combination of plum and mulberries for a new wine, which we hope will also be really good.
Making wine is really so much simpler than I used to think it would be. All you do, basically, is mash up the fruit, add some sugar, yeast and water, and store it, stir it once a day for a week, and then strain it and let it store for several months.
We bought a 10 gallon storage container with lid from Walmart for about 5.00. Washed it out, and then began mashing the mulberries and plums into it. By hand...just squishing it and squishing it. It was quite fun! lol
Here are some of the mulberries that we picked (plus a few red plums)- we picked, in total, 8 pounds of mulberries! That takes quite a while, and your hands sure do get stained!:
And here's what the yellow plums looked like... I had to get a picture off the internet because I forgot to take a picture of ours. We picked 12 pounds of these plums:
After the fruit was all mashed, the yeast was added, and the sugar and water, the 10 gallon container was nearly full. I know it looks kind of gross. lol But it's going to be good.
Every day for this week, we will stir it, to get rid of the foamy "cap" that will appear (from the yeast), and after 1 week, we will be straining it and then storing it.
Here is a link to where we get our wine-making recipes!
This last week, we have been picking mulberries at the tree at my parents' house, and their wild yellow plums, and decided to make a combination of plum and mulberries for a new wine, which we hope will also be really good.
Making wine is really so much simpler than I used to think it would be. All you do, basically, is mash up the fruit, add some sugar, yeast and water, and store it, stir it once a day for a week, and then strain it and let it store for several months.
We bought a 10 gallon storage container with lid from Walmart for about 5.00. Washed it out, and then began mashing the mulberries and plums into it. By hand...just squishing it and squishing it. It was quite fun! lol
Here are some of the mulberries that we picked (plus a few red plums)- we picked, in total, 8 pounds of mulberries! That takes quite a while, and your hands sure do get stained!:
And here's what the yellow plums looked like... I had to get a picture off the internet because I forgot to take a picture of ours. We picked 12 pounds of these plums:
After the fruit was all mashed, the yeast was added, and the sugar and water, the 10 gallon container was nearly full. I know it looks kind of gross. lol But it's going to be good.
Every day for this week, we will stir it, to get rid of the foamy "cap" that will appear (from the yeast), and after 1 week, we will be straining it and then storing it.
Here is a link to where we get our wine-making recipes!
Wow! That's pretty neat that yall do that! It does look good, too!!! *Hugs*
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Mmmmm...would I love to come over and sample a glass of that wine when it's ready! Looks like it's going to be great!
We have a local company here that makes great wine...all different kinds of fruity flavours...now I'll have to go and get some. Nothing better than sitting outside on a nice evening (once my daughter is in bed!) drinking a tasty glass of wine and relaxing.... :0)
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This reminded me...
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Any news?? Are you pregnant?
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It looks good. We have a mullberry tree out in our side yard. It makes such a mess, I was wondering how something good could come of it! Do you have a recipe that you use? I have looked but can't find any that are like the one you mentioned they all seem so much more involved. I can't wait to get started!
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After I wrote the above I saw the link-sorry. I was still wondering how much of the ingrediants were added. Does matter on the type of yeast? Where do you get the wine yeast?
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Connie, that's no problem!
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Connie, sorry...here are the measurements:
We used 20 pounds of fruit, 10 pounds of sugar, 1 pkg yeast, and then we put it in a 10 gallon container where we added water until it came to about 3 inches from the top. We closed the lid on the container and open it every morning to stir it. Then sometime this coming week, we will be straining every bit of it with pantyhose, and transferring it to a carboy or a plastic water jug,(from a water cooler). Hope this helps!
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Do you store the wine in the same 10 gallon container or do you put it in glass bottles? I am very anxious to try my hand at wine making. I found a neat recipe for strawberry wine. My sister is a big wine drinker, and I like it occasionally. I would love to be able to give her some homemade wine.
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hi Angie!
After you strain it (we use pantyhose), put it in a carboy, or a plastic water bottle (like the kind you get off of a water cooler) will do the same thing.
From the link I posted, here is some information:
Pour this murky liquid into a new container, add enough water to almost fill the bucket again and put a lid on it. Anything tight enough to keep flies out, is fine. As long as your juice is bubbling, you don't have to worry about bad bacteria, as the bubbles are CO2 which lies like a blanket over the liquid, protecting it. A sheet of plastic wrapped over the bucket is good. If that's really tight, just put a pinhole or two in the sheet, so pressure doesn't build up.
Let it sit undisturbed for a month. A dark and warm place is good. Siphon off the contents leaving the sediment on the bottom, and drink or bottle it. If you're in no rush, siphon it into another large container (this is called "racking") and let it sit for another month or 3. It should get better and gather potency with age.
And here is the link, in case you'd like more help:
http://ingeb.org/junk/wine.html
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