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Saturday, 19 August 2006 |
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A. Here is your Ginger Wine Recipe from my good friend Connie.
Ginger Wine Recipe (an ancient Cornish recipe)
Ingredients:
* 2 gallons of water 6lbs of sugar
* 4oz root ginger
* 12 lemons
* 3oz fresh yeast
* A ½pt brandy raisins (if desired)
Method Boil the sugar and water. Add the ginger and boil gently for half an hour. Peel the lemons and pour the hot sugar and water onto the peel. Allow to cool. When cool, add the juice of the lemons and the yeast. Put it into demi-johns and when it has stopped working divide ½pt brandy between the demi-johns. Some raisins can be added at this stage if desired.
Andrew Taylor Chef, ex of Polperro
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also, i am a novice, i don't understand if you mean that all the bits go into the demi johns or if you mean to filter it?
if i ammended the recipe slightly to follow suit of previous wines i've successfully made as follows do you think it would work?
1. boil sugar water and ginger as you say.
2. then add lemon peels as you say. but also add the 1/2 pint brandy raisins at this stage.
3. then add lemon juice and yeast.
4. ferment in a tub for a week, stiring occasionally.
5. then syphon off liquid into demi johns.
would that work?
also, how long should it stay in demi johns and bottles for?
if you could email me about this that would be lovely.
ta
rach