ginger wine recipe

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ianc
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ginger wine recipe

Post by ianc » Thu Mar 17, 2022 7:54 pm

Hi All,
Ive been given a box of root ginger about 30 ounces in weight and its still fresh, I like a wine with akick,, need a good recipe for ginger wine if you have one please,,, many thanks Ian

I am like a good wine , slow to get going but I always finish !!!!!

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MarkA
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Re: ginger wine recipe

Post by MarkA » Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:15 pm

The only ginger wine recipe I've tried was from CJJ Berry's book, 130 New Winemaking Recipes;

For one gallon;

80g Root ginger
2 Oranges
2 Lemons
225g Raisins
1.3kg Sugar
Yeast & nutrient

-Peel the oranges and lemons (avoiding the white pith) and put them in a bucket with the chopped raisins.

-Bring 6 pints of water to the boil and add the sugar and well crushed ginger. Boil for half an hour.

-Pour this onto the peel and raisins.

-Cool to 20 degrees and add yeast and nutrient.

-After 10 days, strain off into a demijohn and add an airlock.

You could add more ginger as you like a kick, I seem to remember this was quite warming but not fierce. I did make chilli and ginger wine once which was a different story!

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