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Basic Rhubarb-Wine Recipes

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It goes without saying that most rhubarb-wine recipes involve large quantities.

Be sure you have enough rhubarb, enough time to prepare it, and lots of patience to wait for the final product.

Some general knowledge of the process would certainly be an asset for beginners who think they might like to dabble in homemade wine-making.

Familiarize yourself a little with the terms that are commonly used by winemakers and you will be prepared ahead of time for the recipes that are more involved than others.

Common Wine-Making-Terms







Be aware of what is available to store your wines.

Wine Cooler Units

rack,wine Generally speaking, the rhubarb is chopped, added to water, covered and set aside to ferment in a warm environment. This is only the beginning.

The liquid is repeatedly filtered and siphoned at different intervals over a period of months to ensure a fantasic rhubarb-wine in the end.

During the course of the process, sterile conditions are a must, though some recipes call for specific bacterial killing agents, while others do not.

Different forms of wine-making equipment can be used. A hydrometer for example will help you determine what stage your wine is at in regards to sugar or alcohol content.

As the filtering process comes to an end, the wine should be getting clearer. This is the result you want to achieve.


RHUBARB-WINE

5 pounds rhubarb

1 1/2 gallons boiling water

1 cup raisins

3 pounds brown sugar

3 oranges sliced

3 lemons sliced

1 tblsp. active yeast

Method

Chop all rhubarb and put into a crockpot. Add the boiling water and let it sit for 3 days covered.

Filter the liquid, and to that add chopped raisins, fruits and sugar. Add the yeast and stir well. Cover the pot again and leave in a warm area for 30 days to ferment. Give the mix a stir daily.

Filter the mixture again and pour into well sterilized bottles and keep in a cool area.

The wine will taste the best the longer it is allowed to age.





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CINNAMON RHUBARB-WINE

12 cups chopped rhubarb

1 or 2 small cinnamon sticks

8 cups white sugar

1 1/2 gallons water

1 tsp. nutrients

1 package of wine yeast

2 campden tablets

1/2 tsp. pectic enzyme

Method

Put the water into your sterile container and add the campden tablets. Mix well and add the rhubarb. Let this stand for a few days and stir each day.

Strain the liquid and add sugar and nutrients.

Add the yeast and stir. Cover and let stand for 1 day.

Filter into another container and add the cinnamon sticks. Attach an airlock.

DRY WINE

For one year, the wine is racked in the first 3 weeks, and then repeated every 3 months for one year. The wine is then bottled.

SWEET WINE

After the first siphoning at 3 weeks, add 1/3 cup sugar. Mix the sugar with the wine first and return to the liquid and place in a secondary container or fermentor. Repeat every 5 or 6 weeks until the fermentation process stops with the adding of sugar.

Rack every 3 months for one year.






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