Plum Wine recipe

plum wine recipe
What you will need:

7 pounds of fresh plums

5 cups hot water

5 pounds sugar

5 cups of apple juice

1 package of regular yeast

a 2 gallon mixing container

3 one gallon glass containers

Add to the 2 gallon mixing container the hot water sugar and apple juice. do it in that order so that the sugar dissolves better. wait 5-10 minutes and then add the package of yeast to the mix. In a bowl peel and pit the 7 pounds of plums. Then use a mixer to puree the plums. Add the plums to the 2 gallon mixing container and stir up the mix. Finally finish filling the 2 gallon contain with warm water. Allow the contain to sit for one hour. After one hour use a funnel to equally pour the mix into the three containers. The remaining space in the bottle is needed because as it ferments it will create a layer of foam and fruit. Place a 9- 15 inch balloon over the glass containers and place them in a warm area. The balloons are needed to allow the pressure to pass from the fermenting, and keep the outside air out.

the apple juice is used because of the natural acids in it. the acid balance is important in fermenting. That is why if you open a bottle of apple cider leave the cap loosely on in a warm area, in a month you will have HARD cider.

In 3 weeks you will need to filter out the fruit. When that is done add one cup sugar to each container and finish filling the bottles up with water. And place a new balloon over the bottles. Three weeks after then use a cheese cloth to filter out the wine for sediment. You can never get it all out. wait a week and if you see no more bubbling you can place into smaller bottles and let sit for 4 months and it is aged enough to drink.