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Blackberry Wine

A fermented beverage made from blackberries, boiling water, and white sugar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Blackberry Wine

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the fruit

  1. Measure your blackberries and mash them in a jar.

  2. For each gallon of fruit, add ½ gallon of boiling water.

  3. Let it stand for 24 hours.

  4. Strain.

Add sugar and ferment

  1. To each gallon of juice, add 2.5 pounds of white sugar.

  2. Let it remain in a jar for 9 days, skimming occasionally.

Bottle and age

  1. Bottle the mixture.

  2. Cork tightly.

  3. It will be ready to use in 6 months.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Blackberries
Supply the fruit flavor, color and acidity that define the wine.
White sugar
Feeds the yeast during fermentation, producing alcohol and carbon dioxide.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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