Blackberry Wine
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the juice
Mash the blackberries in a large container.
Add 1 quart of tepid water to the mashed blackberries.
Let the mixture stand for 24 hours.
Stir the mixture 2-3 times.
Strain the mixture to collect the juice.
Ferment
For every gallon of juice, add 3 pounds of sugar.
Fill jars or bottles to the top.
Skim the surface twice a day until fermentation ceases.
After fermentation, strain the liquid into a clean vessel.
Add a lump of sugar to the strained liquid.
Bottle
After one week, strain the liquid into bottles.
Seal the bottles.
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
- Provide the juice, flavor and natural sugars that the wine is made from.
- Sugar
- Feeds the yeast during fermentation, producing alcohol and carbon dioxide.
The step that matters
Skim the surface twice a day until fermentation ceases. Fruit pulp and the surface can grow mold or spoilage microbes if left exposed to air. Regular skimming removes debris and helps keep the fermenting liquid clean until active fermentation stops.
“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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