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Blackberry Wine

A fermented beverage made from blackberries, water, and 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 mash

  1. Place the blackberries in a large wooden or stone vessel with a spout.

  2. Pour boiling water over the berries until they are covered.

  3. Once cool enough, crush the berries until broken.

  4. Cover and let sit until the berries rise to the top, about 3-4 days.

Ferment and strain

  1. Strain the liquid into another vessel and add 1 pound of sugar for every 10 quarts of liquid.

  2. Stir well and let it ferment in a similar vessel for 7-10 days.

  3. Strain again through a jelly bag into a large vessel.

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
Provide the fruit flavour, natural sugars for fermentation, and the colour of the wine.
Sugar
Feeds the yeast during fermentation, producing alcohol and carbonation.

“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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