Balm Wine (Medium) Home Brew Wine Recipe
Ingredients |
Metric |
British |
USA |
Balm leaves (Or small packet of dried balm) |
2.5 L |
2 quarts |
4 pints |
Raisins or |
500 g |
One LB |
3/4lb |
280 mL |
Half a pint |
Half a pint |
|
1.5 kg |
3LB |
2.5 LB |
|
Lemon |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Orange |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Grape tannin |
1 teaspoon |
1 teaspoon |
1 teaspoon |
Water |
4.5 L |
1 gallon |
1 gallon |
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- Add boiling water to the bruised leaves, raisins or concentrate, sugar, and the juice and rind of the lemon and orange.
- When cool, add yeast.
- Allow to work for seven days,
- Siphon into a fermenting vessel with an airlock until fermentation is finished.
- Tender shoots should be used if the aroma is most important.