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Florida Orange Wine (dry) Home Brew Wine Recipe

 

Ingredients

Metric

British

USA

One can birds eye Florida orange (to make one pint drinking juice)

 

 

 

Brewing Sugar

900 g

2LB

1.5 LB

Tartaric acid

1 teaspoon

1 teaspoon

1 teaspoon

Pectolase

1 teaspoon

1 teaspoon

1 teaspoon

Wine Tannin

1 g

Quarter teaspoon

Quarter teaspoon

Yeast Nutrient

 

 

 

Wine Yeast

 

 

 

Water

4.5 L

1 gallon

1 gallon

 

  • Add the orange juice, sugar and yeast nutrient to 2.36 L (4 pints) of water in a fermentation bucket
  • Stir to dissolve.
  • Dissolve tanning in a small amount of boiling water and add to the must,
  • top up to 4 L (seven pints) with cold water
  • add pectic enzyme and yeast.
  • Ferment under airlock for one week,
  • Top up to 4.5 L (1 gallon) and ferment on to SG 0.995 or below.
  • Rack and bottle after a further two weeks.
  • This wine is fit to drink immediately but improves with keeping and is at its best served chilled.
  • For a medium social wine, add hundred and forty ml ( quarter pint ) grape concentrate, 225g sugar and 3g ( quarter teaspoon ) tartar acid to the above ingredients and proceed as before. 

Florida Orange Wine Equipment & Ingredients

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