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Food & crafts => Home brewing => Topic started by: FiB on March 19, 2013, 12:32:42 pm

Title: Bottled Blackcurrants to wine?
Post by: FiB on March 19, 2013, 12:32:42 pm

Hiya - I still have a shelf ful of Bottled Blackcurrants form teh summer before last - they are still fine (yum - but there are only so many you can eat!)....  before the summer is upon us and I suddenly have more again - can I use them to make wine.  Obviously they are in a sugary syrup (river cattage recipe) - so how would I take account of that re ammount of sugar to add?  Many thanks, Fi

Title: Re: Bottled Blackcurrants to wine?
Post by: Dans on March 19, 2013, 12:59:19 pm

We are just trying a brew from tinned gooseberries. Just gone into the demi-john and so far so good. We got a hydrometer (4 quid) to  test sugar levels at the start and added some more as there wasn't quite enough in the water the berries came in. I'd suggest that.

Good luck with the experiment!

Dans

Although looks like could have got it cheaper!

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