homemade wine

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Instant Pot Homemade Wine

oz Welch’s grape juice (32 oz bottle)

Lalvin Red Wine Yeast

sugar (granulated)

Add ½ cup of sugar in the bottle of Welch’s grape juice and shake vigorously.

Add ½ packet Lalvin Red Wine Yeast in the bottle and shake vigorously one more time.

Pour the juice into the Instant Pot.

Close the lid, press the “Yogurt” button and then press the “Less” button.

Cook for 48 hours. Keep the venting knob on &quot;venting&quot;.

Refrigerate and serve :)

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Instant Pot Wine

Make your own delicious elderflower wine with our fabulous summery recipe. This delectable alcoholic drink is perfect for using our favourite seasonal ingredient

Elderflower wine

elderflower

sultanas

lemon

1kg sugar

citric acid

milliliters black tea

sachet wine yeast

campden tablet

Read our guides on how to clean brewing equipment and home brewing safety tips before you get started. Trim the elderflower florets off the stems with scissors or a wide-toothed comb into a clean bucket.

Add the sultanas, lemon zest and juice to the bucket. Dissolve the sugar and citric acid in 2l boiling water and pour into the bucket. Cover and leave for 8 hours or overnight to steep.

Add the tea and 2.5l cold water, stir, then sprinkle the yeast over. Cover and leave in a moderate (15-20C) spot, out of the sunlight, to ferment until the foam has died down – this usually takes five days, but could be up to 14.

Transfer into a clean bucket or demijohn, leaving the sediment behind. Top up to 4.5l with cooled boiled water if desired. Cover tightly (a lid with an airlock is recommended). Leave to ferment, this usually takes six weeks (little trails of bubbles are a visual indicator).

When the liquid stops bubbling and clears a little, transfer to a clean bucket, leaving the sediment behind and adding the campden tablet. Leave to clear, which may take a few months, then decant into sterilised bottles. Store in a cool, dark place. The wine will improve for up to 18 months.

The Bishop

Gallon Container

Airlock

Large Pot

Cocktail Shaker

Brewsy Bag

sugar

water

brewsy red wine

Cuban rum

lime juice

simple syrup

Lime Wheel for Garnish (optional)

If you&#39;re not using the container your juice comes in, pour one gallon of grape juice into your container.

Pull up the sweetness calculator, and decide how sweet you&#39;d like your juice. 

Using the values from the sweetness calculator, pour out some juice (you can save it to backsweeten with later) and add your sugar. Then, shake it all up!

Open your brewsy bag and pour the contents in. Seal your juice again and shake well.

Apply the airlock, then leave your container somewhere dark and warm (75-80°F is best) for 3 days.

After 3 days, move it to the fridge for 48 hours. You can remove the airlock and set the original cap on top of your drink. Be sure not to tighten the cap!

After 48+ hours in the fridge, your yeast will have fallen to the bottom of your container.Now, carefully &quot;rack&quot; your wine by pouring it off of the sediment into a different container. You can discard the sediment at the bottom — you won&#39;t want it in your final product. Then, pour a glass and give it a try!

Store the rest of your wine in the fridge, with the bottle cap still on loosely.If you see sediment start to build up again after several days, you can rack it again. As it ages, the taste of your wine will keep on getting better.

Add water and sugar to a saucepan over medium heat.

Stir continuously until all sugar is dissolved.

Let it cool, then transfer to a tightly-lidded container (may be stored in the fridge for up to 1 month).

Combine your rum, brewsy wine, lime juice, and simple syrup to your cocktail shaker filled with ice.

Shake vigorously until mixture is completely chilled.

Strain into chilled cocktail glass of your choice.

Garnish with lime wheel, if desired. Cheers!

Basic Red Wine

grape juice (we used Tropicana)

Granulated sugar (varies based

Get everything ready to go. For this recipe, here’s what you’ll need:&amp;nbsp;1 gallon of grape juiceA clean container for fermentation (either the container your juice comes in, a gallon jug, or any other food-safe container)White sugar

Get your juice ready. Make sure your grape juice is at room temperature, and then pour it into your clean gallon jug or fermentation container, if you&#39;re not making your wine directly in the juice bottle.

Add your sugar. Brewsy gives you the choice for how sweet or dry you would like your final wine to be. Choose how sweet you’d like your final wine to be by opening the drink designer.If you’re making a different sized batch, or would like a different sweetness level than “sweet,” use the drink designer to customize your wine.If you’re using fresh-pressed juice without nutrition facts, use the value 25g of sugar per 8 fl oz for the drink designer.Then, pour out juice to make room for headspace if necessary, and then add your sugar according to the drink designer. If you have extra juice, you can drink it now or save it to make a simple syrup with later.

Shake well. Shake until the sugar is evenly mixed into your juice and almost entirely dissolved.

Add one full Brewsy bag. Then shake vigorously for 30 seconds to help wake up the yeast.

Put on the airlock. First, squeeze the rubber stopper into your gallon’s bottleneck, and then attach the plastic airlock. Fill the airlock with water, and then snap the hole-punched plastic part back on.

Put your wine in a warm, dark place. An attic, closet, or near your water heater are all good places. The ideal temperature is 75°F to 85°F. (The fermentation will take longer in cooler temperatures).Now, fermentation is beginning. Fermentation will take approximately 5 days.Tip: Once or twice a day, swirl your container to make sure the yeast make surface contact with all of the juice.

Wait 5 days, then taste-test. After 5 days, take a very small sip of your wine. Right now, the yeast haven’t been separated from your wine, so it won’t taste amazing just yet.When you taste, taste primarily for sweetness. If it tastes dry enough for you, move on to the next step. If it still tastes too sweet, let it ferment for 3 more days, then repeat the taste-test.

Put your wine in the fridge. Take off the airlock and put the hole-punched cap on your gallon jug — or, simply use a loosened cap.Tip — make sure you never fasten the cap of your gallon jug to prevent potentially explosive carbon dioxide buildup!

Wait two days while your wine is in the fridge.During this time, the cold in your fridge is forcing the solids in your wine to the bottom of the container, making it easier for you to separate them in the next step.

Rack your wine. Slowly, pour your wine off of the sediment at the bottom into a different container.Your goal is to remove as much of the sediment as possible, so try not to tip your jug back up until you’ve finished pouring.

Take a sip! Now, you can taste your wine! Cheers!You may love it right away, but you may find it tastes harsh or a bit off. Don’t worry! That&#39;s very normal with young alcohol. It will get better and better with time.If it tastes bitter, you can quickly fix that by making a simple syrup.

Return your cider to the fridge with a loosened cap. Unlike store-bought wine, Brewsy doesn’t have any preservatives, so it needs to stay in the fridge with a loose cap unless it is properly prepared for room temperature storage.If you’d like to bottle your wine for storage outside of the fridge, you can find out how to do that here.

Age your cider. The character of your wine will change significantly as it ages.Harsh tastes or off-flavors will dissipate, and your wine will taste smoother and more flavorful. Age your wine for at least 3 weeks, racking it about once a week.

Enjoy! Share your wine with our Brewsy communities, the First Pour Club and Club Brewsy.And be sure to reach out to us with any questions. You can text us at the number we texted you from about your order, message us on Facebook, or send us an email at hello@getbrewsy.com.

Cherry Wine

Basic Starter Kit

Gallon Cherry Juice (or 4 pounds of cherries)

White Sugar

Get everything ready to go. For this recipe, here’s what you’ll need:1 gallon of cherry juice (For best results, use an 100% cherry juice without any other type of fruit juice added. Trader Joe&#39;s and J.D Knudsen both have good options available).A clean container for fermentation (either the container your juice comes in, a gallon jug, or any other food-safe container)White sugar

Get your juice ready. Make sure your cherry juice is at room temperature, and then pour it into your clean gallon jug or fermentation container, if you&#39;re not making your wine directly in the juice bottle.

Add your sugar. Brewsy gives you the choice for how sweet or dry you would like your final wine to be. Choose how sweet you’d like your final wine to be by opening the drink designer.Then, pour out juice to make room for headspace if necessary, and then add your sugar according to the drink designer. If you have extra juice, you can drink it now or save it to make a simple syrup with later.

Add one full Brewsy bag.&amp;nbsp;Then shake vigorously for 30 seconds to help wake up the yeast.

Put your wine in the fridge.&amp;nbsp;Take off the airlock and put the hole-punched cap on your gallon jug — or, simply use a loosened cap.Tip — make sure you never fasten the cap of your gallon jug to prevent potentially explosive carbon dioxide buildup!

Take a sip! Now, you can taste your wine! Cheers!You may love it away, but you may find it tastes harsh or a bit off. Don’t worry! That&#39;s very normal with young alcohol. It will get better and better with time.If it tastes bitter, you can quickly fix that by making a simple syrup.

Return your wine to the fridge with a loosened cap. Unlike store-bought wine, Brewsy doesn’t have any preservatives, so it needs to stay in the fridge with a loose cap unless it is properly prepared for room temperature storage.If you’d like to bottle your wine for storage outside of the fridge, you can find out how to do that here.

Age your wine. The character of your wine will change significantly as it ages.Harsh tastes or off-flavors will dissipate, and your wine will taste smoother and more flavorful. Age your wine for at least 2 weeks, racking it about once a week.

Enjoy! Share your cherry wine with our Brewsy communities, the First Pour Club and Club Brewsy.And be sure to reach out to us with any questions. You can text us at the number we texted you from about your order, message us on Facebook, or send us an email at hello@getbrewsy.com.

White Wine Mojito

pitcher

brewsy white wine

sparkling lemonade

limes (or 2 fl oz lime

mint

Get your juice ready. If you&#39;re not using the container your juice comes in, pour one gallon of grape juice into your gallon jug.

Add your sugar. Pull up the sweetness calculator, and decide how sweet you&#39;d like your juice.

Shake well! Using the values from the sweetness calculator, pour out some juice (you can save it to backsweeten with later) and add your sugar. Then, shake it all up!

Add one full Brewsy Bag. Open your Brewsy bag and pour the contents in. Seal your juice again and shake well.

Put on the airlock. Apply the airlock, then leave your container somewhere dark and warm (75-80°F is best).

Wait 5 days, then taste-test.&amp;nbsp;After 5 days, take a very small sip of your wine. Right now, the yeast haven’t been separated from your wine, so it won’t taste amazing just yet.When you taste, taste primarily for sweetness. If it tastes dry enough for you, move on to the next step. If it still tastes too sweet, let it ferment for 3 more days, then repeat the taste-test.

Put your wine in the fridge. After 3 days, move it to the fridge for 48 hours. You can remove the airlock and set the original cap on top of your drink. Be sure not to tighten the cap!

Wait two days&amp;nbsp;while your wine is in the fridge.During this time, the cold in your fridge is forcing the solids in your wine to the bottom of the container, making it easier for you to separate them in the next step.

Take a sip!&amp;nbsp;Now, you can taste your wine! Cheers!You may love it away, but you may find it tastes harsh or a bit off. Don’t worry! That&#39;s very normal with young alcohol. It will get better and better with time.If it tastes bitter, you can quickly fix that by&amp;nbsp;making a simple syrup.

Return your wine to the fridge&amp;nbsp;with a loosened cap. Unlike store-bought wine, Brewsy doesn’t have any preservatives, so it needs to stay in the fridge with a loose cap unless it is properly prepared for room temperature storage.If you’d like to bottle your wine for storage outside of the fridge, you can find out how to do that&amp;nbsp;here.

Add your chilled white wine, sparkling lemonade, and lime juice to your pitcher. If using limes, juice them and add to pitcher.&amp;nbsp;

Right before serving, muddle 3/4 of your mint and add to the pitcher.&amp;nbsp;

Add sugar to taste, if desired. Your lemonade may be sweet enough that you don&#39;t need any!

Enjoy!&amp;nbsp;Share your white wine mojito with our Brewsy communities, the&amp;nbsp;First Pour Club&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Club Brewsy.And be sure to reach out to us with any questions. You can text us at the number we texted you from about your order, message us on Facebook, or send us an email at&amp;nbsp;hello@getbrewsy.com.

Mix well and pour into individual glasses.

Garnish with fresh mint and lime wedges, if desired.

Cherry wine is the most traditional wine from among all the homemade liquor. These wines can have up to 16% alcohol and enrapture with their distinct flavours. Cherries go very well with blueberries, blackberries and blackcurrant. Learn a recipe for strong, semi-sweet wine that you can made at home on your own, step by step.

Cherry wine recipe

cherries

3kg sugar

Enovini dry wine yeastor

Fermin VRS dry wine yeast5 gramsWine yeast nutrient

gramsDry Pectic Enzyme

Blackberry Wine

Gallon Jug

Fine Mesh Strainer

lbs of frozen blackberries (or approximately 1 gallon of store-bought blackberry juice)

Thaw 3 pounds of blackberries.&amp;nbsp;Then, put them in a large pot.If your blackberries weren&#39;t frozen, we recommend freezing them first and then thawing them. The ice crystals help break down the cell walls in your fruit — and this will make your wine much more flavorful.

Add 3 cups of water to the pot.

Choose how sweet you&#39;d like your final blackberry wine to be.If you&#39;d like it extra sweet, add 3.5 cups of sugar.For sweet, add 3.25 cups of sugar.For semi-dry, add 3 cups of sugar.And for dry, add 2.75 cups of sugar.

Let the mixture simmer for 15 minutes on the stove, until the blackberries and sugar turn into liquid.

Let the mixture cool until it reaches slightly above room temperature.

Strain the blackberry mash with a cheesecloth or other filter. Try to remove most of the pulp and skin.

Add the mixture to your gallon jug.&amp;nbsp;Be sure there is at least 3 inches of space for headroom at the top of the container. (Make space for all the foaming and bubbling!)

Add one full Brewsy bag.Then shake vigorously for at least 30 seconds to help wake up the yeast.

Wait two days while your wine is in the fridge.You can remove the airlock and set the original cap on top of your drink. Be sure not to tighten the cap!

Rack your wine. Slowly, pour your wine off of the sediment at the bottom into a new container.Your goal is to remove as much of the sediment as possible, so try not to tip your jug back up until you’ve finished pouring. Keep your jug still, so the sediment doesn&#39;t mix in with the rest of your wine.

Age your wine. The character of your wine will change significantly as it ages.Harsh tastes or off-flavors will dissipate, and your wine will taste smoother and more flavorful. Blackberries take longer to mellow out than other fruits, due to their naturally tannic properties.Age your wine for at least 3 weeks, racking it about once every 5-7 days (or whenever a lot of sediment has built up at the bottom of your jug).

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