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I made this last year, and have just found the recipe scribbled ona scrap of paper, so will post here, to keep a record!
Will write what it says and work out finer details when I make it again!

1.25Kg Rhubarb
2.75Lb Sugar

Leave 24hrs.
Strain, stir pulp with a little water.
With more water rinse out remaining sugar
Add yeast nutrient and grape (

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Turnip Wine Recipe (1DJ)

4lb Turnips
3lb sugar
30g citric acid
water
yeast (B) and nutrient

Clean and chop turnips.
Boil until tender.
Strain off liquor.
Pour into bin.
Add sugar, citric acid, yeast and nutrient.
Leave for 4-5 days, stirring daily.
Strain into DJ.

Hawthorn and Sultana Wine (1DJ)

2.25l Hawthorn berries
360g sultanas
1.25Kg sugar
Pectic enzyme
Citric acid
4.5l water
campden tablet
yeast (A) and nutrient

Rinse berries, pour over 6pts water.
Leave to cool.
Crush the berries
stir in pectolase, campden tablet and acid.
24hrs later add sultanas, sugar, yeast and nutrient.
Stir daily for 5 days.
Strain into DJ

Rosehip Melomel (Mead) 1DJ

4Lb Rosehips (washed)
4Lb Honey
6pts water
15g citric acid
mead yeast (L. D47) & nutrient

Boil the rosehips in the water for 10mins. Cool and then crush with hands and pour through muslin.
Add the honey, citric acid, nutrient and yeast. Stir til dissolved.
Put in DJ

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Blackberry Wine (1DJ)

1.75Kg Blackberries
1.5 Kg Sugar
4.5l Water
Yeast (bourgovin LC212), nutrient
Pectic enzyme

Day 0
Wash Fruit, place in bucket, pour over boiling water. When cool mash. Add campden tablet.

Day 1
Add Pectic enzyme.

Day 2
Add yeast and nutrient.

Leave for 4-5 days stirring daily.

Strain onto Sugar, pour into DJ.

Sloe wine with sultanas. (1 DJ)

1.5Kg Sloes
.25Kg Sultanas
1.5g Sugar
3.5l water
Yeast (a) and nutrient
Pectic Enzyme

Day 0
Put sloes in bucket, Mince sultanas and add. pour over then the boiling water. Add 1 campden tablet.

Day 1
Add pectic enzyme Add yeast and nutrient, and 1Kg sugar. Stir well and leave.

Leave for 10 days, stirring each day.

Then strain.
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