Yield: One Gallon US
Beginning SG/PA: Not Provided
Ingredients:
2 1/2 lbs. rice
1/2 pt. grape concentrate or 1 lb. light raisins
7 pts. water
2 1/2 lbs. sugar or honey
3 tsp. acid blend
3/4 tsp. energizer
1 campden tablet, crush
1 pkg. Sherry yeast
Instructions:
- Use husked or raw rice.
- Wash and coarse crush rice.
- Place rice and chopped raisins in nylon straining bag, tie top, and place in primary.
- Pour hot water over and stir in all other ingredients EXCEPT yeast and energizer.
- Cover.
- After 48 hrs, add yeast and energizer.
- Cover primary.
- Stir daily, check SG and press pulp lightly.
- When fermentation reaches SG 1.050 (2-3 days) add another 1/4 lb dissolved sugar/gallon.
- At SG 1.030 (6-7 days) strain juice from bag.
- Syphon wine off sediment into glass secondary and attach airlock.
- At SG 1.020 add another 1/4 lb dissolved sugar/gallon.
- When ferment is complete (SG 1.000 or less) syphon off sediment into clean secondary and reattach airlock.
- Syphon every 2 months to aid clearing.
- To sweeten, add before bottling: 1/2 tsp. stabilizer and 1/4 lb. dissolved sugar/gallon.
Optional: You may continue to build up alcohol by adding additional doses of sugar
until ferment ceases.







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