Herb Of The Week - Yarrow - Recipe: Wine

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I haven't tried this one but it looked interesting

 

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YARROW WINE

 

 

 

* 1 gal yarrow flowering tops

 

* 2¼ lbs finely granulated sugar

 

* 7 pts water

 

* 1 lemon

 

* 1 orange

 

* 1 tsp yeast nutrient

 

* Sauterne wine yeast

 

Put water on to boil. Meanwhile, trim the larger stems from the flower

heads and put the flowers in a primary. Add sugar and juice of the

orange and lemon. Pour boiling water in primary and stir well to

dissolve sugar. Cover and allow to cool to room temperature. Add

activated yeast and recover primary. After 5 days, strain and discard

flowers. Continue fermentation until specific gravity drops to 1.015.

Rack to secondary and attach airlock. Rack, top up and reattach airlock

after 6 weeks. Repeat after additional 6 weeks. Stabilize, sweeten to

taste and set aside 2 weeks. Rack into bottles and age 6 months before

tasting.

 

[Adapted recipe from Leo Zanelli's Home Winemaking from A to Z]

 

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