Rose wine recipe please

[sforeman]

Hi all, I have just started my first brew (strawberry wine) I would now like to start a rose wine or something very much the same.

Has anybody got a good easy recipe remembering I am a newbie at this. Lol.

 

[RobWalker]

1L Red Grape Juice
1L White Grape Juice
750g Sugar
1tsp citric acid (can use juice of a lemon)
1tsp tannin (can use a mug of strong black tea)
water to 1 gallon
wine yeast

grape juices are available in morrison's at least. that should cost you well under a fiver. :thumb:

 

[sforeman]

Thanks for the recipe rob. Being a newbie is that cold water this is made with ? Also does all go straight into a dj or bucket first ?

 

[RobWalker]

straight into a demi john, a bucket isn't neccessary because it's filtered juice and there's no straining to do. you'll need to rack it off once fermentation has finished, I usually just wait for it to ferment and clear in the first vessel. cold water is fine, but if you can get it closer to room temp any way, that might be a better option as the yeast need about 20c to ferment. maybe boil the sugar in 1L water to dissolve, and make up the rest with cool water - just don't pour boiling water into the demi john!

you can switch out the cartons for whatever you like really. One grape is probably worthwhile, but most combinations make Rosé by accident because red wine is hard to make on a home brew level without expensive kits or real grapes - white grape and pomegranate, red grape and blueberry, etc...make what you like. the standard rosé is pretty great though!

 

[sforeman]

All sound good thankyou, will give some of them a try.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Have a read of this thread, plenty of recipes for Rose and other types viewtopic.php?f=41&t=39846

 

[Enjay]

I've just put some of this on, love rose =)