Making Homemade Wine and Beer

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Friend of the family stopped in last week after picking a bunch of Concord grapes.  Of, course I said that I would take some and he brought over a large colander filled with grapes.  It’s times like this that call for a recipe that you can use rather quickly.   I used this recipe last year when [...]

Green Gooseberry Wine(one gallon)

5 lb ripe green gooseberries
2 lb sugar
6-7 pints water
yeast nutrient
yeast
pectic enzyme

or a lighter version

2 1/2 lb gooseberries
2 lb sugar
1 campden tablet
1/2 tsp acid blend
1/2 tsp yeast nutrient
1/4 tsp grape tannin
1/2 tsp pectic enzyme
1 gallon water
wine yeast [...]