Making Homemade Wine and Beer

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It’s not beer and it’s not wine, but making hard apple cider is always fun. You can do it the old fashioned way by pressing the apples or you can purchase the apple cider. If you purchase the cider, just make sure that there are no preservatives in it. Personally, I buy the apple cider [...]

16 cups apples, cored and chopped
2 pounds raisins
1 cinnamon stick (optional)
4 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 teaspoon yeast nutrients
1 1/2 teaspoon acid blend
1/2 teaspoon pectic enzyme
1 campden tablet
1 gallon water, hot
1 package wine yeast (for 1 to 5 gallons)

Place fruit in primary fermentor. Pour boiling water [...]